Windows 2000 Pro

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Thanks everyone for your replies to my Windows 2000 question. I�m going
with MS Windows 2000 Pro with SP3.


This group is such a great resource!!

Paul L.


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I was told from support that it is possible to go from 5.0 to 5.2 but that
they do not suggest it or support it.

-----Original Message-----
From: Troy Funte [mailto:tfunte@...]
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 9:40 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Vantage]


Jasper,
As you may know, but just in case you don't.... You will need to upgrade
from 3.0 to 4.0, then from 4.0 to 5.0, then from 5.0 to (I think) 5.2 (I
think you can skip 5.1 if you want, but I'm not totally sure).
Thus, you will need to find the instructions for each of those steps. It
seems to me that there was information on the CD for 4.0 to get the steps to
get from 3.0 to 4.0. That will be your biggest step by far, and requires
some extra checking with your GL codes, etc before moving to 4.0. The
instructions for 5.0 and above are on the Epicor website - at the same
locations as the patches.

http://support.epicor.com/common/downloads.asp?P=VANTAGE
<http://support.epicor.com/common/downloads.asp?P=VANTAGE&G=VANTAGE&HEAD=Van
tage%20Downloads> &G=VANTAGE&HEAD=Vantage%20Downloads

Also, there are some documents on the Egroups website that show some steps
that users have taken internally to move up from 3.0 and beyond. Located
under the "Vantage Admin" folder, located here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/Vantage%20Admin/
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/Vantage%20Admin/>

Troy Funte
Liberty Electronics

----- Original Message -----
From: Jasper Recto
To: Vantage Groups (E-mail)
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 4:01 PM
Subject: [Vantage]


Hello,

We are currently running Version 3.0 and need to update to 5.2. Does
anybody know where I can find the Upgrade instructions for this. Any
white papers would help. I can't find anything on Epicor's web site.
Also, what are some common pitfalls I should look out for. Does anybody
have any tips?

Thanks,

Jasper Recto




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Good morning everyone,

I�m ordering a new DELL Precision workstation and had a question about the
Operating System. I need it with Windows 2000 Pro, but I have some choices
with DELL. I can get it with Service Pack 2, Service Pack 3 or Service Pack
3 with CD and FAT 32.

Can someone give some insight into the difference here? I just need this
for a CAM workstation, I going with Dual processors and just an IDE drive
system.

I�m assuming I need to get SP3.

Thanks

Paul Lipham
ASPI



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I'd go with SP3 with a CD (for use with your other 2000 systems) and then convert from FAT 32 to NTFS. I like to wipe-out the "canned" stuff on the hard drive and build a clean install without all the free additional junk that's loaded on it.

Jim Horton
Mol-Son, Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Lipham [mailto:pml@...]
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 9:44 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Windows 2000 Pro


Good morning everyone,

I'm ordering a new DELL Precision workstation and had a question about the
Operating System. I need it with Windows 2000 Pro, but I have some choices
with DELL. I can get it with Service Pack 2, Service Pack 3 or Service Pack
3 with CD and FAT 32.

Can someone give some insight into the difference here? I just need this
for a CAM workstation, I going with Dual processors and just an IDE drive
system.

I'm assuming I need to get SP3.

Thanks

Paul Lipham
ASPI



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Paul:

I would highly recommend going SP3 with the NTFS file system.

NTFS is much more secured and stable. FAT32 is normally a specialty thing
now that was used back in the days of Windows 95, 98 and ME.

Service Pack 2 or 3 is fine and you can always install 3 later on from
Microsoft's website for free, but we run SP3 on Windows 2000 here and have
had really no problems despite other minor complaints out there on MS
newsgroups. I think SP3 is a good service pack especially if it comes
pre-installed on the machine from Dell.

But this is all just opinion.

There really is not much difference between SP2 and 3, 3 was "supposedly"
released early due to a Microsoft court case, so Microsoft had to make it an
option to set program access rights for Internet Explorer, MSN Messenger,
and others.

Hope this helps.

Jessee Holmes
Stremel Manufacturing Company

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Lipham [mailto:pml@...]
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 8:44 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Windows 2000 Pro


Good morning everyone,

IÂ’m ordering a new DELL Precision workstation and had a question about the
Operating System. I need it with Windows 2000 Pro, but I have some choices
with DELL. I can get it with Service Pack 2, Service Pack 3 or Service Pack
3 with CD and FAT 32.

Can someone give some insight into the difference here? I just need this
for a CAM workstation, I going with Dual processors and just an IDE drive
system.

IÂ’m assuming I need to get SP3.

Thanks

Paul Lipham
ASPI



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Paul,

I don't do W2000 (or NT4, for that matter) without NTFS. Security &
performance aspects of FAT32 do not appeal to me either. It wouldn't
really matter to me how a computer arrived on my door step-either with NTFS
or with FAT32. I would simply use W2000's converter to move to NTFS.

At 08:44 AM 10/14/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Good morning everyone,
>
>I'm ordering a new DELL Precision workstation and had a question about the
>Operating System. I need it with Windows 2000 Pro, but I have some choices
>with DELL. I can get it with Service Pack 2, Service Pack 3 or Service Pack
>3 with CD and FAT 32.
>
>Can someone give some insight into the difference here? I just need this
>for a CAM workstation, I going with Dual processors and just an IDE drive
>system.
>
>I'm assuming I need to get SP3.
>
>Thanks
>
>Paul Lipham
>ASPI
>
>
>
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>
>
>
>Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must
>have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
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>
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W2K w/ SP3 - have had no probs...

Knock on wood of course.

RG
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Only W2k SP3 Server had problems.

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Gors [mailto:rgors@...]
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 9:54 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Windows 2000 Pro


W2K w/ SP3 - have had no probs...

Knock on wood of course.

RG



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