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This topic will show how to set static IP 192.168.0.10 with mask 255.255.255.0 to your Windows server 2008 Core interface named “Local Area Connection” .

Also we will set DNS server IP 192.168.0.11.

To set static IP address and mask type:

netsh interface ipv4 set address name=”Local Area Connection” source=static address=192.168.0.10 mask 255.255.255.0

To set DNS server IP type:

netsh interface ipv4 add dnsserver name=”Local Area Connection” address=192.168.0.11

This post will show you way how to activate Windows server 2008 Core.

You can do that with script named slmgr.vbs.

To perform activation type this in command line:

slmgr.vbs -ato

Press Enter and you are done!

This post will show you how to list installed Windows server 2008 Core roles using command line. To list roles open command line and type:

oclist | find “Installed”

This post will show you how to enable automatic updates on your Windows server 2008 Core. To do it type:

cscript scregedit.wsf /AU 4

How to change time zone in Windows server 2008 Core? It is pretty simple. You just need to start GUI with this command:

control timedate.cpl

This post will show you how to reboot Windows server 2008 Core after some changes were made. To reboot type in command line:

shutdown /r

This how to will show command which enables remote desktop administration on your Windows server 2008 Core server. Note that you`ll be presented with no GUI after remote desktop connection to Core server. Only minimal command line interface will be available for you. To enable it type:

cscript %windir%\system32\SCRegEdit.wsf /ar 0

In this post you`ll see how to change administrative password after new Windows server 2008 Core setup. For this case use net user command:

net user administrator *”

Press Enter and you`ll be prompted to enter new password

In this post you`ll see how to join your Windows server 2008 Core to domain named testdomain.com using user ID testuser. To do that type in command line:

netdom join %computername% /domain:testdomain.com /userd: testdomain.com\testuser /passwordd:*

In this post you`ll see how to add Hyper-V virtualization role to your Windows server 2008 Core server. For that open command line and type:

start /w ocsetup Microsoft-HYPER-V

To check available roles use Oclist command .

To enable remote administration on Windows server 2008 Core firewall open command line and type:

netsh firewall set service type=remoteadmin mode=enable

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This post will show you how to use command line in Windows server 2008 Core and set your server DNS suffix by operating on registry.

To set your DNS suffix to mydomain.com open command line and type:

reg add HKLM\System\currentcontrolset\services\tcpip\parameters /v “NV Domain” /d “mydomain.com” /f