I am wanting to gain some hands-on knowledge of security (permissions, sharing, etc.). Can I install Windows XP Professional on a second computer and configure it as a server with Active Directory? If so, will this enable me to gain some practice as mentioned above? Where can I get the infi I need to do this? If not, any suggestions as to what I might do?
I am not going to buy Windows Server 2003.
Jump to Postwww.google.com ,just type in any questions you have and you will find sites talking about anything you want to know .good luck
You may want to check the Microsoft Web-Site: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=77f24c9d-b4b8-4f73-99e3-c66f80e415b6&DisplayLang=en
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www.google.com ,just type in any questions you have and you will find sites talking about anything you want to know .good luck
as far as i know, active directory can ONLY be done on a server, i dont know, i could be wrong, though, you can go to microsoft.com and download a release candidate for 2008 server (free) and use that, you would only need to download the vitual-pc (free) or vm-ware viewer (free)
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note, this will probubly require a lot of ram
AD services can only be installed on a server OS.
2008 requires at least 512Mb RAM, and will run very slowly on that.
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