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server 2008

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Ping Windows 2008 with Firewall On

You should be trying hard to keep the firewall on when deploying Windows Server 2008. If you need to ping the server and haven’t enabled File and Printer Sharing, then open Windows Firewall with Advanced Security and under Inbound rules, enable “File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request – ICMPv4-In)”. Might

Using Windows Server 2008 as a client desktop

There are many other posts about the pros/cons of Windows Server 2008 as a client machine/desktop/laptop/workstation. Mostly false claims of faster-then-Vista performance, etc. I'm using it on a laptop in x64 strictly for training purposes (not as my main OS) and had to work

KMS Host Offline Activation

If your firewall is blocking the online registration of KMS (Key Management Service) for Vista/Server 2008, then you need to activate it offline by calling. The US Number is 1-866-740-1256, but there's a trick: The IVR system will ask for your Installation ID in "groups"