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I can tell you from experience is that it’s usually best to stick with the OS or OS equivalent that the system was made for but there is always room to learn. ws2k8 will use less memory then w7 but still a big chunk more than ws2k3. By default Windows server OS’es usually use less memory than their desktop counterparts and with that sometimes faster too depending on what you have running.
I have gotten windows server 2008 to run with 256mb ram in safe mode once just to see if it would boot with that small amount. It will only in safe mode. I have a feeling it will safemode boot with even less ram but I have not tested it to be sure.
As a cheatsheet to windows desktop and server OS’es and their counterparts are:
Windows XP — Windows Server 2003R2
Windows Vista — Windows Server 2008
Windows 7 — Windows Server 2008R2Their activation technology is counter as well as their desktop experience. The bare server will use less ram without the desktop experience.
I have ws2k8 on several machines on most of them I just ran the installer in xp compatibility mode and it installed just fine as non commercial but on one of my systems I really needed it in a hurry so I just installed it in trial mode but once the trial expired I cannot use it in any way without a license. Do any of you know where it saves the trial expired data in the registry? I used process explorer but I couldn’t find it because of the thousands of keys it accesses. All I have to do is get rid of that so I can install it in the free mode.
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