Archive for the ‘Windows Server 2008’ Category

Disable UAC in Windows Server 2008

Friday, January 9th, 2009

You can disable the UAC feature in Windows Server 2008 by following these steps: Start -> Run -> msconfig Click Tools and scroll down to "Disable UAC" Click the Launch button and reboot the server.

Windows Server 2008 Server Virtualization

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

As of Windows Server 2008 RC0, it's possible to install Windows Server Virtualization as a server role. Be sure to check if hardware virtualization is enabled in the BIOS. Before this role appears in server manager, you need to install 2 update packs: C:\Windows\wsv\Windows6.0-KB939853-x64.exe C:\Windows\wsv\Windows6.0-KB939854-x64.exe After installing these updates, you will be able to select ...

Deploy Windows Server 2003 using WDS

Monday, August 6th, 2007

Install WS 2008 and WDS Copy boot.wim from \sources folder from a Vista DVD Use WDS to add that boot.wim to the boot images Right-click this image, and select "Create capture boot image", call it Capture or something similar Add this capture image to the boot images Disable all boot images, except for the capture ...

Inject VMWare NIC driver into Windows Server 2008 boot image

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

This guide only works on WS 2008 or Vista. The WAIK is supported on WS 2003 and XP too, but the driver injection will fail. You can download the WAIK here. Install the WAIK, open the Windows PE Tools Command Prompt. Also, have the WS 2008 boot.wim ready, and mount the VMWare ...

Install VMWare Tools on Server Core

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

In VMware Server Console, click "Install VMware Tools". The setup GUI will not automaticly appear, so you have to run it manually. Actually by clicking on "install vmware tools" the cd-rom drive was mounted with tools, so you can now type "D:", and then run setup.exe. This will run the setup GUI ...

Install Active Directory Domain Services on Server Core

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

To install active directory on windows server 2008, server core edition, you must first create an answer file for the unattended installation, because server core does not offer the GUI wizard. This sample answer file is to install a new domain in a new forest, with the installation of a DNS ...