Posts tagged Windows Server 2008 Core

Windows Server 2008 Domain Join with netdom.exe

Oct 16th

Posted by Ivan Versluis in Core Server

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The following command will join the NET-IIS-01 workload into the Networknet.nl forest domain.


netdom.exe join NET-IIS-01 /domain:Networknet.nl /userD:administrator /passwordD:*

Enter the Administrator password and after the netdom has finished reboot the server with shutdown.exe /r /t5.

Windows Server 2008 Core Domain Join

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Windows Server 2008 Core IPv4 configuration

Oct 16th

Posted by Ivan Versluis in Core Server

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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

Oct 15th

Posted by Ivan Versluis in Core Server

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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

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