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Windows Server 2008 Domain Join with netdom.exe

Posted by Ivan
/ October 16, 2007 / 6 Comments

The following command will join the NET-IIS-01 workload into the Networknet.nl forest domain. Enter the Administrator password and after the netdom has finished reboot the server with shutdown.exe /r /t5.

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Windows Server 2008 Core IPv4 configuration

Posted by Ivan
/ October 16, 2007 / Leave a comment

View the installed interfaces netsh interface ipv4 show interfaces Configure the fixed IP address, netmask and the default gateway netsh interface ipv4 set address name=”nr” source=static address=192.168.1.1 mask=255.255.255.0 gateway=192.168.1.254 Configure the DNS server netsh interface ipv4 add dnsserver name=”nr” address=192.168.1.1 index=1

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Windows Server 2008 Core License Activiation by Script

Posted by Ivan
/ October 15, 2007 / Leave a comment

Windows 2008 Core server does not support GUI and right clicking your computer and use the control panel options to activate the server is not available anymore. Copy the script below and supply your own license key code. Open notepad from command prompt. Eg notepad license.cmd; paste the the code below...

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Rename Windows Server 2008 Core with netdom.exe

Posted by Ivan
/ October 2, 2007 / 2 Comments

Type the hostname.exe command line to see the current computername which has been generated by the Windows setup. Select the computername and press enter on the keyboard. Now we are going to rename the server and prepare it for dcpromo process.

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Windows Server 2008 Core DC install Windows 2003 forest

Posted by Ivan
/ September 6, 2007 / Leave a comment

Today I installed my first Windows Server 2008 Core server. This new server should act as Active Directory Domain Controller. Windows Server 2008 release introduces Core Server concept. I wanted to learn more about Core Server and planned to install this server as additional domain controller. Just before promoting the new Core Server...

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