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Windows Server 2008 Password Complexity Requirements
I finally got around to installing Windows Server 2008 Standard today. I performed a Server Core installation, and was suprised how little interaction I had to have with the installer. It seemed like...
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Howto: Install VMware Tools on Windows 2008 Server Core
I had just performed my first Windows 2008 Server Core installation on VMware Workstation, and wanted to install the VMware tools to see if the VMs performance would increase. Logged in as Administator...
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Creating Backups of Windows 2008 Server Core Machines
Windows 2008 Server Core is a minimalist installation of Windows Server 2008. It must be managed from the servers console command line or remotely via Terminal Services. In previous versions of Windows...
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Howto: Shut down or reboot a Windows 2008 Server Core System
To shut down a Windows 2008 Server Core System, at the command prompt type: Shutdown -s -t xx where -s = shut down -t xx = time to wait before shutting down in seconds, where xx =0 to 600 To shut down...
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Howto: Enable Remote Desktop on a Windows 2008 Server Core System
Windows 2008 Server Core uses the SCregEdit.wsf script found in C:\Windows\System32 to configure Terminal Services (TS) behavior. TS is the method of remote controlling your Server Core system through...
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Howto: Configure the Windows 2008 Server Core Screensaver Activation Period
By default the Windows 2008 Server Core screensaver will activate after 600 seconds (10 minutes) of inactivity. To change the amount of time the screensaver waits to activate, edit the following...
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Howto: Enable Automatic Updates in Windows 2008 Server Core
Windows 2008 Server Core uses the SCregEdit.wsf script found in C:\Windows\System32 to configure Automatic Updates behavior. To view the current Automatic Updates settings, from the command prompt...
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Mark’s Windows 2008 DNS Server Command Line Cheat Sheet
If you’re a command line type administrator like myself you’ll want to check out Mark’s Mark’s DNS Server command line cheat sheet. He’s summarized the Windows Server 2008 CLI commands relating to DNS...
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Running Powershell On Windows Server 2008 Core
While being an unwilling participant in an excessively long conference call I was able to get Powershell up and running on my Server Core box, thanks to Dmitry’s detailed instructions. Of course this...
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Interesting technical links for Monday June 30
While I was mindlessly surfing I came across a few interesting links I thought I’d share. Justin Ho posted about the D-Link router emulator pages and Blue Lock. The D-Link router emulator pages show...
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