http://www.osnews.com/story/2984/Longhorn_4008_Can_Turn_Into_Longhorn_XP_Media_Center_Edition_ Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:01:27 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Wait, you mean if alpha software only half-installs and changes the name but probably nothing else, it means something? If you fiddle enough, I bet you could get that desktop letters to say just about anything... Fri, 07 Mar 2003 18:43:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? but my website is running iis 5.1 and that only accepts 10 connections concurrently

try later.....

cheers

anyweb Fri, 07 Mar 2003 18:47:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? So what? You can potentially also turn it into Enterprise Server. Requires also only somewhat fiddling with the registry. Fri, 07 Mar 2003 18:52:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? > but my website is running iis 5.1 and that only accepts 10 connections concurrently

For gawd sakes...can someone say Apache! Fri, 07 Mar 2003 19:06:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? for loads and loads of hits... i'll certaintly consider implementing apache now though ,

apologies again for any/all connection problems that was not my intention at all,

mirrored the pics here (not my machine)

http://home.sol.se/chris

cheers Fri, 07 Mar 2003 19:12:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? "For gawd sakes...can someone say Apache!"

I would guess he is running IIS on his desktop and accepts only 10 connections because he is on a dialup. I hope you are trolling but Apache is really not going to give him more bandwidth. Maybe instead he should install some _real_ graphics software and compress that .jpg to save bandwidth. Fri, 07 Mar 2003 19:29:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? this works

http://hem.bredband.net/niabra/longhorn/media/media.html

cheers

anyweb Fri, 07 Mar 2003 19:38:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Jim--Sure he probably is running IIS on his desktop and maybe (doubtful) on a dialup (I'd think it's broadband at least). But the 10 simultaneous connections is a limitation of the IIS that comes with non server editions of Windows NT-based systems (like XP professional). It's a limitation that MS put in that will be removed if you upgrade to XP Server or 2k Server and higher.

So his recommendation to use Apache stands. Fri, 07 Mar 2003 19:43:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Why on eart do you have to complain about what web server anyweb is runnig?? The guy just found something and reported it!! why cant you say," thats intresting" instead of slagging him off? when was the last time YOU reported something?????? Fri, 07 Mar 2003 19:52:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Doesn't surprise me. NT 4.0 Workstation could be turned into NT Server, with the right regsitry hacks. This was discovered after Microsoft swore that the kernels of each OS were inherently different - in fact a binary comparison shows them to be identical. This will probably be the same for the OS that sprouts from Longhorn.

The truth is, if you buy any high-end Windows you're basically getting the Home Edition without the high-end features disabled. The only difference betweens Windows distributions is the intended audience, the price that audience paid, and the limitations that are enabled or disabled for that price.

You can run a web server or file server with unlimited connections on a GNU/Linux box. And you don't have to ask anyone's permission to activate it. This is not a difference in technical ability - it's pure versioning and licensing. Fri, 07 Mar 2003 20:00:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? You can even even change Win2k Pro into Win2k Server with a simpel program that changes 2 registry settings. I've done it and it works. Run the program again and it switches back.
Cool stuff :-)
And to say MS asks twice or tripple or i don't know how much more for the server version. Fri, 07 Mar 2003 20:20:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? //You can even even change Win2k Pro into Win2k Server with a simpel program that changes 2 registry settings. I've done it and it works. Run the program again and it switches back.
Cool stuff :-)
//

Your proof is posted ... where?

Bullocks. Fri, 07 Mar 2003 20:39:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Sorry to intrude on the discussion, but are't we missing the point of this headline? What is " FreeStyle" going to be anyway? Fri, 07 Mar 2003 20:48:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Who cares about this new Windows beta screenshots??? There has been almost 1 article every day for the past week about screenshots of Longhorn 4008. WHY DOES IT MATTER??? Fri, 07 Mar 2003 20:56:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? I have to say this news item is pretty bad. The fact that you can do this has been known for a long time and worked back with the first leaked Longhorn. Of cours MS is going to keep Media Center up with XP in terms of code base because all Media Center is is an addition to XP. Nothing fundamental about the OS is different. You get 2 services and a application. Fri, 07 Mar 2003 21:32:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? And it's not because it's beta in development...

Windows XP Pro can be turned into server and vica versa by just a few registry hack. This affect features, recognition by application (as to whether it's server or workstation), and also identficiation and splash screen.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24566.html

To me it seems that Windows always includes a lot of junk and stuff that are not used. I guess microsoft haven't heard of conditional compiling... :- Fri, 07 Mar 2003 21:39:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? MSFT uses the same base for all their products (ie: Win2k Pro and Win2k Server). The main difference is in the bundled software.

Server:
0) Desktop +
1) Additional network protocals to allow working better with Macs and Unix.
2) Additional tools for testing network status.
3) Less limitations on the number of concurent users.

Media Center:
0) Desktop +
1) Media Command Center application
2) drivers to talk to external media devices.

Of course you don't want to make packaging too hard, so you just throw in all the extra graphics and screens into a base system and use the register to control which one the system should be identified as. Then you just need to bundle the extra stuff on the correct CD. Fri, 07 Mar 2003 22:39:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Nice 1 anyweb. Fri, 07 Mar 2003 23:06:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? I have tested this and it does work..:) Fri, 07 Mar 2003 23:29:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? "Your proof is posted ... where?

Bullocks."

Search for a file called NTswitch.zip
You don't have to believe me, but I tried it and it works, the bootup screen even changes to the server bootup screen. It doesn't work with XP pro (i didn't try that), but I know it works with Win2k. Sat, 08 Mar 2003 00:05:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Ok, searched for it myself.

http://www.astalavista.com/tools/network/misc/ (at the bottom of the page)
If you speak french:
http://ndfr.free.fr/downloads.php?dir=Divers
http://content.443.ch/pub/security/blackhat/Exploits/NT/

Just type in google ntswitch.zip and those pages are all on the 1st page in Google. Sat, 08 Mar 2003 00:10:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? If you have Windows, and you install Media Center extesions, you get Media Center Edition. It doesn't take a degree in obvious to figure that out. Why is this article in existance? It makes my head hurt. Sat, 08 Mar 2003 02:02:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Wow cool hacks.... Longhorn will have 2CDs? More like Linux
Gotta wait Sat, 08 Mar 2003 02:03:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? I did this with the last LH leak.It asks for CD 2, which is just the Media edition CD. If your fortunate enough to have that (and I do) you can have a full blown LH Media centre install. Though why you would want it lord alone knows. Its way too buggy still to use.

Q Sat, 08 Mar 2003 10:44:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? I get the feeling around here that people saaaayyy they know a lot about computers but they dont. Not everyone, just a few..

If XP bitches about "disc 2" point it to the i386 directory on your "c" drive. This almost always, always works for windows components. Sat, 08 Mar 2003 14:32:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? From a previous article I think I read somewhere that the CD doesn't have an i386 directory, so I'd assume that it doesn't install one, either. Sat, 08 Mar 2003 14:35:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? if it's listed in the windows components dir, the cabs are there somewhere. Sat, 08 Mar 2003 14:42:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Well all i did was put in the media centre CD (I think that comes on two CDs, but I confess the version I 'aquired' didn't). It worked fine with that.

Look it up on the net. Lots of people did it first time around.

Q :-) Sat, 08 Mar 2003 15:38:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Anyone ever wonder about the psychology of "aquiring" this stuff? I mean.. I guess I don't understand the benefit of installing a pre-alpha, no features, version of X, Y, Z OS... Sat, 08 Mar 2003 17:25:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? If you use NTSwitch on NT, also check out Frob from Sysinternals.

http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/frob.shtml

For Win2K see;

http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/info/nt5.shtml Sun, 09 Mar 2003 03:02:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? With Tweak NT you can also switch between specific versions of Windows within that production line. For instance, you can switch Windows 2000 Pro into Windows 2000 Enterprize server, DataCenter server, Pro, Server. You can also remove timebombs from trial biulds of any NT based system, and also add a timebomb to a biuld if desired. Mon, 10 Mar 2003 05:37:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? With Tweak NT you can also switch between specific versions of Windows within that production line. For instance, you can switch Windows 2000 Pro into Windows 2000 Enterprize server, DataCenter server, Pro, Server. You can also remove timebombs from trial biulds of any NT based system, and also add a timebomb to a biuld if desired. You can get this little item on irc.winbeta.org. Log into the channel #winbeta Mon, 10 Mar 2003 05:40:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments