Hey EP, Zilla, I was wondering if you have been testing your BartPE setup still? I was reading through their site and it seems kinda neat. I had a concern though, XP claims to have all kinds of automated speed enhancements and systematic optimizers. Now using BartPE you are going to free tons of system resources, but considering this, is BartPE sill able to outperform an organized XP system or maybe BartPE includes these inhanced features of XP within itelf? ...or maybe these features of XP are red herrings anyways, thus does not make a difference one way or the other, (heh, this of course would not suprise me at all!) [}:)]MS

BartPE on a modern CPU will have more than enough muscle to drive anything TWGS can throw at it. So if speed isn't a concern, then it comes down to stability, and I think BartPE is ideal... but not for the faint of heart. But to answer your question, I expect that TWGS will run similarly on either OS if its the only running application.

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Kewl, so you are saying that the speed would remain approximately the same on either system, but with BartPE the CPU would be virtually dedicated to TWGS, (assuming this is the purpose of using the BartPE on the system) as well literally all available RAM will be preserved for TWGS as well; thus in essence a limited equipt system running on BartPE would be able to match the performance of a decked out newer system, (not taking modem/cable/broadband connection speeds into consideration) running on XP, (or 98, 2000, whatever.)

So BartPE would be of great advantage to those SysOp's with limited system resources. To SysOps that have the newer supercomputers, it really does not make a difference what system they use.

EP would BartPC work on windows server 2003? and give a link to it so can check it out. might solve a problem in hosting other peoples game servers on my web server. It sounds better than the virtual PC I am already using and takes up less space to boot.

Vulcan

Here is the link to BartPE:

http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/

BartPE isn't a virtual PC. It is an OS. Think of it as being somewhat similar to Linux, in that it is small and consumes minimal resources, yet runs on an NT kernel so most x86 apps work. You'll still need a seperate box, or a virtual PC to run it. I tested BartPE in VirtualPC 2004 on an XP Pro system, so I'm relatively sure it will work fine in a virtual environment on 2003 Server.

BartPE also isn't prone to the vulnerabilities of a full WinXP OS. So yes, better use of resources. And since it doesn't have IE, Media Player, Outlook Express, etc., it is more stable... because of fewer services and fewer vulnerabilities.

In theory.[;)]

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Great EP you are selling me on it already, now for the 65 million dollar question can I install multiple BartPE os's on the server?

If the answer is yes then you will have me sold on it and will get to installing it on the online server I have on the web, now how to get it installed on it while it isn't physically at my house?

Vulcan