RSS Feed Electronic mail Twitter Facebook Windows Server 2008: Set up Desktop Practical knowledge to Employ Vista Concept Contributed by shamanstears August 27, 2007 Tagged: Windows If you are tired of using the Windows Classic concept on your Server 2008,
Windows 7 Home Premium, you can install Desktop Knowledge so that you can enjoy the eye candy goodness of the Vista concept. Desktop Expertise will also install Windows Media Player,
Office 2007 Pro Key, Windows Sidebar and photo ##############. Follow these steps to install Desktop Experience and liven up your server:
1. Click Start and select Server Manager
2. When the Server Manager window appears, go to the left pane and select Features.
3. On the right, click the Add Features link.
4. Check the Desktop Working experience checkbox
5. Click Next.
6. Click Set up
7. When the installation is complete,
Windows 7 Enterprise Key, Windows will notify you that you must restart your server to complete the process.
After you have rebooted,
Windows 7 Activation De, go to Services and make sure that the Themes service is started and set to Automatically Start (thanks DTron!). After that, you are ready to change the theme on your server.
1. Right-click the desktop and select Personalize.
2. Select Theme.
3. From the Concept Settings window,
Microsoft Office Standard, use the Concept dropdown and select the Windows Vista concept.
4. Click OK.
So you go from a boring look like this:
To a much better visual experience: