How I get the server 2008 I want: #3: Vista look and feel

re: How I get the server 2008 I want: #3: Vista look and feel

Don — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:31:44 GMT

Sidebar is running under Windows Server 2008:

http://www.win2008workstation.com/wordpress/2008/03/08/installing-the-vista-sidebar/

Sleep and hibernate is not an OS issue it is a Hyper-V issue. MS sees it as a very complex and non-worthwhile issue to allow a host to sleep or hibernate while guests are running. Even though VMWare supports this. As you note Hyper-V turned off allows sleep and hibernate to work.

re: How I get the server 2008 I want: #3: Vista look and feel

hubka.net — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:30:28 GMT

server 2008 ist very best how worksstation .. but :) its bad how vista when searching drivers... server cant find drivers from WU, BT cant function on my HP DV6899ec ... but Win2008 workstation is the best :)

re: How I get the server 2008 I want: #3: Vista look and feel

jamesone — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:00:59 GMT

Hey Don, there's another way which isn't based on beta code ... see http://www.reggieburnett.com/post/Sidebar-working-nicely-on-Windows-Server-2008.aspx but what the licensing and support issues are I dread to think.

I also think we've been lazy with the sleep and hibernate. We could put the VMs into a saved state on Hibernate, and only block sleep if there are VMs running.

Hubka, I'm not sure why the server doesn't want to download some drivers... it might be driver signing or knowing that it has no Bluetooth stack.