Microsoft .Net Server 2003. Need help fast.

[Fhantazm]

I am currently downloading .Net Standard Server RC2 from Microsoft. I was wondering if anyone else is using this, and if so was wondering about aq couple things.

1.) What drivers do I user for my peripherals. Im assuming the standard Windows XP drivers will work??


2.) From what I understand it is basically just a server version of XP, correct?

3.) How well does it work, and is there anything I should know before installing? Its going on a secondary machine, so if anything should go wrong, ill just reformat, and put XP back on.

Thanks!

[ua549]

Use the drivers that are distributed with the OS.
XP Home/Pro is build 2600 and .NET is build 3718, a big difference.

I've been running .NET since early 2002 without any problems.

[Fhantazm]

Thanks for your quick response!


The only thing im worried about it compatibility with my Radeon All In Wonder 7500. I want to be able to to vidcaps from it with no issues. Do you think it will work ok?

[freedon]

Originally posted by Fhantazm
Thanks for your quick response!


The only thing im worried about it compatibility with my Radeon All In Wonder 7500. I want to be able to to vidcaps from it with no issues. Do you think it will work ok?

vidcaps? == video editing?
it might work, but don't get your hopes to high
.net is designed for server porpuses, not as a workstation to edit video

i was reading the FAQ in the MS site about .net and a person asked
"why can't i run X game or why doesn't directX doesn't work propertlly?" and a simple answer
".net is not designed for gaming"

i am almost sure that it will have some ati display drivers, just maybe not the AIW ones

hope you were looking for that answer

[ua549]

You can load ATI drivers that are newer than the ATI drivers that are distributed with the .NET OS.

I have an ATI AIW Radeon 32MB board and I could never get the TV tuner functions to work with Win2k, WinXP or WinNET without a significant system reconfiguration. ATI tech support is/was no help.

I discovered that the ATI board is not compatible with Remote Desktop or Terminal Services because of the Windows RDP protocol. I don't know about video capture when not using the TV tuner.

Good luck!

[Fhantazm]

Cool,
Thanks for the help guys. The only thing Im hoping i can get working that is not server related, is recording tv shows. I want to setup a timer from within the ATI TV software to record an episode everyday. I was able to do that when I had XP on there, hopefully I can still do it. Any editing wil be done on my main machine. Thanks again for your inputs.

[Fhantazm]

The AIW, and video reocrding works like a charm! Thanks for the input!

[ua549]

What versions of the ATI drivers and applications are you running?
maybe ATI fixed the compatibility problems with the RDP protocol.

[Fhantazm]

Date: 8/8/2002
Driver: 6.13.10.6153
ATI Multimedia Center 7.7.1
Its the one WINNet installed by default. Checked windows update, and there were no others available. Works great, all resolutions, all effects work great.

[ua549]

That's what I'm running (trying to run). The TV stuff still doesn't work.

[Fhantazm]

Hmm, very wierd. The only thing I can guess is that Im running an AIW 7500, and I think your running an older card.

EDIT: Just remembered you have to install the video capture update from ATI for it to work. Do you have this installed?

[ua549]

All the software is installed OK and in the right sequence.

It's just the problem with Terminal Server and RDP protocol.
I can get it to work if I don't install RDP. I need RDP so that really isn't an option. I wish ATI would have made public the fact that their products are not fully compatible with Windows. I even tried to get a refund without success when I first discovered the problem.

[Fhantazm]

Yah i totally feel you there. Ive been so aggrivated with ATI lately I could spit. Literally. Their drivers are buggy, their so-called "Multimedia Center" feels the need to constantly crash, etc. Its too bad though, the hardware is actually built pretty well.