[CTS] Re: NTSwitch - Changing a Workstation to a Server?
- From: "Russ Blakeman" <rhb57@xxxxxxx>
- To: <computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 14:21:56 -0600
http://www.w2knews.com/index.cfm?action=view&issue=98 shows this about
NTSwitch under NT related topics.
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NTswitch Makes Server Out Of Windows 2000 Workstation
I don't know if you've heard of NTswitch, but listen to this comment on one
of the Sunbelt Forums:
"I downloaded this tool and converted my Windows 2000 Pro laptop to Windows
2000 Server. My splash screen changed, the label on my start menu changed. I
went into System Info and it said I was running server. The only thing I saw
that was disappointing was that the Windows Components in Add/Remove
programs was still the Pro version. No Terminal Services. At any rate, the
point of this utility is to prove that the two OS's are really the same
exact code base with the only difference being the registry settings."
"Interesting", we thought, and decided to test this in Sunbelt. We tried it
on several machines. It totally trashed Windows XP, so do not try that at
home. Win2K was indeed transformed, from WS to Server, and it allowed more
than 10 connections. But we also found it broke other things, like it
completely broke IIS Web Publishing Service so we do not recommend using
this in a production environment. Apart from violating the license
agreement, it is not something we think is stable. But the tool does prove a
point. The two OS-en are practically identical. The site that was originally
mentioned in the posting is off the air at the moment. One wonders why.
[grin]
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Seems you can't download it right now either, even from Russian sites, due
to "legal considerations".
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=> [mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Peter
=> Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 8:11 AM
=> To: takeatip-leaveatip
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=> Subject: [CTS] NTSwitch - Changing a Workstation to a Server?
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=>
=>
=> Ever wonder what the differences are between Microsoft
=> workstation OSes and
=> their server OSes are? Apparently nothing but a few registry entries...
=>
=> A new little program currently circulating on the web called
=> NTswitch allows
=> you to change Windows 2000 Pro into Windows 2000 Server (Windows
=> XP Pro into
=> Windows.NET Server) and vice versa by backing up your registry,
=> making some
=> changes, and then restoring it.
=>
=> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24566.html
=>
=> ~~~~~~~~~~~
=> Peter
=>
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