<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 5/4/2004 12:42:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time, fp@wjv.com writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">XP is far less trouble than the predecesors but far more trouble<BR>
than an *n*x system I've used. <BR>
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I am certified for both Microsoft products and for UNIX. Frankly, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 are more complex than any form of *n*x I've used.<BR>
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Windows NT was more pliable; if a system file went bad, you could replace it easily. If you needed to do a complete restore, you could use Backup Exec, four diskettes, and the Windows CD. It worked.<BR>
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With Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, everything is trapped. If you try to replace a system file, the dll cache immediately restores the previous copy. If you go into Recovery Console and try to restore a file, you get "access denied." To restore a system, you need an ASR diskette, together with the matching tape, and the Windows CD. (If you overwrote that tape you're up the creek.) You will also need various driver diskettes. Plus you will probably have to reactivate Windows! To date, image backup programs like InstantRecovery and Snapback don't work with the AHA-39320 and LTO tape drives--so they're useless for new installations.<BR>
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In other words, Microsoft thwarts you at every turn. Now compare this with SCO OpenServer and Unitrends CTAR. If I have to restore OpenServer, I just boot on the two CTAR diskettes (now 2.88 MB, because the UNIX kernel is so big), run CTAR restore, and voila, the system is back. No muss, no fuss. I've contacted Unitrends about a similar product for Windows--they no longer make PC Parachute and do not currently have disaster recovery software for Windows. What a shame.<BR>
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Regards,<BR>
Ronald W. Satz, Ph.D., MCSE+I, SCO Authorized<BR>
Transpower Corporation<BR>
<A HREF="www.transpowercorp.com">www.transpowercorp.com</A><BR>
transpower@aol.com<BR>
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