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April 10, 2008

Windows Hosting Setup

The Microsoft Windows operating system offers a full service of GUI (Graphic User Interface) for most of the required setup configurations. The configuration of Windows is performed in two manners, unlike rival operating systems. In the first instance, bulk copies of required files are copied and installed onto a user’s hard drive. The second run is where the actual installation takes place. The original Windows NT operating system was not designed to support plug and play applications, which resulted in limitation to the web servers. Plug and play features were not supported until the release of Windows 2000. This version came with support for not only applications but extensive hardware devices as well.

Windows NT is known to be very compatible with both RISC and Intel processors. These factors enable the Windows server to expand as a reliable hosting platform. Even though Windows integrates with RISC processors, all of its components may not. If you are looking to buy service on a Windows server that supports the RISC platform, make sure that all of the required applications are compatible.

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