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Windows OS for home web server?

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Follow Question Posted by Wolfy on Jun 13, 2011

I tried Server 2008 and I'm not very impressed. I think to try Vista or 7...

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2 El_Pollo_Diablo on Jun 14, 2011

Level 2 Why don't you try linux instead?

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3 ndroid on Jun 14, 2011

Level 3 Linux might be a good choice for configuring and installing a web server at home. However, some advanced skills will be needed in order to complete such a serious task if you are not familiar with linux and consoles.

On the windows side, I've never tried this myself, but a short googling says that you might not even need Server OS for that - just installing and configuring Apache Web Server on your Windows OS plus some advanced firewalling and passwording.

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4 Bulldog on Jun 14, 2011

Level 2 For what you will use the server...static pages on home network or you want to make worldwide pages? You may not use Win Server but normal OS it depends on what you will do :)

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5 outdated on Jun 15, 2011

Level 2 Why would you need static pages on home network?

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9 Immortal on Jun 21, 2011

Level 9 In order to get adequate answer, you have to provide more details about the problem you`re having. What are you going to use the server for? Why are you not impressed by Server 2008? On what machine(I mean hardware specs) are you installing?

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