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Enabling Aero-Glass on Windows 2008 R2 for RDP

Duncan Epping · Jun 26, 2012 ·

I had to enable Aero-Glass this week when recording a demo and as I found the various procedures on the internet to complex I created my own. This is what I had to do to enable Aero-Glass for RDP in Windows 2008 R2:

  • Open the “Server Manager”
  • Click on “Add roles”
    • Enable “Remote Desktop Session Host”
    • Enable “Desktop Composition” in “Client Experience”
  • Reboot the server as required
  • RDP back in to the server
  • Right click the desktop and click “Personalize”
  • Select the “Windows 7 Aero theme”

That is it, yes I know just a couple of steps but as it is something I don’t do daily I figured I would document it. All credits for this info goes to MSDN.

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  1. Grant Suzuki says

    1 August, 2012 at 00:00

    Here is the long form for those who want it….

    1) Install latest Video Drivers for your machine. If your manufacturer doesn’t provide a Windows 2008 x64 ones, use Windows 7 x64 drivers. Aero doesn’t work with Standard Video driver provided by Microsoft.

    2) Install Desktop Experience feature: Control Panel -> Programs -> Turn Windows features on or off -> Features -> Add Features -> Desktop Experience and reboot machine

    3) Enable Themes service: set Themes service to Automatic startup and start service.

    4) Adjust Windows for best appearance: Control Panel -> System and Security -> System -> Advanced system settings -> Performance -> Settings -> Visual Effects -> Adjust for best appearance
    5) Set Aero theme: Control Panel -> Appearance and Personalization -> Change Theme -> choose Windows 7 Aero Theme.

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Duncan Epping is a Chief Technologist in the Office of CTO of the Cloud Platform BU at VMware. He is a VCDX (# 007), the author of the "vSAN Deep Dive", the “vSphere Clustering Technical Deep Dive” series, and the host of the "Unexplored Territory" podcast.

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