when ever

So far I have not seen any problems running Vista Home Premium.
I ran the SP1 upgrade and was able to run EQ2 with out having to do run as administrator.

There was some lag while playing EQ2 the game would freeze for up to 2 seconds, I tried ReadyBoost option.
This seemed to take 98% of the freezing out, I even tried changing the system visuals to best performance, nothing changed so it?s back to the visuals. The boot time using ReadyBoost is very nice too. 

All in all I had one blue screen and that was playing Serious Sam and then going right over to Media Center. Nice quick blue screen and reboot and all was fine from there.

I took the ven server down... and it will stay offline

'I'm going to start this one off with building a home (local) site.

One question asked was about Linux for a web server. I have both a Windows XP based site and Linux. The XP offered me more for doing other things on that box then just hosting a test site for ColdThunder. Either way you go with the OS you will still need the base for the site.
More so if you are going with lets say postnuke. Running PHP will take installing MySQL and PHP.

The files I use for building the web server on XP are as listed.
1.   Mysql-4.0.25-win32 Dowload site

2.   PHP-4.4.2-win32 Download site zip file

3.   Apache 1.3.34-win32-x86 Download site

4.   phpmyadmin to access mysql DB Download site
5.   Pick the PHP portal you want. (XOOPS, Postnuke, NukePHP, phpbb2 plus or what ever you like)

From here I will leave this post open for questions and maybe more steps

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'I'm going to start this one off with building a home (local) site.

One question asked was about Linux for a web server. I have both a Windows XP based site and Linux. The XP offered me more for doing other things on that box then just hosting a test site for ColdThunder. Either way you go with the OS you will still need the base for the site.
More so if you are going with lets say postnuke. Running PHP will take installing MySQL and PHP.

The files I use for building the web server on XP are as listed.
1.   Mysql-4.0.25-win32 Dowload site

2.   PHP-4.4.2-win32 Download site zip file

3.   Apache 1.3.34-win32-x86 Download site

4.   phpmyadmin to access mysql DB Download site
5.   Pick the PHP portal you want. (XOOPS, Postnuke, NukePHP, phpbb2 plus or what ever you like)
From here I will leave this post open for questions and maybe more steps

Step by step on how to build a PHP plus server', 'How to install a PHP server on XP server   
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Files needed for this version of install.
   My SQL     mysql-4.0.25-win32.zip
   Apache     Apache_1.3.34-win32-x86-no_src.exe
   PHP Engine    php-4.4.2-Win32.zip
   phpMyAdmin    phpMyAdmin-2.8.0.3.zip   
PHPBB-MOD    phpbb2_plus_1.53.zip
(this is template of Server view)


    Installing the base apps
Unzip MYSQL to temp directory and run Mysql install. Use defaults.
Unzip Apache to temp directory and run Apache install. Use defaults.
Create a new Directory call PHP on the Root of C drive. (C:\php)
Unzip the contents of the php-4.4.2-Win32.zip into the new c:\php folder.
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How to Configure PHP Engine files     
Move all files located in the dll and sapi folders to the main folder (e.g. C:\php).

Add c:\php to the environmental PATH.
   Copy the php.ini-recommended to a new file called php.ini
   Move the php.ini to the c:\\windows folder.
      Reboot machine     

Register your DLL
After having all the files needed, you must register the DLL on your system.
To register the DLL just type regsvr32 php5activescript.dll
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How to Configure Apache httpd.conf file.

You need to insert these lines to the bottom of your Apache httpd.conf
Configuration file to set up the CGI binary:
Load PHP 4.3.4
LoadModule php4_module c:/php/sapi/php4Apache.dll
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml .php4 .php3
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 How to Install as an Apache module
You need to insert these two lines to your Apache httpd.conf
Configuration file to set up the PHP module for Apache 2.0:
For PHP 4 does something like this:
Look for the loadmodule area and add line below after last entry
LoadModule php4_module "c:/php/php4apache.dll"
Look for the addmodule area and add line below after last entry
AddModule mod_php4.

Look for the Directory index area and add line below after last entry
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.phtml index.php3 index.php4
index.cgi index.pl default.htm default.html


Start the MySql engine.
Run the C:\mysql\bin\winmysqladmin
Once PHP-plus is installed rename install DIR in folder to -old.
I am working on the directions for the database entry and setup.
Let me know what you are looking for and if this helped.
Dtech

A few things I do when building out a new system (XP SP2) Home and Pro, which I'm sure for the most part others do the same.

After the install:
1.   Remove MSN Explorer
             in Add/Remove programs under Add/Remove
             Windows Components (if you don't use it)

2.   I also remove the internet game zone in games.

3.   In System Properties "Advanced tab"; under "Performance"
              "Setting" / "Visual Effects".
              Set it to "Adjust for best performance"  then select
            "Use common tasks in folders" click and Apply. This will take off all the defaults that can slow the system down.

4.   This is up to you, but I turn off "Automatic Updates" because I check for updates.
             And Microsoft for the most part posts the new update (if any) the second Tuesday of every month.
             We call it MS Tuesday!

5.   "Hibernate" is turned off if I'm building out a Desktop PC, no reason to leave that on if this is not a laptop.
             This eats up hard drive space and is a resource running.

6. "Services" There are a few I turn off on this PC.
  a.  "Messenger" I don't use or receive net send messages on this PC.
  b.  "Fast User Switching Compatibility" No need for this service if you're the only one using the PC 
  c.  "Security Center" I just don't use this feature of XP SP2
  d.  "Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)" I don't use  the windows firewall or internet connection sharing.   
  e.  "Wireless Zero Configuration" This PC is not setup for wireless so no need in this running.

http://www.tsviewer.com/index.php?page=ts_viewer&ID=37192 here is one other place to se the TS server

I guess its about time to ask the question......  WHEN IS THE NEXT ONE!!

Its time! Let?s start looking at what is out there for the next system.
I like to start ahead of time looking at what is out there and what is coming.

For many years now I have used only AMD in my home systems and at work Intel.
AMD still seems to offer the best all around performance ?maybe?. I have not used Intel for gaming in a long time, so I?ll leave the opportunity open for an Intel processor.

Cash fund for this we will say around $5000.00

CPU:
AMD AM2
Intel Core 2 duo

I will leave the rest blank right now
Mother boards:

Power supply: Gigabyte's Odin GT 800W

Video:

Sound:

Memory:

Case:

Hard Drive:

DVD:

Anything else: