a few of our execs are running 08 on their on their mac book pros (no bootcamp) with aero enabled. this is the only time i understand enabling any appearance effects on a server (although anything is far easier to understand once you've been told to put 08 on a mbp)
From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 2:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT? Windows IT Pro has blown a gasket One of the "A Web Exclusive from FAQ for Windows" [non]questions asked back on April 17 is: How do I get the advanced Aero features on Windows Server 2008 R2 with the Desktop Experience feature installed? My question in response is: Why in all that is holy would you have Aero, **/of all things/**, installed on your server? Do you just like the throw away CPU cycles? I mean, I can't roll back my eyes any further than this "question" made me. It actually hurt. Yea, go enable that: Go to the Performance section of the Visual Effects tab. There is also a master button there labeled "Enable everything detrimental to the performance of my server, just so I can make it look cool when I'm logged in locally". Be sure and press that too. Has John Savill lost his mind, or did he sell his fine name (or soul) along with the FAQ? -- ME2 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~