Windows 2000?

[limp1058]

Is windows 2000 accually as good as I have heard? I've heard lots of good things about it with security.

[Neophyte]

I believe that Windows 2000 will become the forgotten OS after October and the release of ME.

The testing that I did on it showed some good improvements in many areas but not enough to write home about.

[Azhrarn]

Ummm... Do you mean XP? Cause ME is already out, and even if it wasn't... Well, you get the idea. I'll just say I would prefer DOS/3.x over ME any day. ;)

[itsme]

now may i ask whats so wrong about winME that u would use DOS 3.x ?

[Terr]

Originally posted by itsme
now may i ask whats so wrong about winME that u would use DOS 3.x ?

He means DOS or [/u]Windows[/u] 3.x. The DOS version would probably be v6.22.

[Neophyte]

Originally posted by Azhrarn
Ummm... Do you mean XP? Cause ME is already out, and even if it wasn't... Well, you get the idea. I'll just say I would prefer DOS/3.x over ME any day. ;)

Oops...now which one is going to be the forgotten OS?
Never sleep and think!

[nebivedu]

Win2k works just fine.

[saiart]

Well, I switched back to Windows NT,
Windows 2000 gave me a gew too many problems while configuring the server. I still prefer Windows NT.

[RogueSpy]

What ever you do, dont use WinXP. It limits the number of hardware upgrades you can do & then requests that you re-register the OS. :killcompu

[Eversor]

As far as the XP upgrades go hardwarwe wise I wouldn't say that. If you get XP Professional Corporate Build 2600 you don't have to re-register. I've been using it for about 3 weeks now and haven't had a problem switching the hardware in and out at all. The main thing I'm happy about is hot-swappable IDE devices cause it makes my job a whole lot easier.

[rnapro]

I use Windows 2K at home and work. I happen to think it is yhe best OS thus far. I do use Win ME on my wife's machine and don't have any problems. The only advantage she has is the game support for ME. Win 2K is not hot for games but I am not much of a gamer.:thumbsup:

[MrLinus]

I'm not overly fond of things from Microsoft but Win2K is a vast improvement over previous "secure" operating systems that they have released. The reality is there is a lot to learn about this OS and the ways they have changed it.

While still based on the NT concept, it is different. NTFS is version 5, it uses Kerberos v.5 for login rather than NTLM, uses Active Directory rather than the previous flat-hierachial file system, it was designed for Internet Usage, etc. It's biggest flaw, and this seems to be a recurring flaw, is that it has legacy built in and thus gets all the legacy bugs (for the most part. IIS is a giant bug period).

I think MS has a way to go but kudos to them for getting this far.

[stflook]

I think Windows 2000 has very good security. I didn't say it couldn't be improved on, but it sure beats the hell out of the 9x series.
Yes, Windows 2000 is a very good operating system compared to the 9x series. It's better in almost every way.

[casper3699]

Win2K is the best operating system that i have used yet

[Kurupt007]

Yah i think Win PRO is a really good OS and security is good if CONFIGURED correctly...