<div>Hi!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> ReactOs is "free Windows". This project doesn't related with Microsoft corporation.</div><div><br /></div><div> Today ReactOs is comptible with Windows Server 2003.</div><div><br /></div><div>Yes, ReactOs works.</div><div><br /></div><div>--</div><div><br /></div><div>Mini FAQ.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Q: What features old Windows can't be replaced?</div><div><br /></div><div>A:</div><div><br /></div><div>"Vista Server" Windows Server 2008 "R0" x86 is last 32bit Windows with server options. Active Directory for example.</div><div><br /></div><div> It haven't another advantage.</div><div><br /></div><div>Main advantage of Windows Server 2003 is possiblity to running MS ISA Server 2006 with OSPF routing.</div><div><br /></div><div>M.a-ge Windows Server 2008 R2 is p-ty to r-ing MS TMG Server and IAG.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Best regards, Victor Miasnikov</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>19.03.2021, 15:04, "Jay K" <jayk123@hotmail.com>:</div><blockquote><div dir="ltr">
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Vista is "much better" than Server 2003, because of declspec(thread) and condition variables.</div>
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But ok for a bit longer I suppose.</div>
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I don't think Visual C++ compiler runs on it either, but you can still build your binaries elsewhere.<br />
I've never run ReactOS but perhaps it just works?</div>
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Even Windows 7 is going out of support, e.g. from Python.</div>
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Many other projects only go down to Windows 7, like Chrome and CoreCLR.</div>
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- Jay</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 19, 2021 11:14 AM<br />
<b>To:</b> Jay K <<a href="mailto:jayk123@hotmail.com" target="_blank">jayk123@hotmail.com</a>>; <a href="mailto:m3devel@elegosoft.com" target="_blank">m3devel@elegosoft.com</a> <<a href="mailto:m3devel@elegosoft.com" target="_blank">m3devel@elegosoft.com</a>><br />
<b>Subject:</b> Continue support of Windows Server 2003 ( a-ka "NT52") and ReactOs Re: [M3devel] supporting old systems and tools</font>
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<div>Please, if it's possible, continue support of Windows Server 2003 ( a-ka "NT52").<br />
And don't drop support for ReactOs.</div>
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<div>19.03.2021, 13:40, "Jay K" <<a href="mailto:jayk123@hotmail.com" target="_blank">jayk123@hotmail.com</a>>:</div>
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I have through time introduced a lot of workarounds for old systems -- old C compilers, bootstrapping from old cm3, running on old OSes.</div>
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I think I/we should adjust a bit and drop old stuff.</div>
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<span style="color:#000000;font-family:'calibri' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt"> - Drop support for pre-Windows Vista.</span></div>
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- Drop support for pre-Visual C++ 2008 (<a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fdownload%2Fdetails.aspx%3Fid%3D44266&data=04%7C01%7C%7C3ee220e444b14f5111d308d8eac82791%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637517492669893211%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=Dl9ONwTt27FerivW9YplaWGqEogfLKQttZWcUbZU0aM%3D&reserved=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44266</a>)</div>
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I did try building with Visual C++ 2.0 tonight and ran into IPv6 being a problem.</div>
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