He's running Win2K, which is usually pretty good networking-wise, but
was wondering if anyone has another recommendation for a better OS as
an N4 server?
**Please note that I'm not looking for a huge diatribe on which OS
sucks and which doesn't, just which seems to work best for an N4
server at this point in time.
Thanks,
-John
Total guess here, but I'd suspect Windows ME.
ME is supposed to be using the more robust Win2000 TCP/IP stack,
without the assorted surprises of Win2000 ***.
I know WinME has been bad-mouthed, but I'm running it on one of my
machines, and found it very fast and stable with a couple of tweaks...
Namely disabling GoBack and PCHealth.
Tim
On Sat, 03 Mar 2001 22:50:40 GMT, John Harwood
>He's running Win2K, which is usually pretty good networking-wise, but
>was wondering if anyone has another recommendation for a better OS as
>an N4 server?
>**Please note that I'm not looking for a huge diatribe on which OS
>sucks and which doesn't, just which seems to work best for an N4
>server at this point in time.
>Thanks,
>-John
WinME?
<shivvers>
It has more suprises than Win2K...
-Larry
> Total guess here, but I'd suspect Windows ME.
> ME is supposed to be using the more robust Win2000 TCP/IP stack,
> without the assorted surprises of Win2000 ***.
> I know WinME has been bad-mouthed, but I'm running it on one of my
> machines, and found it very fast and stable with a couple of tweaks...
> Namely disabling GoBack and PCHealth.
> Tim
> On Sat, 03 Mar 2001 22:50:40 GMT, John Harwood
> >I run just fine when connecting to the Papyrus Loop servers on
> >Sierra.com, but my friend's server that was great for our N3 league
> >has been having some major communication issues with N4.
> >He's running Win2K, which is usually pretty good networking-wise, but
> >was wondering if anyone has another recommendation for a better OS as
> >an N4 server?
> >**Please note that I'm not looking for a huge diatribe on which OS
> >sucks and which doesn't, just which seems to work best for an N4
> >server at this point in time.
> >Thanks,
> >-John
Rd
> WinME?
> <shivvers>
> It has more suprises than Win2K...
> -Larry
> > Total guess here, but I'd suspect Windows ME.
> > ME is supposed to be using the more robust Win2000 TCP/IP stack,
> > without the assorted surprises of Win2000 ***.
> > I know WinME has been bad-mouthed, but I'm running it on one of my
> > machines, and found it very fast and stable with a couple of tweaks...
> > Namely disabling GoBack and PCHealth.
> > Tim
> > On Sat, 03 Mar 2001 22:50:40 GMT, John Harwood
> > >I run just fine when connecting to the Papyrus Loop servers on
> > >Sierra.com, but my friend's server that was great for our N3 league
> > >has been having some major communication issues with N4.
> > >He's running Win2K, which is usually pretty good networking-wise, but
> > >was wondering if anyone has another recommendation for a better OS as
> > >an N4 server?
> > >**Please note that I'm not looking for a huge diatribe on which OS
> > >sucks and which doesn't, just which seems to work best for an N4
> > >server at this point in time.
> > >Thanks,
> > >-John
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They're little "goodies" built into WinME.
GoBack saves the computers state from time to time, enabling you to
restore a last known good configuration if you have a problem.
It's a great theory, except if it saves the system state while you're
doing something, it'll bring things to a screeching halt.
PC Health is another group of automatic utilities that do various
system maintenance.
Think of Win98's Task Scheduler on crack, and you get the idea.
:-)
Tim
