Introduction

Intended Audience

I became a member of a small team of Windows Server 2003 beta testers when the system was an early beta. Even at that early stage of beta testing, we could see that there were differences between Windows 2000 and its successors, code named "Whistler". It was an amazing experience to see how the system improved with the release of each new beta or Release Candidate. To generalize the common trend, the system became more and more powerful and reliable. However, despite all these improvements, the new system didn't entirely eliminate the features that had existed in Windows 2000; rather, it improved and extended this functionality while adding new tools and features. The new operating system implements all the best features of its predecessor. In this way, Windows Server 2003 continues the Windows 2000 tradition, emphasized by the "Built on NT Technology" slogan displayed at boot time. Windows 2000 had many features in common with the previous version of Windows NT, as do the products of the Windows Server 2003 family. If you examine it carefully, you'll see that it has many features in common with Windows 2000 as well.

Will thousands of users all over the world migrate to the newer version immediately? Some probably will (especially those who get the system with the new hardware), but many others will continue using Windows 2000 while examining this new system and testing existing applications for compatibility. This book is addressed to such readers, including system administrators, technical support personnel, and experienced Windows NT/2000 users.



Windows Server 2003 Registry
Unicode Explained
ISBN: 1931769214
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 129

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