So, it's come: that magical time when your machine needs to be cleaned up and reformatted (a.k.a. filled up with junk from LANs and year[s] of use).
I find myself in the possession of a Windows Server 2003 Standard evaluation CD and roughly 180 days until I'd think about reformatting again (winter break).
After looking through the Windows 2003 HCL (dammit, I closed the window), I found that just about everything on my machine, a 5680, should work. The only unsupported piece of hardware was the DVD-RW drive - this could be problematic if it doesn't work.
I'll be first installing the OS, getting 'net access up, then updating to SP1. After that, I'll be installing the remainder of the drivers, followed by games (UT2k4, Steam, Battlefield 1942/Vietnam/2, Halo, EV Nova, FarCry).
I'm starting tonight about 9:00pm and will fill this in as I go.
I find myself in the possession of a Windows Server 2003 Standard evaluation CD and roughly 180 days until I'd think about reformatting again (winter break).
After looking through the Windows 2003 HCL (dammit, I closed the window), I found that just about everything on my machine, a 5680, should work. The only unsupported piece of hardware was the DVD-RW drive - this could be problematic if it doesn't work.
I'll be first installing the OS, getting 'net access up, then updating to SP1. After that, I'll be installing the remainder of the drivers, followed by games (UT2k4, Steam, Battlefield 1942/Vietnam/2, Halo, EV Nova, FarCry).
I'm starting tonight about 9:00pm and will fill this in as I go.
