Author: Michael

Server Core – A few notes and links to useful commands

I asked a coworker to find the method/command to run updates on Server Core and he came back with a link to this nice little script: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa387102(VS.85).aspx And every time I forget the command to do something in Server Core, when I do a search to find it, I always come back with a link… Continue reading Server Core – A few notes and links to useful commands

DHCP in Hyper-V Reference

We are currently considering moving one of our DHCP servers to a VM on Hyper-V.  I was looking for something else and saw this thread on the TechNet Forums, and I want to keep it for later reference: http://forums.technet.microsoft.com/en-US/winserverhyperv/thread/8004c699-1a22-4f33-9fcd-7271bfcaf74e

Add or Remove programs in Server Core

Quoted from a blog by Sander Berkouwer Add or remove programs Again there are two ways to get information on the software that is installed onto your Server Core installation in absence of the “Add or Remove programs” Control Panel applet. (also known as appwiz.cpl) Registry The first way is by checking the registry keys… Continue reading Add or Remove programs in Server Core

Set the Time in Server Core 2008

To change the time zone on a computer running a Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008, run control timedate.cpl. http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/47a23a74-e13c-46de-8d30-ad0afb1eaffc1033.mspx?mfr=true

RDP to the console

In the past, I have used mstsc /console to get to “session 0” on remote machines.  With Vista and Windows Server 2008 that isn’t the correct command though.  Instead it has been changed to mstsc /admin.