Most important: insist on separate server for the oracle database. The sys admins will tell you "but let's put just one domain controller/ISA/exchange/SUS/etc., it does not eat much resources..." Every other thing you put on the same windows-based machine will badly hurt your availability. -- Regards, Yavor Ivanov Senior Database Expert Stemo Ltd On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:28:16 +0300, Stephen Andert <andert@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Yes, I know the first one is "use *nix" but I am tired of fighting > about it and my boss made the decision. > > The main question I have is whether to create an oracle-specific > account or just use an administrator account. Also, any links to > Windows best practices would be great. > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l