I use the Windows 2003 eXPerience Edition Rev01 With Service Pack 2 And All Hotfixes Includes Registry Fixes To Make This Edition Of Windows Behave Like XP Complete With DirectX Libraries, Flash Player, FoxIt PDF Reader Pro, Internet Explorer 7, Key Changer, Movie Maker, Sygate Personal Firewall Pro, Windows Media Player 11 and WinRAR It runs everything and has all the functions you need with all the crap cut you dont. Runs games faster with better frame rates then any other OS I have used and disk speed is even faster. And its rock solid and stable. TinyXP Rev09 is also good But the fastest OS ever is Micro-X (MicroXP and Micro2003) Multi Boot CD - by eXPerience.

Server 2003 outperforms XP, it installs faster, it boots faster, it runs applications faster, it manages programs better, it never slows down (even after days of being left on) and it even gives better frame rates in games over XP. Almost every single program and ALL games (bar none) that I run on XP... I can run on Server 2003 and not only that, but they run much faster on Server 2003. Some people say "Server is not suited to games" but this is just not true. Granted, there are a few programs here and there that won't work on Server 2003, for example "Partition Magic" but you can just use the alternative "Paragon Partition Manager Enterprise". Also "Acronis True Image Home" will not install on Server 2003, but you can just use the server version of that software. The same goes for "PerfectDisk Defragmenter" you can just use the server edition (this is actually included in this install of windows). I have not found one single game that does not work on Server 2003. Someone once reported that "Roller Coaster Tycoon" would not install, but I have never tried this game myself. I have tried Grand Theft Auto III, GTA Vice City, GTA San Andreas, Doom III, Quake IV, Battlefield 1942, Battlefield 2, Battlefield 2142, Medal Of Honor Pacific Assault, Call Of Duty (and expansion pack United Offensive), Need For Speed Underground, Need For Speed Black Edition, Need For Speed Carbon... all these games work on Server 2003 (they also run a lot better than on XP too) and therefore it is safe to assume that 99.99% of games work on Server 2003. If you have an MSI based installer that tells you it won't install on Server 2003, you can use the included fix that is in the eXPerience folder on your desktop, you can find this fix in the folder "MSI File Install Fixer". This allows some programs and games like Doom 3 to be installed, once installed these run fine - actually more than fine, they run like lightening compared to XP. Remember, this special edition has all the necessary tweaks included, automatically applied on installation, for running this Operating System as a home user would, including a file sharing fix so other machines can "see" your Server 2003 machine over your network - the file sharing fix is included in the eXPerience desktop folder in the folder called "File Sharing Fix". If you have never installed the normal version of Server 2003, you cannot appreciate how much simpler this special eXPerience edition makes things! You would have a hard time if you just installed Server 2003 without the tweaks this special edition has got, for example, your Hardware Acceleration is turned up, you won't get that "Shutdown Event Tracker", you have Direct3D and DirectDraw enabled in the DirectX Diagnostic Tool, you have programs set so background applications do not have priority, you have "Data Execution Prevention" disabled, you have "Windows Audio" enabled, the list goes on and on... the full list of registry tweaks (more than 230 tweaks) is listed in the text file included in the folder: "TS01\$OEM$\OTHER\List Of Tweaks.txt" Every single little thing has been taken care of to ensure that this Operating System runs as close to being like XP as possible, whilst not actually converting it to a workstation. By the way, never use the tool "TweakNT 1.21" on this corporate version of Server 2003, because although this tool does convert Server 2003 into a workstation (meaning programs see it as a workstation and not a server which is handy sometimes) the TweakNT tool will cripple this corporate version of this OS and you will not be able to log on again due to a license error! It is tempting to use TweakNT, but DO NOT use it on this particular OS.