Windows 2008 R2 Server tweaks for your development machine

Configure Shutdown Event Tracker on the Local Computer

Source: MSDN

When Shutdown Event Tracker is enabled, users cannot shut down or restart the computer without providing a reason. If the computer is shut down or restarted unexpectedly, either as a result of power interruption or hardware failure, the first member of the local Users group to log in after the restart is prompted to enter a reason in Shutdown Event Tracker.

Shutdown Event Tracker can be enabled on the local computer by editing the local computer's Group Policy settings.

Membership in the local Administrators group, or equivalent, is the minimum required to complete this procedure.

To enable Shutdown Event Tracker in Group Policy

1. Click Start, click in the Search (or run) box, and type gpedit.msc.
2. The Group Policy Object Editor dialog box appears.
3. In the Local Computer Policy navigation pane, expand Computer Configuration, expand Administrative Templates, and click System.
4. In the console pane, scroll down to the list of objects (almost at the bottom?), right-click Display Shutdown Event Tracker, and click Properties.
5. On the Settings tab, click Enabled.
6. In the drop-down box, click Always, and then click OK.

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Disable Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration (IE ESC)

1. Open the Server Manager
2. Scroll down to the Security Information Section and click "Configure IE ESC".
3. You can turn off IE ESC for Administrators and/or for users.

Turn on Wireless Feature

By default the Wireless LAN service is disabled and turned off. In order to turn on Wireless LAN and WLAN AutoConfig service:

1. Open the Service Manager (in administrative tools)
2. Go to the features branch and click on Add Features
3. Click and tick the check box for Wireless LAN Service.
4. Complete the installation wizard to install wireless support.

Posted: Jun 14 2010, 20:21 by Nick Boumans | Comments (0) |

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