   xp 64-bit problem
  I just built a new computer with Windows XP Pro x64 OS. Problem is, my computer thinks its Windows Server 2003, even my OS in the "who's online" section says "Windows 2003". Does anyone else have this problem? I have some software that won't install because it recognizes the OS as Server 2003 and automatically cancels the installation.   
  Your OS is Windows Server 2003, it's just configured as a workstation instead of a server.   ;  ^ What he said.  Can you perhaps run the said software in compatibility mode?On a somewhat related note, "who's online" detects FreeBSD as Unix.   ;  Windows XP-64(Only available in Pro variant IIRC) is a modified Windows 2003 Server kernel. It's basically a standard 2003 server without the ability to run as domain controller, terminal server(with the exception of the limited Remote Desktop service), etc. It only has the GUI of regular XP so users think it's XP-32.On a sidenote: the whole OS is detected as Win2K3, because last time I tried I couldn't install MSN Messenger 8.5 on it because it wasn't supposed to be installed on a 2003 server. Which is a stupid mistake Microsoft made there.Toolmaker   ;  I originally used XP-64 and ran into many of the same compatibility problems. Usually you can just use compatibility mode to get around the checks, but if the program installs drivers, it will still fail. Upgrading to Vista 64 helped a lot, although drivers still all have to be specifically built for 64 bit operating systems.;Quote:Original post by PromitYour OS is Windows Server 2003, it's just configured as a workstation instead of a server.LOL!Yeah same thing happens with Vista x64.Hence, reason I still dualboot with plain old XP 32 bits;)Can't really blame Microsoft for developers that are dumb enough to hardcode an OS check into their setup/installer routines though.;  wow, I never knew 64 bit XP was Windows 2003...thanks for the replies   ;Quote:Original post by b_rollinswow, I never knew 64 bit XP was Windows 2003...thanks for the repliesYeah, it's not something I see Microsoft advertising in it's push to sell Vista for some reason or the other?Q: I heard that Windows Vista was based on Windows Server 2003, not XP. Does that mean that Windows Vista is more stable/less consumer-friendly than XP?A: Future Windows versions are always be based on the most up-to-date Windows version at the time, and at the time that Microsoft reset Longhorn development and began work on what we now know as Windows Vista, that version was Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1). When Windows Vista development originally started in 2001, however, it was then based on Windows XP. In mid-2004, Microsoft had to restart the core development of Windows Vista because it was too hard to go back and componentize the existing Windows Vista core code. So when it restarted Windows Vista development, Microsoft naturally used the Windows Server 2003 with SP1 code base instead of that of XP.Don't be confused by this: Windows Vista still includes all of the great features and compatibility from XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2). As Microsoft writes in its internal documentation, the company is simply taking the best features of both XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Windows Server 2003 with SP1 to create Windows Vista.