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    • Core Configurator 2.0

    Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

    If you’re using Windows Server 2008 R2 Core edition, but you’re too lazy to do all administrative tasks from a command line (Why should I use Server Core?), then Core Configurator 2.0 is the tool for you. It enables you to use Windows Server 2008 R2 Core and do all your administrative tasks from a [...]

    How to manage Windows Server 2008 Core?

    Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

    As you may see, I started writing small tutorials on how to manage Windows Server Core. For now, I wrote 2 posts: Changing the IP address in Windows Server 2008 Core and How to enable Automatic updates in Windows Server 2008 Core?. Both examples show how to manage Windows Server Core from local command line, [...]

    How to enable Automatic updates in Windows Server 2008 Core?

    Thursday, March 19th, 2009

    In my previous post about Windows Server Core, I wrote how to change the IP address of server running Windows Server Core. In this post I’m going to describe the process of enabling automatic updates in Windows Server 2008 Core. The whole process is quite simple, you have few commands to enable/disable automatic, install an [...]

    Changing the IP address in Windows Server 2008 Core

    Monday, March 16th, 2009

    In my previous two posts Windows Server 2008 Core option and Why should anyone use Server Core option? I wrote something about Windows Server 2008 Core. As one of disadvantages I mentioned that there is no GUI, and administration tasks must be done in command prompt. It requires some extra learning, but it is not [...]

    Why should anyone use Server Core option?

    Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

    In previous post, I explained you what Server Core option is. As you can see on screen shot, there are no windows, and maybe you are wondering and asking yourself: Why should I use Server Core, why should I go back in time to old DOS systems? There are few got things about Windows Server [...]

    Windows Server 2008 Core option

    Monday, May 19th, 2008

    One new and great option in Windows Server 2008 is Server Core. Server Core is “windows without windows“. When you start operating system you get only this: As you can see, no Start button, no Internet Explorer, no Windows Media Player, no… Only Command prompt. You may ask: Why should I use Core installation option [...]