This is a post of my experience getting Microsoft Windows Server 2008 setup on my Dell Latitude D430 along with links to referenced articles as well as what I have not been able to get working, both hardware and software wise.

There are some excellent posts already available and the primary website I used is http://www.win2008workstation.com/wordpress/.

I started out by downloading the .NET application referenced at
http://www.win2008workstation.com/wordpress/2008/07/17/windows-server-2008-workstation-converter/.
I then ran through the UI and tried to enable and implement as much as possible.

Where I had to use the blog post and do manual steps:
http://www.win2008workstation.com/wordpress/

1. Enable Wireless Networking
2. The Themes and services were enabled but I used the article to select the Aero and Vista themes and personalize.

Applications that I have not been able to install so far:
1. Windows Live Writer
2. Silverlight 2.0 beta 2

Hardware that does not work (or I haven’t attempted to get working yet):
1. Bluetooth

This blog is a collection of tips, tricks, thoughts, ideas and content related to working for an association and leveraging technology in order to make our jobs easier and more productive. We are an ASI customer and have used iMIS for 8 years as our AMS solution. Our desire is to share ideas and content related to our experience with iMIS as well as what we are working on and hope that it will benefit other similar organizations.