1) I've always configured my servers with a pagefile that's double the size
of RAM, e.g. 1GB memory = 2GB pagefile.  I've never left Windows to manage
the pagefile on its own.  I'm wondering if I should revisit this in x64.  
What are others doing?

I just installed Windows 2003 Enterprise edition x64 w/SP1. The install was
a fresh install on a brand new server and after the install was successful I
installed R2, R2 seemed like it installed OK; however after the install I
don't see any indication that R2 is installed (system ...

When I left click on a desktop icon, I get the window-confirm file deletion.  
If I
check no nothing happens.  If I check yes, the icon (shortcut) is put in the
recycle

Is anyone else using the above printer/all-in-one?  I've instead the beta
drivers from HP (and yes I appreciate they won't be the best drivers in the
World being beta and all) but it seems to slow down my machine.  It's even
worse when I have the printer on.  Everything just ...

I'm trying to add IIS after completing an install of Windows 2003 Server R2
x64 Volume Licence and the ISO downloaded from Microsoft doesn't have the
required files to complete the installation.
There are 2439 files in the i386 directory which total 149mb, this seems too

I got a notice of an update to version 5, free with my subscription
license. I downloaded it, and when it runs it immediately says "Spy
Sweeper is not compatible with 64 bit operating systems."
I wrote to them asking for a refund on my support license since they

First post, so thanks in advance.
Here's our situation. We're a new nonprofit, we've
just received an Opteron system as a gift, and I'm
trying to find the simplest, surest, cheapest way

There's a new column y'all might find interesting up on the Expert Zone.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/64bit/russel_virtualmachine.mspx

Has anyone had problems with PerfectDisk 7 on x64?  I set it to offline
defrag by C and D drives but didn't when I restarted.  It also errors on my
when I select to defrag D: online.
Kol

i recently installed windows vista x86(32 bit) but i was wondering if i
would be able to upgrade it to the 64 bit version, how will i do this and
what benifits are there if i do eg, better graphics? whats the deal with it?

I get this SPTD internal structure data error (event 4) on the event viewer
(system subsection) every time I reboot my PC.
Any way to remove it?
Carlos

I finally installed the SPTDinst X64 from Daemon Tools
(http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/download.php?mode=ViewCategory&catid=5) and
solved the error in event viewer.
Had to install it via the command line thing: "sptdinst_x64.exe add"

I have a MSI K8T Neo motherboard and an AMD 3400+ processor. I've been
running Windows XP 32bit fine for years now. I decided to perform a new
install of the x64 version and finally use the AMD processor for what
it was meant for. After getting past the trouble of detecting the SATA

Is the the correct file to download w2k3sp2_2725-1_usa_x64fre_spcd.iso,
447.88 MB.

Well, I decided to buy a E6600 Core Duo 2 CPU and board Asus A5B (and a  
FX7600 Passive PCI-E GFX card), it's on pre-order.
Wondering if anyone has tried Vanderpool virtualization?  As I understand  
it, if you have a CPU with x86 virtulization support, you can run guest