Does this come with installed Windows Server OS?
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No it comes empty you need to install OS yourself.Also comes with no Hard disk you have to buy that separately.
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It's just a case and motherboard (chipset). You have to provide the processor, ram, hard drive, and OS. You can install just about any OS on it though. Win 7 and 8, and I can personally confirm Server 2008 R2 and Server 2012 (R2 included) run perfectly on it.
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To determine the type of server software it is easiest to right click on computer and go to properties. It will show in the window. If you need anything you can email me at adam@flacns.com.
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No. Just Windows XP and Windows Server 03. I could not get it to work with vista or above
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Not really sure what do you mean by home server. I use it with Windows 7 x64 and it does not need any 3rd party drivers. The OS recognizes the device automatically, hope it helps
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The server does not have any OS installed so you can install any OS you want including Debian, CentOS, FreeBSD, Windows Server and etc. Remember the server does not include ANY drives so you have to supply them yourself.
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You should be able to install any OS - I used Fedora, but I don't know of any reason you couldn't load Win7. I know nothing about using Win7 as a server.
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it is a windows 2003 server os. If printer sofware supports it, you can install it. You have to remote into the box (not the desktop connector) and install the sofware. You then have to share the printer... keep in mind that you have to also provide additional drivers for any non server OS's (vista, xp, 32bit/64bit, etc).
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No, machine I received came with windows XP operating system. If you are looking for the machine with windows 7, you might want to check other machines.
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Yes. The server is sold separately. It's small - about the size of a laptop but about an inch thick.
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It doesn't come with one. You will need to purchase one. You can get trial versions of Microsoft Windows Server for 6 months. You can try at MSDN and see if they have free versions or get a distribution of Linux for free.
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MS and HP recommend you only use WHS designed components, but yes you can install custom applications. One option is to use remote desktop to connect to the server, from there it's pretty much your standard Windows.
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The units I got came loaded with Windows 7 Professional. They technically have a Windows 8 Professional license, but are running Windows 7 through the downgrade rights which are included with the Windows 8 Professional license. They ship with Windows 8 recovery disks, so if you want to Windows 7 recovery disks be sure to use the built in tool to create those before you actually need them.
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It comes with Windows Pro 64 Bit, with a Free Upgrade to Windows 8 (which I didn't use).
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It came with a driver disk but Windows also checked for updates and installed without issue.
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Yes, at least mine did; in addition, it included a special offer to upgrade to Windows 8 for a few dollars (can't remember the amount). I stayed with Windows 7 and no regrets so far. Hope this helps you.
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no it just came with windows xp installed and a recovery disc , I have since updated to windows 7