I have a 2k3 ent. retail on one partition, so I formatted the other from
there. Then I extracted the ISO to a partition on the second physical disk.
I ran setup from within windows, told it to use drivers for the SCSI
controller and 30 minutes later I logged on to Windows 2008
No DVD or
floppy disks needed.
Setup is very fast, windows is very fast and manageable.
I remember during the Vista RC 1 and RC2, it took hours to install from DVD
(and that is on a PX-760A recorder as reader). Then Vista decided not to
listen to what I say, but to do what it wants instead... It was also too
clumsy (something like my friend's laptop, but worse - read the next
paragraph), even after disabling a lot of services, so I removed it with
pleasure.
I week ago I used the laptop of a friend of mine... The CPU clock is nearly
the same as my PC's (mine is over-clocked to reach her CPU clock). Mine is
32 bit, her is dual core 64 bit, but with Vista Home Premium 32 bit. 1 GB
RAM vs. 1 GB RAM. Her is supposed to be faster, because of the new dual core
processor, instead it lags - sometimes up to a few seconds before opening an
explorer window or another program, or command. Mine always reacts
instantly.
Windows 2008 server seems improved on the first sight (compared to Vista).
George Valkov
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|I need to test this out, but my Server 2008 RC0 ISO is corrupted, need to
| download again. Glad everything is in order for you.
| --
| Andre
| Blog:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
| My Vista Quickstart Guide:
|
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry
| | > Cheers! Who would have thought that the Datacenter Server is such a good
| > multimedia solution! Even the cute balloon screensaver is there!
| >
http://gfc.my.contact.bg/tests/windows-2008-datacenter-aero-01.png
| >
| > Thank You Andre, for the help! You did save me a lot of time!
| > Everything worked exactly by Your plan.
| >
| > George Valkov
| >
| >
| > PS:
| > Whenever I install an operating system (Windows, Linux, etc...), my
first
| > task is to bring up the multimedia features... Then I can continue with
| > the
| > rest of the tasks, testing and learning in peace!
| >
| >
| >
| > | > | Thank You very much, Andre! Thanks also for answering the related
| > questions
| > | that I forgot to ask
| > |
| > | I'll go to test it and replay back later...
| > |
| > |
| > | George Valkov
| > |
| > |
| > | | > || 1. Open the Server Manager
| > || 2. Scroll down to the Features Summary and go to Add Features
| > || 3. Now tick the following:
| > ||
| > || Desktop Experience
| > || Quality Windows Audio Video Experience
| > ||
| > || 4. Now hit install (a reboot is required after the installation)
| > || 5. After the following have been installed go to Personalization -
| > Theme
| > | and
| > || look for Aero.msstyles
| > || (eg. C:/WINDOWS/Resources/Themes)
| > || 6. Finally go to the Window Colour and Apperence and open the classic
| > || apperence properties and Windows Aero should be listed select it and
| > apply
| > || and ok.
| > || 7 Now you should have Aero Glass and other Media applications like
| > Windows
| > || Media Player 11, Windows Photo Gallery, Windows Sidebar etc.
| > || --
| > || Andre
| > || Blog:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
| > || My Vista Quickstart Guide:
| > ||
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry
| > || | > || >I want to be able to play wma files, so I need to have the Windows
| > Media
| > || > Format installed.
| > || >
| > || > Does anyone know how to install it on Windows 2008 server? I use
the
| > || > Datacenter suit, Full installation. Is WMF avalable in the Standard
| > or
| > || > Enterprise suits or is it removed from there too?
| > || >
| > || > I cannot install Windows Media Player too, but I don't care about
| > Media
| > || > Player, because I use JetAudio 7 and the latest version of FFDSHOW.
I
| > | can
| > || > play WAV, AVI, MP3 and MP4 files, includding video, but I cannot
play
| > | WMA
| > || > and WMV.
| > || >
| > || > note:
| > || > DirectX Agust 2007 is installed.
| > || >
| > || >
| > ||
| > ||
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
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