Tips and Tricks Vol. 4
Some of these may be repeats, but this is a pretty complete list of common tasks an administrator might need to do that either don't have a well known command line tool or a tool at all. A few of these may not work in current builds, such as oclist, but should be in the next build available.
To activate:
Cscript slmgr.vbs –ato
Determining the computer name, any of the following:
Set c
Ipconfig /all
Systeminfo
Rename the Server Core computer:
Domain joined:
Netdom renamecomputer %computername% /NewName:new-name /UserD:domain-username /PasswordD:*
Not domain joined:
Netdom renamecomputer %computername% /NewName:new-name
Changing workgroups:
Wmic computersystem where name=”<computer name>” call joindomainorworkgroup name=”<new workgroup name>”
Install a role or optional feature:
Start /w Ocsetup <packagename>
Note: For Active Directory, run Dcpromo
View role and optional feature package names and current installation state:
oclist
Start task manager hot-key:
ctrl-shift-esc
Logoff of a Terminal Services session:
Logoff
To set the pagefile size:
Disable system pagefile management:
wmic computersystem where name=”<computername>” set AutomaticManagedPagefile=False
Configure the pagefile:
wmic pagefileset where name=”C:\\pagefile.sys” set InitialSize=500,MaximumSize=1000
Manually installing a management tool or agent:
Msiexec.exe /i <msipackage>
List installed msi applications:
Wmic
product
Uninstall msi applications:
Wmic product get name /value
Wmic product where name=”<name>” call uninstall
To list installed drivers:
Sc query type= driver
Installing a driver that is not included:
Copy the driver files to Server Core
Pnputil –i –a <path>\<driver>.inf
Determining a file’s version:
wmic datafile where name="d:\\windows\\system32\\ntdll.dll" get version
List of installed patches:
wmic qfe list
Installing a patch:
Wusa.exe <patchname>.msu /quiet
Comments
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
This blog is the missing manual for server core. Thank youAnonymous
January 01, 2003
Server Core installations of Windows Server 2008 require a different mindset when it comes to installingAnonymous
January 01, 2003
Windows Server 2008 - Server CoreAnonymous
January 01, 2003
With Server Core Hyper-V and WSUS most patches can be automatically installed. However, those that are categorized as "updates" and "update rollups" do not automatically installed. Is there any way to fix this so that these can also be managed to install automatically? Is there a simple manual command to enter that will get these patches to come form the web and install? I'm looking for any solution rather than having to manually download each such update and then individually install them one at a time. TIA - DaleAnonymous
January 01, 2003
Windows Server 2008 - Server CoreAnonymous
January 01, 2003
What commands could be used for these:
- Setting the NIC's duplex speed
- Configuring File & Print Sharing: File vs Network options
- Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Hello. I would like to add, that in WMIC CPU, we can see, that system properly inform us about multicore and logical CPU. Best Regards, Martin Krawczyk