I found a great resource for converting Windows Server 2008 into being, as several have dubbed it, Windows "Workstation" 2008!

http://www.win2008workstation.com/wordpress/

It covers setup, configuration, etc. This is a great resource, though. Vista was always slightly sluggish with everything and installed so much crap that it bogged the machine down. However, setting 2008 up as a workstation works flawlessly! No problems, no crashes, no sluggishness except when I intentionally overload it... And that's my own damn fault. Definitely worth finding it all in one spot instead of hunting down online for random references here, there and everywhere!

Once again, I needed to clean up my laptop with a fresh install. So, today, I tried again in installing Server 2008.

After some worry and how the last time it failed for network usage, the assistance from D'Arcy Lussier helped a lot! It is now running on my machine.. and a HELL of a lot faster than Vista.

However, some things I noticed:

• Windows Live services will not install. (I am not the only one who noticed this.) Going back to an earlier version of Windows Messenger is not a big deal... but I miss Windows Live Writer since I just got it installed and was liking it for my updates.
• Setting up Windows Aero (some people hate it, I really like it) was kind of dumb - had to enable the service manually
• Wireless setup took some enabling and installing from my Dell disks, but got it working finally

Even with the problems... Server 2008 was the quickest Windows installation I have ever had! Was pretty sweet. Now to install VS and start my Silverlight presentation...