Server 2008 VLited

[Toxcity]

Right, so I vlited 2008 and have now installed. Everything went fine until Log in.

I log in and it "prepares my desktop" then comes up with CMD with the words C:/Users/Administator.

And it stops there. What is going on?

Cheers!

 

[mrapoc]

It seems you have installed Server 2008 with the option to remove the GUI interface.

A nifty feature for the power users when using it for an actual server p which you are not) when there is no need for GUI

I suggest you look back over your options and make sure u havent removed it ... or do not do automated install and make sure GUI is enabled

You know when you vlite pre-SP you cant expect to install the SP afterwards?

 

[Toxcity]

Maybe you are right.. I am now installing 2003 again to make changes. This PC has no DVD drive.

Cannot remember seeing GUI option but hey.. Thanks mate.

Oh yeah, I know about the Service pack poo, when one comes out i shall just do it all over again.

 

[Rastalovich]

I`m not sure if any SP os pertenant to Server2k8 atm. And to be fair, by the time it is, we maybe on Windows2k9

hehe seriously tho, I think u may indeed have skipped the gui. Think u can do it to regular windows via the vlite type tools.

God bless dvdrws

 

[Toxcity]

God bless dvdrws

Too True!

Thanks dude.

 

[mrapoc]

I wouldnt mind formatting often...apart from COD4 storing profile locally...totally stupid

 

[Toxcity]

I wouldnt mind formatting often...apart from COD4 storing profile locally...totally stupid

Back it up!

And I cannot find a single setting about GUI in Vlite.

 

[Toxcity]

I give up, Server just doesn't work well with Vlite, I shall wait for a new version of Vlite before I install.

 

[mrapoc]

Maybe just turning off automatic install?

 

[Toxcity]

Im not sure, but from what I have read Vlite doesn't display all the options when liting Server 08.

Sooo, what people think is that it deletes everything that we cannot configure. That would explain why my install disc was only 400Mb.

I will just wait till Vlite supports 2k8.

 

[Rastalovich]

I`d go full install and turn stuff off yourself.