64-bit Xp Rc2 And Windows 2003 Sp1 Rc2

MonsieurEvilMonsieurEvil Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 4Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
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<div class="IPBDescription">One released, one on the verge</div> For users of the Athlon64 (like me):

<a href='http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/default.mspx' target='_blank'>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/default.mspx</a>

The second release candidate of XP64-bit will be released shortly. It's a free (and unsupported in any way) download, or you can order a CD for a nominal shipping fee.

For server admins/engineers:

<a href='http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/servicepack/default.mspx' target='_blank'>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechn...ck/default.mspx</a>

Windows 2003 SP1 RC2 is now available. Again free, again unsupported. But good for testing purposes, as the changes in 2003 with SP1 are *extreme*.
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  • Umbraed_MonkeyUmbraed_Monkey Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9922Members
    wow, trial for 360 days?! arent we nearing the Longhorn release by the time this thing is over?
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  • MonsieurEvilMonsieurEvil Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 4Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Ehhh, probably not.

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  • RellixRellix Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13572Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    You think maby downloading and installing it onto an extra HD with just the 64bit version of it would be a good idea, incase something goes wrong?
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  • booogerboooger Join Date: 2003-11-03 Member: 22274Members
    i tried it on my old hard-drive, and i can't say too much about it since IE failed to work and in turn made me revert to regular XP home. in other news... 1 more post for mons to hit 9k.
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  • BaconTheoryBaconTheory Join Date: 2003-09-06 Member: 20615Members
    Saw this in PC World. Also heard there were many compatibility issues as well.
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  • ComproxComprox *chortle* Canada Join Date: 2002-01-23 Member: 7Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Silver, Subnautica Developer, Subnautica Playtester, Pistachionauts
    So by unsupported do you mean 'some mcirosoft workers made this in the basement at home and snuck it on the MS site and it contains code for world domination' or 'if it doesnt work, dont come crying to us' unsupported?
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  • RellixRellix Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13572Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    Both probably.

    That way they can play it off as a bug.
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  • Invader_ScootInvader_Scoot Join Date: 2003-10-13 Member: 21669Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    I got the first winxp 64 version, and I was greatly dissapointed. Sound card wouldn't work, and it couldn't read a lot of my CD's that work perfectly in winxp home.
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  • UnderDOGUnderDOG Join Date: 2003-04-05 Member: 15221Members
    Just out of curiosity, if this is just being released now (or soon) why is it called Windows 2003 and not 2004 or 2005?
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  • RuByRuBy Join Date: 2002-12-12 Member: 10732Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-UnderDOG+Feb 11 2005, 03:47 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (UnderDOG @ Feb 11 2005, 03:47 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Just out of curiosity, if this is just being released now (or soon) why is it called Windows 2003 and not 2004 or 2005? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Because the service pack is being released. The OS was released a while ago.
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  • ShoeboxShoebox Join Date: 2004-11-15 Member: 32817Members
    so does everyone think that its worth getting right now or should i just wait on it?
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  • SandrockSandrock Join Date: 2002-12-16 Member: 10905Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    I tried installing the first XP 64bit release a short while ago. I went through all the trouble of finding 64-bit drivers for my entire system (which I did find all of them) but the CD errored right after it booted from it <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • FaustFaust Join Date: 2004-11-18 Member: 32852Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    It's too bad you guys had so much trouble with Win Xp 64-bit. A friend of a friend uses it, and swears by it! it screams i'm told!

    wait... he was using a beta of longhorn. Sorry <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    Yes, I know, 64-bit driver support can be a pain from what I hear. It will get better as time goes on.

    As for release the release date of Windows XP 64-bit and Longhorn, I talked to a microsoft rep 2 months ago, and he said they are both to be released late this year or early next year.
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  • MonsieurEvilMonsieurEvil Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 4Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    edited February 2005
    <!--QuoteBegin-Comprox+Feb 11 2005, 02:49 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Comprox @ Feb 11 2005, 02:49 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> So by unsupported do you mean 'some mcirosoft workers made this in the basement at home and snuck it on the MS site and it contains code for world domination' or 'if it doesnt work, dont come crying to us' unsupported?

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    Unsupported in that it's Beta code and unless you are part of the actual Beta program (like an IBM or an HP), if you have problems you're on your own.

    It's definitely not basement code - 64-bit is the future and all code here is being readied for a move to it. Same with just about every big software company out there that develops for Windows...

    As for Longhorn, it's in Alpha, so not quite sure how your friend is using a copy that has not yet been written. <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    64-bit XP will almost definitely be released this year, based on being in RC2 status. Longhorn client (at the very earliest), is probably more like late 2006 or 2007. Longhorn server? No one knows...
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