Sure. All you have to do is right click on the taskbar, click on task manager, and on the process list, remove explorer. Everything will disappear. The click "ALT+CTR+DEL" on your keyboard to bring the system options screen back. Click on Task manager. Once open, click on "file" option on the task manager window, then click the "New Task (Run)..." option. type "explorer" - without the quotes - and press enter. The explorer window will come back. Try running your server again. The problem is mostly a UAC one. Looking forward to the day when Microsoft will produce a real operating system (without all that security), as it should be.