I am running Windows Server 2008 as a workstation and loving it. I could post a ton of stuff but figured I'd rather not waste my time unless someone had a specific question or concern.
This website is a great starting point:
http://www.win2008workstation.com/wordpress/
I've done the following (in no particular order) in terms of installation or setup tweaks:
Installed a second HD
Boot encrypted the system drive (TrueCrypt not Bitlocker)
Encrypted the second drive as a TrueCrypt volume to be unlocked at Windows Login
Upgraded to beta graphics drivers for the 9600m GS with 512 MB ram
Installed and regularly use Hyper-V with 2 or 3 VMs at a time
Ported VMs from machine to machine for testing and dev purposes
Installed Adeona Tracking Service (free)
Set-up a custom recycle bin archiving algorithm (Anytime I empty my recycle bin it archives the contents and keeps the last 10 archives of contents (encrypted, of course))
Have hardware monitoring of CPU, GPU, HDs and more
Monitor the stats on a few servers I run (both physical and virtual)
Am looking to upgrade the memory (see )
Have tweaked the services and installed devices list
Regularly use a bluetooth keyboard
Regularly use a second monitor
Tweaked the power settings to adjust to my typical scenarios (plugged in 20/7 and unplugged 4/7)
Stopped leaving the battery in the laptop when AC is in
Software I am Using:
(Caveat - I have an MSDN license so a lot of the software I use is pricey to most but free to me)
(Caveat 2 - 32-bit unless otherwise stated)
Server 2008 64-bit Enterprise with Hyper-V
Directory Opus 64-bit
TeraCopy 64-bit
7-Zip 64-bit
Evernote
Autohotkey (FindInSelect is my most used script EVER)
TrueCrypt 64-bit
Asus NB Probe (I might be ditching this soon)
Samurize
MediaMonkey
Microsoft Expressions Media
Microsoft ICE (panoramic image program) 64-bit
Textpad
Nvidia CUDA SDK
Powershell 64-bit 2.0 CTP
Advanced Hash Calculator
uTorrent
Pidgin
Lotus Notes (for work)
Firefox 3
Google Chrome
Yahoo Widgets (might be ditching this soon for Samurize)
A ton of SysInternals programs 64-bit
Spore (has a few issues)
Feeddemon
MS Office 2003
Google Earth
Worldwide Telescope
iContact (download Google contacts for safekeeping)
ABC Lit converter (I have a Kindle and use this to convert .lit books to .mob or .rtf or .pdf - usually .rtf)
Logitech Setpoint
UberOptions for Logitech Setpoint
VUE Mindmapper by Tufts University
CPU-Z
GPU-Z
Rivatuner for Nvidia graphics tweaks
Task Scheduler (built-in but I use it a TON) 64-bit
ASUS Security Manager (for fingerprint usage)
Putty 64-bit
Adeona Laptop Recovery Software (tracks the IP addresses I login from [encrypted, of course])
Wireshark packet sniffer
VistStumbler wifi scanner
Hyper-V 64-bit
New SID Utility
CutePDF Writer to print to PDFs 64-bit
Foxit Reader 64-bit
CCleaner 64-bit
Movie Maker 2.1 64-bit (installed for occasion clipping of longer movies only)
Others I'm sure
I'll answer any questions that are specific to my setup or things I've done as I get the time / motivation. Hope this helps provide perspective if nothing else.
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