How To Install Support For Windows Server 2003 SP1 32 Bit

Microsoft is a world renowned, and probably the largest, software company around (I’m too lazy to actually Google that). They have been in the software business for some time now; providing high quality computing products and services is something they have a hang of. The Windows line is their most successful business and the success has been lasting for the most part. Besides that, there are umpteen software products developed by the software giant which work on the Windows operating systems.
In this article we are going to discuss about Support tools for Windows Server 2003.
Actually, Windows Support Tools for Server 2003 are developed specifically for use by Microsoft support personnel – in providing the needed support, and the more experienced users –in diagnosing and resolving computer related issues.
Such tools for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 come with individual tool descriptions, and for these you need to see the Support Tools documentation.
Support tools for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 can be installed only on a computer that is running one or both of the Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 operating systems.

Instructions

• It is pretty much advisable that you remove all previous versions of support tools, including beta versions of the Windows Support Tools for Microsoft Windows Server 2003, before you start running the installation program.
• In case the setup program finds an older version of Support Tools on the system, it then opens a dialog box with Add/Remove and Remove all options. In case, you select Remove all, then the Setup automatically uninstalls the whole thing. In case you select Add/Remove, then you can manually uninstall Support Tools.
• You can then click on the Download button on this page for starting the download. Then you need to do one of the following:
• You need to start the installation immediately, then click Open or Run this program from its current location.
• For copying the download to your computer for installation at a later time, you can click on Save or Save this program to disk.
• Then for installing the Support Tools, you can run the setup.exe package. After you accept the End User License Agreement, all necessary files are installed to the %Program Files%\Support Tools folder.
• Then, prior to starting and using the Support Tools, you need to ensure that you read the readme.htm file, which you can find in the %Program Files%\Support Tools folder.

That’s all on how to install support for Windows Server 2003 Sp1. While installing for SP2, the procedure’s the same, although there’s some change to the details.