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Discussion in 'Windows Home Server' started by umwhat, Sep 17, 2009.

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    I am in NZ. I have an old server with 2 X 1.13Mhz CPUs with a Windows 2000
    Server 1-4 CPU 5CAL C.O.A.
    After a short search I think the cost of the Windows Server 2000 software
    is going to be beyond my beneficiary finances.
    What alternatives can there be?
    I want to advertise basic computer cleaning services such as cleaning mice
    keyboards and computer hardware, and to use as a Christian information and
    free software download server. And possibly later including Christian items
    like books as a reseller of Christian items. I may not want to begin the
    Christian selling part of a website until next year but would like to
    practise with this old 2 X 1.13Mhz CPUs server and whatever software may be
    considered useful to me.

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    > I am in NZ. I have an old server with 2 X 1.13Mhz CPUs with a Windows 2000
    > Server 1-4 CPU 5CAL C.O.A.
    > After a short search I think the cost of the Windows Server 2000 software
    > is going to be beyond my beneficiary finances.
    > What alternatives can there be?
    > I want to advertise basic computer cleaning services such as cleaning mice
    > keyboards and computer hardware, and to use as a Christian information and
    > free software download server. And possibly later including Christian
    > items
    > like books as a reseller of Christian items. I may not want to begin the
    > Christian selling part of a website until next year but would like to
    > practise with this old 2 X 1.13Mhz CPUs server and whatever software may
    > be
    > considered useful to me.
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    Not sure what to say. Hosting a website at your home or office location will
    require a static IP from your ISP. If the server already has Windows 2000 on
    it, it will suffice to run IIS and host a single site. If you have a domain
    name, you will need to point it to your WAN IP, but then again, that goes
    back to needing an ISP line with a static IP. I don't know your skill level,
    but you would also need software to create your website, as well as the
    knowledge to setup the server properly, your router/firewall, and IIS on the
    server, as well as uploading your site to the server from the website
    creation software. There are many factors.

    It really might be better to host your website at a free website hosting
    service. I'm not sure of which free web hosting service to suggest. I
    googled and binged "free website hosting" and many results came up. The
    first hit on one of the searches was for , but I have never used
    this or any one of these free sites, so I cannot vouch for any one of them.
    To offer downloads, I can suggest skydrive.live.com,
    , etc.
    There are others out there. They offer free storage.

    Good luck!

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