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Archive for October, 2007
Windows Server 2008 x64 WSV role
Oct 19th
Windows Server 2008 Core IPv4 configuration
Oct 16th
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
Windows Server 2008 Core License Activiation by Script
Oct 15th
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 with your own key; save the file and run the cmd script.
@echo off REM Created: Ivan1980@networknet.nl REM Windows Server 2008 Core License Script cscript C:\Windows\System32\slmgr.vbs -ipk xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx cscript C:\Windows\System32\slmgr.vbs -ato cscript C:\Windows\System32\slmgr.vbs -xpf
Intel Quad Core 2 Q6600
Oct 15th
Last week I finally got some time to install and build my Intel Quad Core 2 Q6600 machine. The table below shows all components I used:
| 1 x | Corsair 4096MB DDR2 PC6400 Matched Pair TwinX C5 | €242,95 |
| 1 x | Corsair ATX 450W 24P | €63,50 |
| 1 x | Asus Silent Knight | €52,50 |
| 1 x | Asus 256MB EN8600GT OC GearHTDP | €136,95 |
| 1 x | Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 Stepping 2.4 GHz 8Mb | €228,50 |
| 1 x | Asus P5N-E | €105,00 |
Rename Windows Server 2008 Core with netdom.exe
Oct 2nd
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.
</p> <p style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri" lang="en-US">c:\Users\Administartor>hostname</p> <p style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri" lang="en-US">win2k8-vm</p> <p style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri" lang="en-US">
Now we are going to rename the server and prepare it for dcpromo process.
</p> <p style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri" lang="en-US">c:\Users\Administartor> netdom renamecomputer win2k8-vm /newname:NET-DC-01</p> <p style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri" lang="en-US">Click Y to reboot or enter shutdown /r /t 5</p> <p style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri" lang="en-US">

