Exchange Server Pro » Core http://exchangeserverpro.com Microsoft Exchange Server News - Tips - Tutorials Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:00:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 How to Add Multiple DNS Servers to Windows Server 2008 Core http://exchangeserverpro.com/how-to-add-multiple-dns-servers-to-windows-server-2008-core http://exchangeserverpro.com/how-to-add-multiple-dns-servers-to-windows-server-2008-core#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:30:02 +0000 Paul Cunningham http://www.capslockassassin.com/?p=644 After installing Windows Server 2008 Core you may wish to configure a static IP address and DNS servers.  Microsoft guides you through this process using the Netsh command.

Configuring a Static IP Address in Windows Server 2008 Core

Use Netsh to configure the static IP address:

netsh interface ipv4 set address name="Local Area Connection" source=static address=192.168.100.48 mask=255.255.255.0 gateway=192.168.100.254

Configuring the Primary DNS Server in Windows Server 2008 Core

Use Netsh again to configure the primary DNS server address:

netsh interface ipv4 set dns name="Local Area Connection" source=static address=192.168.100.49 primary

Configuring Additional DNS Servers in Windows Server 2008 Core

Use Netsh to configure a secondary DNS server address:

netsh interface ipv4 add dnsserver name="Local Area Connection" address=192.168.100.48 index=2

The static IP and DNS server configuration will now be shown in IPConfig:

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network Connection
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-29-31-9E-AC
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::1884:ed1b:1548:43be%2(Preferred)
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.48(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.254
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.49
                                       192.168.100.48
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

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]]> http://exchangeserverpro.com/how-to-add-multiple-dns-servers-to-windows-server-2008-core/feed 2 Changing Screen Resolution on Windows Server 2008 Core http://exchangeserverpro.com/changing-screen-resolution-on-windows-server-2008-core http://exchangeserverpro.com/changing-screen-resolution-on-windows-server-2008-core#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:30:48 +0000 Paul Cunningham http://www.capslockassassin.com/?p=629 When you first login to a Windows Server 2008 Core installation you may find the desktop screen resolution is too small at 640×480 pixels.

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However the nature of the Core installation is that there is no graphical interface to modify the desktop resolution.  Fortunately the changes can be made via the registry.

Launch Regedit.exe from the command prompt.

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Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\<GUID>\0000 where <GUID> is your video adapter (note: if there is more than one just check each one to see which matches the video hardware installed).

The desktop resolution is configured using the DefaultSettings.YResolution and DefaultSettings.XResolution keys.

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Modify the settings to the desired setting, in my case 1024×768.

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Exit Registry Editor and issue a shutdown -r command to reboot the server.

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When the server restarts it will boot with the screen resolution that you configured in the registry.

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Even though the VMWare Tools image mounts to the virtual CD-ROM drive it does not autorun as you would expect in a normal install of Windows Server 2008.  However you can still change directory to the virtual CD-ROM and see the VMWare Tools installation files are available.

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To install the VMWare Tools you can simply launch setup.exe from the command line.

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Follow the installation wizard accepting the default settings.  You can also ignore the warnings about the Microsoft Help HTML engine and the version of Internet Explorer.

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When the installer has finished you can reboot as normal and the VMWare Tools will now be installed.

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