The Geek Pub » Windows 2008 Server http://www.thegeekpub.com Drink Beer and Geek Out Mon, 29 Nov 2010 01:49:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 How to add My Computer to the Desktop on Windows 2008 Server R2 http://www.thegeekpub.com/385/how-to-add-my-computer-to-the-desktop-on-windows-2008-server-r2/ http://www.thegeekpub.com/385/how-to-add-my-computer-to-the-desktop-on-windows-2008-server-r2/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 02:24:01 +0000 The Big Geek http://www.thegeekpub.com/?p=385 If you’re new to Microsoft’s Windows 2008 Server R2 (Release 2) then you might have noticed that the familiar personalization options are missing.  This includes the ability to add or remove the My Computer, Networking, Control Panel and User Folders icons to the desktop.

Despair not!  Part of the Windows 2008 Server R2 security model is to not include any features which the user did not ask to be installed.  This includes desktop personalization or as Microsoft has dubbed it, the Windows Desktop Experience.  To add this feature you will need to go to the Control Panel and click on Programs and Features (Click Start –> Click Control Panel –> Click Programs and Features).

In the upper left hand portion of this screen look for Turn Windows features on or off.  Clicking this will open the Windows 2008 Server R2 Server Manager.

Alternatively, if you have Administrative Tools enabled on the Start Menu you can simply Click Start –> Administrative Tools –> Server Manager to arrive at the same application.

From the Server Manager application click on Features in the left menu.

Now from the Add Features Wizard select Desktop Experience and then click next.

Now click the Install button to begin the installation.

Finally, click Close and then Yes to restart your computer when prompted.

You’ll now be able to right click your Desktop and choose Personalize.  Alternatively you Click Start –> Control Panel –> Personalization.  In addition to being able to add desktop icons, you’ll notice you can change your mouse pointers, desktop backgrounds, desktop themes, etc.

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Bill Gates: I prefer PC’s over Mac’s because there’s a lot more software available for Windows.

Steve Jobs: So long as you include anti-virus and anti-spyware programs.

It just doesn’t get much truer than that boys!

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Microsoft, and many other vendors have decided that due to the unencrypted nature of the telnet datastream and the fact that your username and password are also sent unencrypted over the wire, that telnet is a security vulnerability and should not be used.  Microsoft recommends you use an SSH client instead.

However, many existing devices, such as older routers and switches do not support telnet and must still be managed.  Thankfully for us, Microsoft has included Telnet with Windows 2008, but simply did not install or enable it by default.

Enabling Telnet on Windows 2008 Server

Open the Server Manager.  Click Start -> Server Manager.

From the left pane, click on Features.

Click on Add Features.

From the available features pane, click on Telnet Client, and then click Next.

Click on Install.

Windows 2008 Server will start the initialization process…

and then install the Telnet Client.

Installation will finish.  Click Close.

Finally, you can drop the the command prompt and successfully execute telnet.exe.

That’s all there is to it!

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