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no sweat man, I just built one recently after a few years of messing with them too.
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dumb question, will all this jazz work on my copy of win xp pro? I have some apps that only like xp, so I should really make this a xp pro OS box...Comment
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No reason it shouldn't unless they didn't make drivers for XP. Another issue will be the ability to utilize the 8gigs of ram if you're not using a 64bit OS. Not to mention XP is going EOL in short order. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...ucts/lifecycle
If you run Win7 PRO or Ulti, you can run an XP virtual box inside of 7 natively w/a free dl from M$. Then there's also the option to run them in compatability mode. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/
Food for thought.
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Ya, grumble, some old network element management software will probably hate Win 7, but yes maybe I should test out a virtual box.Originally posted by Tx Redneck View Post
I want access to the 8g of ram, so perhaps I'm running Win 7 no matter what, and will have to find a band-aide for the old client SW. Worst case, I can run that stuff on my other box, but you know just trying to keep it seamless as possible...Comment
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Why are yall using software that's reliant on a legacy OS?
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dude, equipment that is pervasive in the network w/o much in the way of software dev from vendor. We're pot committed to the vendor, so we have to bend to whatever they are willing to develop, and have little leverage to influence them modernizing their shit. I'm willing to bet it would work in a virtual box though, and then my problem goes away. Most of my NE management SW is well supported, and won't buck Win7, just one that has me worried.Originally posted by Tx Redneck View PostComment
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Do you have an extra hdd to install 7 on to see if it's gonna work? If so, I can float you a copy to test with.
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