Unix vs. NT Hosting Information If you do not have the specific needs listed in the "Pros:" section below, then there is no advantage to being NT hosted. a) Pros of NT Hosted Sites: 1. The ability to use ASP pages. 2. The ability to do ODBC connectivity to MS Access and Foxpro databases. 3. File and directory names are not case sensitive. b) Cons of NT Hosted Sites: 1. Most cgi/perl scripts will probably not work "as is" on NT servers without having to make several changes to them.  This includes the free commerce.cgi shopping cart/e-store we provide.  We do however have ActivePerl 5.0 installed on the NT server and is available for your use if you wish to migrate any Unix cgi/perl scripts to work on NT.  See this page for more details on cgi/perl scripts on NT hosted sites. 2. The NT control panel is not as full featured as the Unix Hosted version. 3. Site Logs need to be download from the /logs directory of the web site and viewed with a PC based log viewer.  But, you also have the option of signing up for Webtrends Log reporting for your web site for a one time fee.  The Webtrends logs are generated daily and deposited in HTML format in the /_webtrends directory of your web site. 4. NT hosted sites can take up to 24 hours before the site is created on our servers once the online order has been submitted.  This is also the reason for the additional one time NT hosting Additional Setup Fee. 5. The user id's and passwords for FrontPage subwebs can not be created from within the FrontPage client.  If you want to have subwebs protected with user id's and passwords, you need to send a list of user id's and password to support@spring.net so we can create them for you on the NT server.  Then, you can add them using your Frontpage client by selecting them from a complete list of user id's on the NT server. c) Differences to note between the two platforms: The following items are setup and accessed differently on Unix and NT hosted sites: 1. Control Panel 2. Email Client Setup 3. Real Audio 4. SSL Be sure to see the NT or Unix specific information concerning these items when looking on our support pages. Thank You. Send Mail to support@spring.net for Web Site Assistance.