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 Post subject: list what win2008 have to offer vs vista
PostPosted: Sat May 24, 2008 11:09 pm 
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Desktop Experience
As a first step to enable these user experience features in Windows Server 2008, install the Desktop Experience feature. When you install this feature,

the following components are also installed:
• Windows Media Player
• Media codecs
• Windows Mail - [Note: This program was formerly known as Microsoft Outlook Express.]
• Windows Calendar
• Sound Recorder
• Windows Messenger
• ActiveSync
• Sync Manager
• File sync - [Note: This program enables client-side caching.]
• Device Sync
• Video Capture
• Video for Windows
• Themes
• Character map (Charmap)
• Data cleaner
• Folder cleaner
• Cleaner manager
• Portable Media Devices
• Scanners and Cameras
• Photo Experience
• Three dimensional (3-D) screensavers
• Windows Defender


The following Windows Vista features are not available in Windows Server 2008:
• Sidebar -> http://www.win2008workstation.com/wordp ... a-sidebar/
• Support for IrDA hardware
• Windows Movie Maker -> viewtopic.php?f=3&t=219
• Bluetooth support
• Game Controllers -> http://www.win2008workstation.com/wordp ... ntrollers/
• Parental Controls
• Inbox Games
• Games Explorer -> http://www.win2008workstation.com/wordp ... gameuxdll/ [partial]
• Windows Vista Photo Experience
• RSS Client
• Peer-to-Peer (P2P) meeting application
• Wallpapers or screensavers [excluded default wallpapers and screensavers & 3-D screensavers]
• Animated cursors -> http://www.win2008workstation.com/wordp ... rver-2008/
• Sample files, such as music sample files and video sample files
• PIF manager
• Tablet support
• Mobility Center
• Media Center
• Speech Recognition


what is bold could be manual installed

Link to tut how to manual install it


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 Post subject: Re: list what win2008 have to offer vs vista
PostPosted: Mon May 26, 2008 10:25 pm 
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Nice summary! I updated the Windows Movie Maker item with a link to EarthQ/Day2Die their topic!

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 Post subject: Re: list what win2008 have to offer vs vista
PostPosted: Tue May 27, 2008 9:55 am 
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gr8 thx :D


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