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First published by Margriet Bruggeman (3MVP, Microsoft Partne)
When: 15 Feb 2013 5:02 AM
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When: 15 Feb 2013 5:23 AM
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SharePoint 2013 Best Practices Creating a Dev Environment: Convert a Server to a Workstation

Go back to Creating a Dev Environment

Convert it to workstation.
It's a good idea to make life easier for yourself and convert the server in look-and-feel to a workstation, as described at http://www.win2012workstation.com/ The web site contains a link to the Microsoft Server Converter 2012 tool that should do the heavy lifting for you, but it's supposed to be 51 MB in size. This is ridiculously large, it should be less than 1 MB imho, so we don't really trust it. The tips on the web site however are solid. We've done the following ourselves:

Disable CTRL+ALT+DEL
Disable Shutdown Event Tracker

Disable CTRL+ALT+DEL

Go to Start > Administrative Tools.
Double-click Local Security Policy.
Click Security Options > Local Policies > Security Options.
Search Interactive Logon: Do not require CTRL+ALT+DEL and choose Enabled.
Click OK.

Disable Shutdown Event Tracker

Press Win+R.
Type gpedit.msc and enter. This starts the Local Group Policy Editor.
Expand Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System.
Search for Display Shutdown Event Tracker, open it, set it to Disabled and click OK.