Guest MikeV Posted December 14, 2007 Posted December 14, 2007 Hi, Installed Windows Server 2003 sp1 Web Edition from OEM (Dell) CD. Updated to sp2 using MS Update online, and tried to find and run “Configure Your Server and Manage Your Server Wizards”, but the services are not installed by default on the server. At the same time, according Microsoft, these Wizards are a part of OS: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsserver/evaluate/features/compare.mspx Tried to use cys.exe (Standard Edition / R2, v. 5.2.3790.3959), but it doesn’t support Web Edition. Dell tech Support has no clue how to fix the problem. I’m asking the owner of the original Windows Server 2003 sp2 Web Edition CD to check the version of cys.exe and if it’s different from one I have, please email me the file, or any other solution will be appreciated. Thank you.
Guest Will Posted December 18, 2007 Posted December 18, 2007 Re: Windows Server 2003 Web Edition "MikeV" <MikeV@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5CF3D680-EE2D-4D27-9A26-50494B3E971C@microsoft.com... > Installed Windows Server 2003 sp1 Web Edition from OEM (Dell) CD. > Updated to sp2 using MS Update online, and tried to find and run > "Configure > Your Server and Manage Your Server Wizards", but the services are not > installed by default on the server. > At the same time, according Microsoft, these Wizards are a part of OS: > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsserver/evaluate/features/compare.mspx > Tried to use cys.exe (Standard Edition / R2, v. 5.2.3790.3959), but it > doesn't support Web Edition. Dell tech Support has no clue how to fix the > problem. > I'm asking the owner of the original Windows Server 2003 sp2 Web Edition > CD > to check the version of cys.exe and if it's different from one I have, > please > email me the file, or any other solution will be appreciated. The bad news is that the Web Edition has a very strict use license that forbids your installing lots of things to it and it is obvious Microsoft only wants you to use it as a web server. To me this is just horrible marketing because Web Edition could be filling a stand in role between Windows XP and Windows 2003 Server for power user desktops, enabling background RDP sessions, mirroring of dynamic drives, and other server-like features that have added value over Windows XP. The final insult for me was that the Web Edition doesn't let you use more than 2 GB of memory. These days it is quite easy to exhaust even that much memory. So you will save yourself a lot of grief by either resolving to pay serious money to put Windows 2003 Standard Edition in place, or try to limp with Windows XP. -- Will
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