N4 - Which OS seems to be the happiest for a server?

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

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 gaming. 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 <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>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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> > 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 gaming. > > 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 > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >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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What is this Go back and PChealth ?? Rd "Dog-Leg" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> **** Post for FREE via your newsreader at post.usenet.com **** > > WinME? > > <shivvers> > > It has more suprises than Win2K... > > -Larry > > "Tim O" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > > > 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 gaming. > > > > 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 > > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > > >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 > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > *** Usenet.com - The #1 Usenet Newsgroup Service on The Planet! *** > http://www.usenet.com > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

On Thu, 8 Mar 2001 00:50:58 -0700, "rdracer" <[email hidden]> wrote: >What is this Go back and PChealth ?? 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