Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Using Hyper-V with a Wireless Network Adapter

Wireless network adapters will not natively work with Hyper-V, but I found the following solution on the internet, from "Virtual PC Guy's Blog" and it works very well for me:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2008/01/09/using-hyper-v-with-a-wireless-network-adapter.aspx

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Enable Aero desktop on Server 2008 r2

To install Desktop Experience in Windows Server 2008 R2

  1. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, click Turn Windows Features on or off.‌ Administrator permission required If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
  2. In the Features Summary section, click Add Features.
  3. Select the Desktop Experience check box. If you are prompted to install additional features, click Add Required Features, and then click Next.
  4. Click Install. You might be prompted to restart your computer.

To enable the Themes service in Windows Server 2008 R2

  1. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Services. Administrator permission required If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
  2. Double-click Themes.
  3. In the Startup type list, select Automatic, and then click Apply.
  4. Under Service status, click Start, and then click OK.

To select an Aero theme

  1. Right-click an open area of the desktop, and then click Personalize.
  2. Click Themes.
  3. Under Aero Themes, click an Aero theme.

gfxUI.exe is stopped working

Issue when running Windows Server 2008 r2 (x64) on Intel Motherboard, with both .net 4 as well as 3.5 installed.

Description:
Stopped working
Problem Signature:
Problem Even Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: GfxUI.exe
....

The following worked for me it seems that the Intel driver requires .net 3.5 to be enabled on the server.

In Server Manager > Features > Add Features

In the list of features to install on this server, select .NET Framework 3.5.1 Features

I would then recommend a reboot once it has installed.