SFP and Windows Server 2003

artisonore · Post by **artisonore** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:54 am

First of all hello to all you of the forum and then a question (perhaps) stupid: works SFP with Windows Server 2003?
Thanks in advance for yor answers.

ScofieldKid · Post by **ScofieldKid** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:02 pm

That's an interesting question.

But I think it's probably not as recommended idea as it might appear to be.

A *lot* of what Windows Server OS has to do with is ACTIVE DIRECTORY. Since it is a live database with thousands of settings, it can really hit your system hard when it is doing its thing.

I think XP versions are really what we need to deal with for Scope. (PS, I've been testing Vista in a lot of ways for quite a while now, and it can be a real dog at times.)

bassdude · Post by **bassdude** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:25 pm

Yes it works. I use server 2003 because it uses less memory than windows xp.

ScofieldKid · Post by **ScofieldKid** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:09 pm

That's kind of cool to know.

I'd be curious how the software installs and compatability have worked out there. Might be a very sneaky way to get better reliability than XP.

artisonore · Post by **artisonore** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:53 am

bassdude wrote:Yes it works. I use server 2003 because it uses less memory than windows xp.

ehhmm...

I have made the question, hoping that the answer was positive, for being able to use the 4G of RAM that with XP I cannot take advantage of.
Now, I ask myself if Cubase SX3 or 4 run with the same OS.

ScofieldKid · Post by **ScofieldKid** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:22 am

Did you give the /PAE boot extension a try for Windows XP?

I know there is also some 3GB switch that might also help some applications get more memory, but not sure how these two interact.

artisonore · Post by **artisonore** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 1:27 am

ScofieldKid wrote:Did you give the /PAE boot extension a try for Windows XP?

I know there is also some 3GB switch that might also help some applications get more memory, but not sure how these two interact.

Yes, I did it. Unfortunately, the best that XP can see are 3,240 GB.
So I thought to Windows Server 2003 that should not have problems to give me 4G with the PAE function. But I do not know whether Cubase SX3 or Cubase 4 work seamlessly with that OS.