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.  [...]

I’ve been messing around with Server Core for a little bit now. I’ve got a core installation running Hyper-V, and I would like to monitor the server via SNMP.
I’ve already enabled SNMP via start /w ocsetup SNMP-SC…. but I can’t for the life of me figure out how to set the community strings, etc..
I’ve got [...]

Key Management System vs Multiple Key Management
There seems to still be some confusion regarding the activation methods for of Microsoft Windows Vista and Server 2008.  The two methods are Key Management System and Multiple Key Management.  Microsoft recommends KMS for environments with more than 25 computers.
Pros for KMS include the fact that there is no [...]

Today I encountered the situation where I had to do some administrative work on a server that no one knew the domain administrator password for.  The following are the steps I used to reset the domain administrator password, I have tried to make it as foolproof as possible.  This was performed on Microsoft Windows Server [...]