This question is asked a lot and the simple answer is almost always "because it hasn't been coded yet". If you read this FAQ from top to bottom it will become clear that ReactOS is a community effort. YOU are part of the community if you choose to donate, code or document. IF there is anything you specifically require in ReactOS then you can help make it happen, write specifications, create documentation, search for suitable FOSS code, code it yourself or engage the services of a developer to contribute actual code, you could even raise a bounty! If you want something specific done then the simple rule is - do it yourself! The alternative is to wait for the community to come up with that functionality by itself, it might be a long wait that does not suit your timescales but in the end, if it was part of Windows server 2003 then most likely it will come, just not yet.
Yes. ReactOS is able to load Windows XP/2003 software and Windows drivers without hacking them. Remember: we are still in the Alpha stage so we have a long walk ahead before we reach these objectives 100%. You can visit our Software and Hardware Compatibility databases to know which Drivers and Apps are compatible with the latest ReactOS version.
Sound Drivers For Windows 2003 Server – Don’t Install Yet !
If your chosen software has Windows XP or Server 2003 as its compatibility target then it ought to run on ReactOS without a problem. If it does not then it is more than likely a bug in ReactOS. Later versions of programs that do not offer XP nor server 2003 compatibility may not work currently but might function in the future as support for more recent NT6 APIs are added to ReactOS.
Device Manager displays a graphical view of the hardware that is installed on your computer. Use this tool when you want to view and manage hardware devices and their drivers. You must be logged on to the computer as an administrator or as a member of the Administrators group to add or remove devices or to configure device properties in Device Manager.
Your hardware manufacturer provides technical support and assistance for Microsoft Windows x64 editions. Your hardware manufacturer provides support because a Windows x64 edition was included with your hardware. Your hardware manufacturer might have customized the Windows x64 edition installation with unique components. Unique components might include specific device drivers or might include optional settings to maximize the performance of the hardware. Microsoft will provide reasonable-effort assistance if you need technical help with your Windows x64 edition. However, you might have to contact your manufacturer directly. Your manufacturer is best qualified to support the software that your manufacturer installed on the hardware.For product information about Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
Device Manager displays only non-Plug and Play devices, drivers, and printers when you click Show hidden devices on the View menu. Devices that you install that are not connected to the computer (such as a Universal Serial Bus [USB] device or "ghosted" devices) are not displayed in Device Manager, even when you click Show hidden devices.
Installing drivers with Windows 3.x was never consistent, the video and network cards via Windows Setup, the sound card via the Control Panel or in DOS itself. For VirtualBox double check that the sound settings for the VM itself are set to SoundBlaster 16 as this is the sound card to be emulated. Grab a copy of the SoundBlaster 16 drivers for DOS, and totally exit out of Windows. Insert the sound driver disk image and type at the C:\> prompt a:\install and press Enter to load the installation program.
It will go through a series of steps such as where to install the drivers and configuration settings which can all be left with the default options. As Windows is installed, the program will recognise this and ask whether a config file is to be backed up before being replaced. Choose Backup.
Once you reach the end of the installation process, restart the VM in order for the sound drivers to be loaded. When you return back to Windows, a new program group will appear named Audio Software with the Creative Mixer program available for use. Creative Mixer works much the same as Volume Control that became available with Windows 95 onwards.
Sometimes installing Windows can be a truly challenging problem. For example, if you need to install Windows XP (because it's an old hardware uncapable of running something better), and you need to install operating system to the SATA HDD in AHCI mode or to the RAID controller (with appropriate F6 floppy drivers), but you have neither CD/DVD nor floppy drive available, just USB ports!
Using the power of FlashBoot, you can solve even this challenge. This article explains step by step, how to install Windows XP with builtin F6 floppy drivers for AHCI/RAID disk using USB thumbdrive only.
Usually Windows drivers can be installed when installation of the Windows itself is complete. This way works great for 3D video card drivers, sound drivers, network drivers etc. But it doen't work for disk drivers. Why?
The reason this way doesn't work for disk drivers is because Windows must have access to the disk all the time during installation. Temparary disability to use 3D graphics, sound and network during Windows installation is acceptable, but disability to use hard disk (even temporary disability) makes Windows installation effectively impossible.
Q: Which operating systems are supported/recommended? A: None of pre-Windows 2000 (Windows 3.11, Windows 95/98 and Windows ME). Windows 2000 may work with some Intel drivers. It's recommended to use Windows XP (32/64bit) or Windows Server 2003 (32/64bit), depending on availability of Text Mode Drivers from the vendor of your SATA/RAID controller.
Q: It's still not detected. A: Some motherboards have multiple SATA controllers. For example Intel X58-based ASUS P6T has SATA controller in southbridge Intel ICH10R and also JMicron JMB363 as a separate onboard chip. Please make sure you've attached your harddisk(s) to the same controller you are installing drivers for. Consult your mainboard manual if you are unsure about that.
Ive been through this for the next 7 days and i cant figure it out how to ad d the drivers until i end up here. now my questions is im runnign wds in win serv 2008 r2 all good but i dont have that part of addcing driver in the wds console managment how do i get that? please i really need it hope you know how to get it oh and it isnt in the windows updates.
2008R2 fresh install has the drivers tab, WAIK is totaly seperate. You will find that adding drivers to x86 Win7 image is possible but not on vista images at all. I have tried now and fond that WDS simple stops respoinding when even adding single drivers. When this happens you have to use the dism command to unmount the image located in your appdatalocal
I was given this website so that I can figure out how to embed the NIC drivers into my boot image on my WDS server. I see where it says to add driver packs, but when I downloaded the drivers from the internet it came as a execuable icon. It will not let me unzip it or explore it to find the .inf file. I even tried the task of finding the .inf file from the post above.
HI, need your help on this, i have installed wds on 2008 r2 enterprise, also added boot image but after creating capture image, i am not able to add any drives to same boot image, windows getting freeze. while adding drivers to boot image then i have to delete capture image and then have to delete above reg. then only i am ble to add drivers to boot image even i tried second system also but still getting same error. please need your help to fix this
The main problem discovered was with audio device drivers that had "audio enhancements" settings disabled before the installation, and those that had trouble with the audio enhancements feature prior to the update.
Those who haven't yet installed the update can use the KIR or update the device drivers. Microsoft also recommends that anyone using advanced audio applications backs up all their settings before installing KB5015878.
Windows Server 2003 as a Workstation and comparison to Windows XP Pro:Good points: Faaaaast, stable, much more secure, easy to use.Bad points: Incompatible with old drivers (can cause bad crashes) and some software, requires a bit of work to transform it from a server OS to a workstation OS, pricey.
So it is Linux, believe it or not. But people keep jumping up and down saying that it is good as a desktop OS too. Guess what Mr, Windows Server 2003 is ALSO a good workstation, not just a good server (you seem to have understood that we said the opposite). It does *everything* XP does, plus much more.
I have DELL PowerEdge SC440 Server along with Drivers CD. Installed Windows 2003 Enterprise Evaluation Edition Operating System. Then installed the Video and Chipset drivers available in the CD. Couldn't find the Sound drivers in it. Can anyone please tell me how to install the Sound drivers? Many thanks in advance.
I will try not to judge why you want sound on a server, as I am sure you have your reasons. (No disrespect to you, Myshell, I love you.) However, in my experience alot of the Poweredge boxen have the ADI198x sound cards. Have you tried entering in your Service Tag here Opens a new window Opens a new window and getting the original sound drivers? Are there any errors you are experiencing or are you just unable to locate drivers?
Hi All. Many thanks for your response and time. I have got the solution for my problem just a moment back when I was trying with USB Sound Flash Drive (with two holes one for headphone and the other for microphone). When connected, the computer automatically detects the device and one can use headphones or speakers to utilise this facility, which means there is no need for separate sound drivers. 2ff7e9595c
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