Your system should be using DHCP, and the router should be providing DHCP services. Your network configuration should look like this...
Have you looked at the EventLog? What other maintenance do you regularly perform on your system?
You cannot upgrade from a desktop OS (Win9x/ME/2000 Pro/XP Home/XP Pro) to a Server OS (2000 or 2003 Server) You can dual boot, certainly....
For all practical purposes, the current limit is 2TB (due to hardware) NTFS supports up to 16 exabytes...
You appear to need up-to-date patches... RPC and SVCHOST errors
For all practical purposes, the current limit is 2 TB (terabytes). This assumes NTFS, btw. http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/?File=FileSys.TXT
You can convert to NTFS without losing data. http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/?File=Convert.TXT
Need a bit more info. http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/?File=BSOD.TXT
You will need to dual-boot
Yes. You need to install/configure your firewall. How To Prevent Messenger SPAM
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