Ran into another issue with Server 2008 Core install.  I wanted to change the network card priority… normally an easy task (advance settings in network connections,) but of course this doesn’t exist in the core install.

The solution for this is to run a command to get the adapter id list, then to edit the registry.  Run the following in an elevated command prompt: wmic nicconfig get Description,SettingID
There should be two columns of output from the command.  The setting ID will give you the information you need to edit the registry.

Open regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Linkage
In this path there should be three strings.  The value of each of the strings contains the network device ID’s in the opposite order of their priority [the last (furthest right) ID is the one with the highest priority] change these settings to suite your needs and reboot to put them into effect.

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