I had one question answered by google, the otherone got rudely interupted, so here it is again. I have XP Pro, and I may get Server 2003 to manage a small office network I've got. I use XP Pro for a lot of things, so my Q is, does WS2003 come with everything a normal XP Pro installation comes with (Media player, Notepad, Calculator, all those accesories, system tools et cetera)? Slim Vision And A certain someone can avoid posting in this topic unless it's something relevant to the discussion.

Okay, never mind about that question. In the time I was waiting for an answer I found one in the form of a guide to turn Server 2003 into a workstation (handy thing to have - just what I wanted). http://www.msfn.org/win2k3/ Ayhoo someone could now answer another question that's cropped up. From what I've read Norton Internet Security 2005 won't install on Server 2003, I'll be required to get Corperate Edition... Thing is I can't afford it. Unlike the Server software which i can get as part of a work from home scheme at my company, norton isn't offered on the same program. So... Can you force Norton to install onto Serve 2003 in any way? Or am I boned? And all this trouble simply because I want services for macintosh installed, something XP doesn't offer... Actually, that's a point. Could I technically put the Server 2003 disc in the computer, and install services for macintosh on Xp Pro? That'd save me a whole lot of hassle. Slim Vision

You need a server OS edition of Norton anything (AV/security etc) to run on a server OS. You can't force a desktop version of their products to run on a server. So in a nutshell....you'll need the corporate edition. I wouldn't try forcing the desktop version on 2003 as you may very well end up reinstalling your 2003.

Oh heck. Okay dokey thanks for that. Guess I'll have to find some finance if I do install server 2003... Hmm, what about that other thing I mentioned? WOuld I be bale to install services for macintosh from the server 2003 CD onto windows xp? I bet I know the answer to that one... Slim Vision

I've never tried it, but I don't think you can, and even if you could manage it somehow, your OS may cease to be stable. Please help survivors of Hurricane Katrina...err...Rita. Starting to lose track... www.redcross.org

Stability is the least of my worries right now. I suppose the least i could do is give it a try. Just that if it doesn't work, means I'll have to get pc MacLAN, and that like Norton Internet Security, it's not offerted on my companies home work program, meaning I'd have to buy it... And right now I simply can't afford it. I'm stuck ina rut really. No thanks to Microsoft, if they just played nice and left support for the appletalk protocol in windows I wouldn't be in this mess. Slim Vision

Well, in fairness, new mac's have Samba, so they can offer files to Windows machines in this manner. And Appletalk does, no offense, suck, not that SMB is any better... Please help survivors of Hurricane Katrina...err...Rita. Starting to lose track... www.redcross.org