Windows 7 or Vista or XP or something else ?

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grunthos

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Hi,
I have a very specific problem and would appreciate if anyone can throw light on it

I recently assembled a computer solely to function as my storage server (or NAS, if you want to be technically correct). Its got a Pentium Dual Core 2.7 Ghz, 2 gig RAM and 1.5 TB hdd. I have a 802.11 g network at home, and I plan to access the content on my server through my laptops/phones. I dont plan to use a LCD or a keyboard/mouse with it - all controls are from RDP only

I got Windows 7 installed on it, and faced my first problem - Windows 7 wouldnt let me share folders on the network unless I set a password to the user. Once I set the user password, folder sharing works. But now my computer cant start without a keyboard to put in the password - defeating the 'server' attribute

The login problem can be taken care of by RDPing into the machine
But I am unable to do that also - inspite of enabling remote desktop in Windows 7. I have looked up the problem online, but there arent any solutions to be found.

Now I am wondering whether I should reformat the server and put in WinXP or Windows Vista - which will enable me to bypass the user password problem.

Any other solutions/ideas ?
 
Just an idea. Dunno if it works for you:

unhide the hidden Administrator account using an elevated command prompt

Code: 
net user administrator /active:yes

set it to autologin and don't use a password (you'll need to delete all other user accounts)

(I have set my system that way.)

Tip:

*you can even do it during win 7 setup by pressing shift+F10 to bring up the command prompt
 
Go for linux based, I am running my atom based nas on fedora.

Once you setup linux, you don't need to worry about down time & performance.
 
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