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Registry hack turns XP Pro into server, vice versa | |
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| Time: 10:51 EST/15:51 GMT | News Source: The Register | Posted By: Byron Hinson | ||
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A routine currently circulating on the web reawakens the old controversy over how different the workstation and server versions actually are. NTSwitch, apparently produced by Hungarian outfit 3am Labs, is claimed to allow various versions of Microsoft workstation operating systems to be turned into server versions, and vice versa. 3am's free download of the routine has been pulled "due to legal considerations," but at time of writing was still being hosted by ADTW, which presumably either hasn't had a take-down notice yet, or is ignoring one. 3am is still running a description of the operation of the routine here, where it is modestly described as "a quick and dirty hack" which backs up the system hive of the registry, edits and then restores it. The sole purpose for the creation of the software, according to the readme, is to demonstrate that Windows workstation and server operating systems share the same binaries, and that the only difference lies in the registry. | ||
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| #1 By 20 (24.243.32.227) at 3/25/2002 11:15:42 AM |
| And, of course, leave it to the Register to help perpetuate the crime. |
| #2 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 3/25/2002 12:23:30 PM |
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Sounds like this mainly turns Server into Workstation. What the hell is the point of that?
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| #3 By 531 (66.188.86.105) at 3/25/2002 12:34:51 PM |
| What the article doesn't mention, however, is that you won't get a full-fledged server just by running the program. Certain server-only functionality lies in files that only come on the Server CD-ROMs. Now, it probably wouldn't be that hard to hack those files into the pseudo-server, but I still doubt that it would work effectively. |
| #4 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 3/25/2002 3:24:08 PM |
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Can I have a pony as well?
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| #5 By 135 (208.50.201.48) at 3/25/2002 8:43:06 PM |
| #23 - Ahh... I see. I guess when I followed through and read it, the example seemed to be making a server become a workstation so you could install a desktop app like Norton Antivirus. |
| #6 By 2332 (129.21.145.80) at 3/26/2002 12:57:51 AM |
| #30 - Well reasoned and expressed. |
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