Build Windows Server 2008 R2 Workstation

The Thinkpad X200 7458 CTO installs Windows Server 2008 r2,windows Server 2008 R2 The installation process is simple, as long as the next step is to install the driver and configure the server as a workstation environment.

1, driver installation: ThinkPad lack of server drivers, you can choose and Windows Server 2008 R2 the same core Windows 7 driver, download address: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/ Site.wss/product.do?template=/product.do?template=%2fproductpage%2flandingpages%2fproductpagelandingpage.vm &sitestyle=lenovo&brandind=10&familyind=422602&machineind=423469&modelind=430937& partnumberind=0&subcategoryind=0&doctypeind=9&doccategoryind=0&operatingsystemind=466746& Validate=true

Download the 64-bit Win 7 driver installation on it.

2, through server management to add the following system functions

The wireless network, multimedia features, and desktop experience of Windows Server 2008 are not installed by default and need to be manually added, and multimedia services need to be started and modified to start automatically. In Server Manager, which is open by default, select Do not show this console at logon. Then "Configure IE ESC", "admin" select "Disable", and then "feature summary" below, select "Add Features", add "desktop Experience", later reboot Control Panel/system, left "advanced system settings", Go inside the "Advanced" tab, click "Settings" in "Performance", and in "Performance Options", select the Advanced tab, adjust to optimize performance, select Programs, in Performance options, select the Data Execution Protection tab, select Basic ..., and make sure that the control panel is later reset Administration Tools/Local Security policy, after opening, select "Account Policy/Password policy" on the left and "password complexity" on the right, and change to "disabled".
On the left, select Local Policy/Security options. Right "shutdown: Allow system to turn off without logging on" change to "Enabled", "Interactive logon: Do not need to press Ctrl+alt+del" change to "enabled" control Panel/Management tools/Computer Management, open, left Select "System Tools/ Local Users and Groups/users, right on top of the administrator, select "Properties", select "Password Never Expires" start/Run, enter Gpedit.msc, open the local Group Policy Editor
On the left, select "Computer Configuration/Management template/System". Right "show Shutdown Event Tracker" change to Disabled, Control Panel/admin tools/Services, "Themes" Startup type to "Auto" when the Manage Your server page changes to "enabled" when you log on and select Start, the Windows Audio startup type is changed to Automatic, and the "Start" Control Panel/system, left "advanced system Settings", enter the "Advanced" tab, and click "Settings" Inside "performance".
In Performance Options, select the Visual Effects tab, adjust to best appearance, and determine

At this point, the server to the workstation environment has basically been set up, you can put Visual Studio, the common tools installed on.

This article is made using Windows Live writer on the window Server 2008 R2.