Enable Remote Desktop with Aero

November 21st, 2010 Comments off
The build-in Remote Desktop feature is very useful if you want to use your home-PC from your laptop in the living room, at work, at school or any other place in the world. This tutorial will enable th
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240 days Evaluation

November 21st, 2010 Comments off
Different License types There are 3 different types of licenses with corresponding dvds for Windows Server 2008 R2: Volume License, OEM and Timebased Evaluation. All these licenses have different time
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Game Controllers

November 21st, 2010 Comments off
To get your joystick, steering wheel or other game controllers working in Windows Server 2008 R2 you must be able to configure them first. To configure them you need the Game Controllers configuration
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MS DirectMusic Core Services

November 21st, 2010 Comments off
If you get an error like You will need to install DirectX #.# to run #. when starting a game, you probably need to install the Microsoft DirectMusic Core Services to get the game working. An example o
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xinput9_1_0.dll

November 21st, 2010 Comments off
The xinput9_1_0.dll file is a library needed for using Xbox controllers and is by default included in Windows Vista but not in Windows Server 2008. This dll is needed to play several games like Grand
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Games Explorer and gameux.dll

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Since Windows Vista the Game Explorer has been added to Windows. The Game Explorer summarizes all (Games Explorer compatible) games installed on the computer together with some information. Many games
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Logon Screen

November 21st, 2010 Comments off
If you don’t like the default gray Windows Server 2008 R2 logon screen, it is also possible to use the colorful Windows 7 one. 1. Download logonscreen.7z (11,7MB) from Rapidshare, Megaupload or 4Sha
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Boot Screen

November 21st, 2010 Comments off
In stead of the default Windows Server 2008 R2 boot screen you can also use the one of Windows 7. This is done by just extracting the bootres.dll and bootres.dll.mui from the Windows 7 x64 Retail MSDN
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