Archive for October, 2009
Security Essentials on Windows Server
Saturday, October 17th, 2009UPDATE 25. 11. 2009: here is a step-by-step tutorial for 64bit versions of Windows Server. Even though not officially supported, Microsoft’s free antivirus Security Essentials installs and runs just fine on Windows Server 2008. You only have to trick it into thinking it’s Vista while installing. The first challenge is downloading the installer. If you […]
Headless Windows installation
Friday, October 16th, 2009I recently faced a problem with installing Windows on a headless (no monitor, no keyboard) computer. The computer in question was HP MediaSmart Server LX195 – a nice and cheap piece of hardware. The server comes with Windows Home Server preinstalled – a very neat consumer-grade server operating system. But being a geek – the […]