Re: SBS 2003 Premium and WinXP Pro running concurrently

The only way that can be done on one piece of hardware is with Virtual PC or
Virtual Server. Neither is recommended in a Production environment. I would
definitely be interested in any MS document he provided you. Email to me at
Frank at compumac dot biz

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Frank McCallister SBS MVP
COMPUMAC
"Bill" <Bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> If I have been victim of a Microsoft rep joke, then shame on him. It
> won't
> happen again. It sounded incredible when he said it, so I went back the
> next
> day and asked again. Here's the story.
>
> As part of a package of products I received when joining the Ms Prof
> Accountants Network was SBS 2003 Premium Edition. As a one-man accountant
> shop, I have no need of a separate server, so I've done nothing with it.
> Two
> days ago, while attending a continuing education expo, I had occasion to
> visit with the MS rep at the Microsoft booth. While discussing Small
> Business Accounting 2006, he happened to mention that I could install SBS
> 2003 Premium on my XP Pro machine and that the two OSs would coexist. In
> fact, I could logon to SBS 2003 from my XP desktop. And no, this is not a
> dual boot option--since in that case, I would be selecting one OS or the
> other, but not both.
>
> That night, I searched the Knowledgebase, as well as the docs that came
> with
> my software and found no reference to this coexisting installation. I
> went
> back for the second day of classes and asked the MS rep again to confirm
> what
> I thought I understood. Yes indeed. In fact, I can email you a two-page
> instruction *** on how to do it. I got his email, but it was just a pdf
> of
> the SBS 2003 promo ***. I replied to his email with a request for more
> info or KB article number or any reference for this. I've heard nothing
> back.
>
> Did I just run into a Microsoft joker, or is this possible?
>
> Many thanks. No I'm not interested in a good deal on a bridge!
> --
> Bill


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