Re:Finally, can I turn the GUI off on my server? (Score 1)

There are many of these comments and I'll reply to this one only. Run something like top on Linux. Notice that even if X is running, if you aren't using it it isn't taking resources. I'm not a Microsoft fan, and I don't run it except to play games, but I can't believe they got things so very wrong that they're any different: if you aren't using the GUI, it won't be taking resources. Regardless of the OS, this is just normal in any modern multitasking system. Yes, the GUI will have been loaded, so boot time might be a tad slower, but once you've booted up and the system is running the OS is going to push the unused stuff off to the side. Within five minutes, the GUI may still be using swap file, but it won't be using CPU. And it'll only take five minutes with a system that isn't used very often (and even then, five minutes is probably extreme). Prove me wrong with actual numbers, not idiotic "I hate Microsoft so they must have gotten it wrong" rants.

Complain about Microsoft for the right reasons. This is just silly. I'll repeat it one more time for effect: If the GUI isn't being used, IT'S NOT USING CPU! Again, I'm willing to be wrong, and I've spent so little time with MS operating systems that I easily could be wrong, but you have to show me numbers, not opinions.

---Bruce