Re: Windows Server 2003 installation and requirements

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Hello Jake,

J> 1 - After installation, is Windows Server 2003 an operating system on
J> its own?

Yes

J> 2 - If so, is it much like XP Professional where one can also use it
J> as
J> a regular home PC?

Yes

J> 3 - Does it need XP Professional installed on the PC as a prerequisit
J> to its own installation?

No

J> I ask these questions because I just bought Visual Studio 2005
J> Professional and I see that XP Pro and Windows Server 2003 were
J> included.

Win2003 has the set of the server components and new functionality which are not included in XP
Besides this Win2k3 has new version of some components.
For example IIS6.0 (5.1 in XP), COM+ 1.5 (1.0 in XP), MQMQ (XP is limited for the sever support) and etc

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