Sound & MMC drivers for Windows Server 2003?

[the guru]

Hi..
i use compaw presario v3228au laptop and recently installed windows server 2003 on it... the problem is that sound card is not at all visible in device manager so it is not getting installed... also modem and mmc drivers too are not getting installed even though they are visible in device manager... i know sound drivers issue is due to microsoft's policy and maybe some one can help me here...

[EzyStvy]

Did you install the drivers for these devices?

[mairving]

Hmm, a novel idea installing a server OS on a laptop. If you need a driver then you can probably use a XP driver. If your sound isn't working check this out.

Another option which I use for my laptop is to use install Virtual PC and then install Windows 2003 server in a virtual disk. That way I can load SQL server.

[the guru]

Originally Posted by EzyStvy Did you install the drivers for these devices?

Originally Posted by mairving Hmm, a novel idea installing a server OS on a laptop. If you need a driver then you can probably use a XP driver. If your sound isn't working check this out. Another option which I use for my laptop is to use install Virtual PC and then install Windows 2003 server in a virtual disk. That way I can load SQL server.

well i tried installing xp drivers for both sound and modem but as their hardware itself wasn't detected by Windows Server 2003, drivers failed to install... also, enabling audio service too didn't work... i'll try the virtual pc method but i don't think it will work coz i read in some forums that microsoft itself has restricted sound support in server OSes so i wanted a way around that restriction....

[the guru]

the virtual pc method worked but it gives sound only coz microsoft uses an emulator... i tried making a ghost copy of the sound enabled copy and run it as my primary os and it failed to boot... any more suggestions?