partition the disk
Initial Configuration Tasks
Initial configuration tasks screen
Windows NT
Start with windows 2000 then windows xp.
If the first word is supposed to be what and not when then the answer is Server Core.
If you plan to install windows 2003 server domain controllers into an existing windows 2000 domain or upgrade a windows 2000 domain controllers to windows server 2003, you first need to run the Adprep.exe utility on the windows 2000 domain controllers currently holding the schema master and infrastructure master roles. The adprep / forestprer command must first be issued on the windows 2000 server holding schema master role in the forest root doman to prepare the existing schema to support windows 2003 active directory. The adprep /domainprep command must be issued on the sever holding the infrastructure master role in the domain where 2000 server will be deployed
TCP/IP first
The windows Server 2003 will function as a router for either subnetwork
Windoes Server 2008 is as compatible with XP games as Vista is. Server disables hardware acceleration by default, though, so you'll have to enable it first.
Considerations when Installing a new Windows Server 2008 forestWhen you install AD to create the first domain controller in a new Windows Server 2008 forest, you must keep the following considerations in mind: You must make forest and domain functional level decisions that determine whether your forest and domain can contain domain controllers that run Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, or both. To read more about forest and domain functional levels please refer to the links below.Domain controllers running the Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 operating system are NOT supported with Windows Server 2008.Servers running Windows NT Server 4.0 are NOT supported by domain controllers that are running Windows Server 2008, meaning you MUST have additional DCs running Windows 2000/2003 to support older NT 4.0 servers.The first Windows Server 2008 domain controller in a forest must be a global catalog server and it cannot be an RODC.
For this purpose you need a server OS, for instance, windows server 2000, windows server 2003, windows server 2008 and so on or Linux based systems as well as Unix. For windows it's very simple just add role for your server to be a domain controller and follow instructions. For Linux based systems as well as Unix you can find information in Google there is a lot of it.
...with Windows XP Professional already installed on your computer. Windows Vista cannot be installed without Windows XP Professional installed first on your computer, it's the same with Windows 7; Windows' latest operating system (OS).