If the partition to which you are installing existed before you started installing Windows Server 2003, then I recommend performing a full format. The reason is that while writing various articles, I ...

A while ago, I got a note from a reader with some questions about installing Windows Server 2003. It’s a dilemma that many have and will face in the future, so it’s worth exploring here. As always, ...

However, you should definitely allow that step to proceed during the post installation process, mainly to ensure that the system correctly displays its versioning as Windows Server 2003 R2. This is ...

Windows Server 2003 support ends on July 15, as you may have heard. For some organizations — mostly smaller or newer businesses — this does not have any significance: They are most likely backing up ...

When it comes to adopting new operating systems and applications, common practice among system administrators is to delay adoption until the release of the first service pack. Admins found plenty of ...

Installing a Windows Server 2012 R2 DC into an existing domain requires the forest and domain functional level to be Windows Server 2003 or higher. Verify the functional level of the domain by logging ...

If we’re all very lucky, this may be the last time I’ll talk about Windows NT and upgrade paths. Really. Microsoft has almost given up hope that it will ever get all customers of NT servers to migrate ...