Changing 2003 Server to a Workstation

• First, shut off the IE Enhanced Security. (Microsofts answer to making some safter is to just not let it work! )

           : Control Panel - Add and remove programs - add/remove windows components - scroll down until you see internet explorer enhanced security configuration.  Click details and uncheck both the boxes. Then click ok, and ok.

• Shut down that lying "shutdown tracker" - (Microsofts way of making sure you know there is no reason to reboot their OS cause it's a POS.

          : This is done as follows

1. Start- run - type gpedit.msc

2. browse to computer configuration - administrative templates - system

3. look in the right window pane and double click on the "display shutdown event tracker"

4. select disable and then ok. Then close the group policy object editor

• Enabling Graphics Hardware Acceleration

1. Right click anywhere on your desktop and select properties - settings tab - advanced - and finally, the troubleshoot tab

2. Now, move the hardware acceleration slider across to full.

3. Click ok

• Enabling DirectX

1. Start - run -dxdiag

2. Click yes

3. Click on display tab. Now click on all three boxes to enable DirectDraw, Direct3D and AGP Texture Acceleration.

• Enable sound acceleration

1. Start - run -and type services.msc

2. scroll down until you find "windows audio".

3. double click on windows audio

4. change the startup type to automatic, then apply - start - ok

5. then go back into directx diagnostics. click start - run - type dxdiag

6. goto the sound tab and move the slider on "hardware sound acceleration level" to full acceleration.