{"id":1003,"date":"2008-02-29T00:14:36","date_gmt":"2008-02-29T00:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/02\/windows-server-2008-is-a-great-workstation-operating-system-too.htm"},"modified":"2008-03-07T09:39:49","modified_gmt":"2008-03-07T09:39:49","slug":"windows-server-2008-is-a-great-workstation-operating-system-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/02\/windows-server-2008-is-a-great-workstation-operating-system-too.htm","title":{"rendered":"Windows Server 2008 is a great workstation operating system too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Windows Server 2008 logo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/windowsserver2008.jpg?w=700&#038;ssl=1\" \/>It took me months to convince my manager that I need a new laptop.  Then it took me a few more to convince the IT department of the specification I needed (and to prise it out of their hands) but today I finally got my hands on it.  It&#8217;s nothing special &#8211; I&#8217;d like a ThinkPad but, as my employer owns one half of Fujitsu-Siemens Computers, it is a Lifebook S7210 &#8211; and it&#8217;s not a bad machine either (especially as this one has 4GB of RAM in it).  Why do I need that?  Because I&#8217;m the technology lead for Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V in our Microsoft Practice &#8211; and I want to &#8220;dogfood&#8221; the technology.<\/p>\n<p>The thing is, that Windows Server 2008 is not really a client operating system.  Except it can be&#8230; Windows Server 2008 has a lot in common with Windows Vista and with a few tweaks, I had got it working just as as I want it.  A Windows desktop on steroids really:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Step 1 is a notebook PC with hardware assisted virtualisation capabilities, No eXecute (NX)\/eXecute Disable (XD) protection, and a 64-bit capable CPU.  My Lifebook S7210 has all of those things, so on to step 2&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Next, I needed an operating system &#8211; Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition would do the trick (after all I only have a single CPU and won&#8217;t be clustering laptops!), but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/11\/a-clear-virtualisation-licensing-and-support-statement-from-microsoft.htm\">the licensing model for Windows Server and virtualisation<\/a> lends itself to using Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition (64-bit).<\/li>\n<li>Windows Server 2008 is not a supported operating system for this hardware but Windows Vista is.  Installing x64 drivers for Windows Vista got my graphics and WiFi up and running but I still need to find drivers for some of the other components (like the built in card-reader).<\/li>\n<li>Next, installing the server roles that I want to use &#8211; Hyper-V for starters.  Just <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/jhoward\/archive\/2008\/01\/08\/how-to-turn-on-hardware-assisted-virtualization.aspx\">make sure that the BIOS support for Intel-VT or AMD-V and NX\/XD is enabled<\/a> first.<\/li>\n<li>With the operating system installed, it&#8217;s time to get to work turning on some of the client features that are missing from a server operating system (thanks to Vijayshinva Karnure for his <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/vijaysk\/archive\/2008\/02\/11\/using-windows-server-2008-as-a-super-desktop-os.aspx\">original post<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/vijaysk\/archive\/2008\/02\/20\/using-windows-server-2008-as-a-super-workstation-os-cont-d.aspx\">subsequent follow-up<\/a>, as well as <a href=\"http:\/\/stuart.amanzi.co.nz\/2007\/08\/29\/windows-server-2008-64-bit-notebook\/\">this post from Stuart Maxwell<\/a>):<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.windowsitpro.com\/article\/articleid\/96159\/how-do-i-turn-off-internet-explorer-enhanced-security-configuration-in-windows-server-2008.html\">Turn off the Internet Explorer enhanced security configuration<\/a> (ESC) &#8211; it&#8217;s fine for servers that shouldn&#8217;t be browsing the Internet anyway, but for a workstation it just gets in the way (and encourages bad practice by putting lots of sites into the trusted zone).<\/li>\n<li>Install the Desktop Experience feature &#8211; providing many of the Windows Vista capabilities that are not there by default in Windows Server 2008.<\/li>\n<li>Set the Themes service to start automatically &#8211; and start it.<\/li>\n<li>Ditto for the Windows Audio service.<\/li>\n<li>Install the Windows Search service (part of the File Services role) &#8211; Outlook will use this for indexing e-mail.<\/li>\n<li>Edit the local security policy to set Display Shutdown Event Tracker to Disabled<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.com\/arungupta\/entry\/how_to_enable_aero_in\">Enable Windows Aero<\/a> in the appearance settings (may require a reboot, and possibly re-installation of video drivers).<\/li>\n<li>In Control Panel, System, Advanced System Settings, Performance Options, set the required visual effects &#8211; I found that if I let Windows adjust for best appearance, it reverted to the Windows Vista Basic colour scheme but if I selected a custom configuration with all effects selected except Animate Controls and Elements inside Windows, I could keep Aero, complete with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neowin.net\/forum\/index.php?showtopic=475010\">Flip 3D<\/a>.<br \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Windows Aero Flip-3D\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/flip-3d.png?w=700&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"inline\"\/><\/li>\n<li>Also in the advanced system settings, set the processor scheduling to favour programs.<\/li>\n<li>Enable Superfetch.  Starting the Superfetch service will fail until some registry changes are made:<\/br><br \/>\n<em>Services<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Windows could not start the Superfetch service on <\/em>computername<em>.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Error 197: The operating system is not presently configured to run this application.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The solution is to create two new registry keys, after which the service should start successfully:<\/br><br \/>\n<code>Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00<\/code><\/p>\n<p><code>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Session Manager\\Memory Management\\PrefetchParameters]<br \/>\n\"EnablePrefetcher\"=dword:00000003<br \/>\n\"EnableSuperfetch\"=dword:00000003<\/code><\/li>\n<li>Edit the power settings to allow hard disks to spin down after 20 minutes when running on mains power (and 5 when on battery power).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>Finally, install browser plug-ins (Flash, Silverlight, etc.) and application software (e.g. Microsoft Office).\n<\/ol>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Windows Server 2008 running as a workstation\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/ws08-workstation.png?w=700&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"inline\"\/><\/p>\n<p>I still need to configure our corporate anti-virus solution and VPN software (I may have some problems there as it has a dependency on a firewall product that does not work with Vista SP1 or, I imagine, Windows Server 2008).  Why we insist on it with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/06\/improvements-to-the-windows-firewall-in-vista.htm\">the firewall built into Windows<\/a> I still don&#8217;t know but my VPN connection won&#8217;t work without it.  I also need to work out if I can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vistajuice.com\/2007\/04\/enabledisable_hibernation_in_v.php\">get hibernation to work<\/a> on Windows Server 2008. Once that&#8217;s done, I should have a fully functional Windows Workstation 2008, with built-in hypervisor-based virtualisation.  Sweet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It took me months to convince my manager that I need a new laptop. Then it took me a few more to convince the IT department of the specification I needed (and to prise it out of their hands) but today I finally got my hands on it. 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