[AsciiWolf]

Hello, I got MS Security Essentials working on Server 2008 R2 using this howto!

1. Follow my original article up to (and including) the point where you copy the unpacked setup files.
2. Download and install Microsoft Debugging Tools for Windows. Choose the version of debugging tools matching your operating system version.
3. Find WinDbg in the start menu and launch it elevated.
4. In the WinDbg menu choose File -> Open Executable and open the unpacked Setup.exe. Say no to the question about saving workspace.
5. A new window will show up. There will be a box for entering commands at the bottom of the new window. This is the command line.
6. Write this into the command line and hit enter: bp ntdll!RtlGetNtProductType “as /x ReturnValue rcx; gu; ed ReturnValue 1; g”. This will set up a breakpoint that will modify the return value of RtlGetNtProductType (anyone has a clean way of doing this for 32bit Windows?)
7. Write g on the command line and hit enter to resume the installer.
8. The installer will start – focus it’s window and click Next.
9. Go back to WinDbg. Hit Ctrl-Break. Type the command bc * to remove the breakpoint and after that g to resume the setup. Finish installing. Done.

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Enjoy!

[AsciiWolf]

You can use this WinSAT-like app.
It works perfect, the only problem is that the free version of this app is limited to 32bit only (there are both 64bit and 32bit versions of this app in the installer, but 64bit doesn’t work in free version) and 1 CPU core.

Screen:
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I know, this is a workaround, not solution…

[AsciiWolf]

Yep, this feature is buggy…
Hope that this bugs will be fixed in SP1. 🙄

[AsciiWolf]

Jeste je tam stale par neprijemnych bugu. 😕

Thanks, I’m glad that my work is helping this great community! 🙂

[AsciiWolf]

I got it finally working!
It still has some bugs like bugged PAN support or impossibility to remove COM ports after adding them in BT Settings, but almost all main features works great.
Enjoy!

[AsciiWolf]

@JingoFresh wrote:

When R2 is setup to be a desktop OS, there is no difference in gaming performance between 7.

Well, some games (e.g. Bioshock) still have problems running on Server 2008 R2 because some parts of Games Explorer are still not fully ported (don’t work), etc…
Well, I’m working on it and hope I’ll find solution for this problem soon…

[AsciiWolf]

@Paul wrote:

@AsciiWolf wrote:

AsciiWolf, there’s license.dat file, probably contains device list ehich is allowed to use.
Try to find broadcom license patcher and add your device to list.

Well, I patched license.dat file. Now I’m getting “Your Bluetooth Software license does not include use on this operating system. [-350]” error. 🙁
I have “usb bluetooth 2.0 edr” by i-Tec.

[AsciiWolf]

@SamPotts wrote:

Edit: I am very close – I get a notification saying a device wants to connect but I can’t connect it – I search and nothing.

Yep, that’s the same progress, I made. 🙁

[AsciiWolf]

@SamPotts wrote:

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Apply this regfile.

[AsciiWolf]

Windows 7:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerMemory ManagementPrefetchParameters]

"BootId"=dword:00000023

"BaseTime"=dword:1053973f

"EnableSuperfetch"=dword:00000003

"EnablePrefetcher"=dword:00000003

"EnableBootTrace"=dword:00000000

Windows Server 2008 R2:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerMemory ManagementPrefetchParameters]

"BootId"=dword:0000000f

"BaseTime"=dword:10539736

As you can see, the EnableSuperfetch EnablePrefetcher and EnableBootTrace strings doesn’t exist in Windows Server 2008 R2.

[AsciiWolf]

@Paul wrote:

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It doesn’t work on my hardware (usb dongle with bcm92045b3 chip).
After installing it and manually installing Broadcom drivers from the installer’s folder (the installed doesn’t installed it), it worked for +-5 seconds, then it showed me a message like this: “Your device is not licensed for use with this software.” and stopped working. 🙁

[AsciiWolf]

Well, I tried it. It works great, but not everything is great…
It’s based on VirtualBox, but it use incompatible (modified) drivers, which broke regular VirtualBox drivers. So, if I install “VMLite Workstation”, I can’t use VirtualBox any more. 🙁
btw. Also don’t know, if this app is legal to use.

[AsciiWolf]

@servernewbie wrote:

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Wow, nice!
It’s based on VirtualBox but it has all the seamless stuff, original XPMode have!
ps. If you don’t need the seamless integration, you can also (probably) use old MS Virtual PC or regular VMware/VirtualBox, if you convert the image to its format.

[AsciiWolf]

@n0ri wrote:

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As I said, this is only for testing, it’s bugged!

[AsciiWolf]

@jurafxp wrote:

@AsciiWolf wrote:

I also add this line to registry:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftFunction DiscoveryCategoriesProviderMicrosoft.Devices.Bluetooth]
“00000000”=”“

after restart, “Devices and Printers” again with icons 🙂

Thanks!
Ok, I made a new installer with this fix (it’s still not working properly, so use it only for testing).

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