I thought they did away with desktop edition for SQL server 2000, but I could be wrong. I know SQL server 2000 developer edition runs without issues on Windows XP, though.

When I first glanced at the proposed list of OSes to be supported in the next version of SQL Server, code-name Denali, I actually thought: "Windows XP isn't supported? That's odd. There are a lot of ...

A couple of interesting announcement were made since I wrote about how some developers were clamoring for Windows XP support in the next version of SQL Server, code-name Denali. First, in a Monday ...

Microsoft late on Wednesday warned of three new bugs in its software, including a flaw in SQL Server 7.0 and 2000 that could allow an unauthorised user to execute particular administrative ...

An existing edition of SQL Server 2000 already supported the Intel Itanium architecture for 64-bit computing. Microsoft released the x64 editions of Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Professional ...

I have XP pro, I used to run 'phpTriad' -the bundle that bascially installs apache, php and mysql in one click on your machine.Recently after uninstalling 'phpTriad' I tried to install IIS from ...

Microsoft on Friday also signed off on final code for SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition, which, like the new version of Windows XP, handles 64-bit instructions and is designed for Itanium 2 ...

The first tool scans individual computers, Windows domains or IP address ranges for instances of SQL Server 2000 and MSDE (Microsoft Desktop Engine) 2000, identifying instances that may be ...

I'm torn whether the next version of SQL Server should be backward compatible or move forward. Here are some of the arguments on both sides.