Sneak Peek at Windows Server 2008

stinkymountain writes to tell us that NetworkWorld got their hands on Microsoft's latest addition to the server OS market and had a chance to poke around inside Windows Server 2008. It seems that the new release is a vast improvement over older versions in both security and performance but still lacking in several key areas. "There's even a minimalist installation called Windows Server Core that can run various server roles (such as DNS, DHCP, Active Directory components) but not applications (like SQL Server or IIS dynamic pages). It's otherwise a scripted host system for headless operations. There's no GUI front end to a Windows Server Core box, but it is managed by a command line interface (CLI), scripts, remotely via System Manager or other management applications that support Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), or by Remote Terminal Services. It's also a potential resource-slimmed substrate for Hyper-V and virtualization architectures."

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Such a privledged life you must lead.

[Bill, Shooter of Bul]

Its always a problem with the registry. All-freaking-ways. If a program x isn't behaving its 99% of the time because of the registry. I worked too long doing tech support to know that the registry is anything but horrid. I'd list its many faults here, but it would make me relive a time in my life I'd rather forget. In brief I'd just say that having small config files in each apps directory is a lot easier to maintain than one giant one, that tries to solve all problems but does none well. I'm not a violent man by nature, but If I were ever to meet anyone connected with the creating a registry for windows, well, I'd like to introduce his or her face to a cream pie of their least favorite variety.