1. If the driver for the hardware is included in Windows Server 2008, Plug and Play will start automatically and install the driver.
2. At a command prompt, open the folder where the driver files are located, and then run the following command:
pnputil -i -a
Where: driverinf is the file name of the .inf file for the driver.
3. If prompted, restart the computer.
To add a user to the local Administrators group
1. At a command prompt, type:
net localgroup Administrators /add ‘
To remove a user from the local Administrators group
1. At a command prompt, type:
net localgroup Administrators /delete
To disable a device driver
1. At a command prompt, type:
sc delete
Where: service_name is the name of the service that you obtain by running
To obtain a list of drivers that are installed on the server
1. At a command prompt, type:
sc query type= driver
Note: You must include the space after the equal sign for the command to complete successfully.
To manage event logs
1. To list event logs type:
wevtutil el
2. To query events in a specified log type:
wevtutil qe /f:text
3. To export an event log type:
wevtutil epl
4. To clear an event log type:
wevtutil cl
To list the running services
1. At a command prompt, type one of the following:
sc query
or
net start
1. At a command prompt, type one of the following:
sc start
or
net start
To stop a service
1. At a command prompt, type one of the following:
sc stop
or
net stop
To configure the firewall
1. Use the netsh advfirewall command. For example, to enable remote management from any MMC snap-in, type the following:
netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group=”Remote Administration” new enable=yes
Note: You can also use the Windows Firewall snap-in from a Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 computer to remotely manage the firewall on a server running a Server Core installation. To do this, you must first enable remote management of the firewall by running the following command on the computer running a Server Core installation:
netsh advfirewall set currentprofile settings remotemanagement enable
Configure the paging file
1. At a command prompt type:
wmic pagefileset where name=”” set InitialSize=,MaximumSize=
Where:
* path/filename – is the path to and name of the paging file
* initialsize – is the starting size of the paging file in bytes.
* maxsize – is the maximum size of the page file in bytes.
To install an optional feature
1. At a command prompt, type:
start /w ocsetup
Note: Using /w prevents the command prompt from returning until the installation completes. Without /w, there is no indication that the installation completed. Where
featurename is the name of a feature from the following list:
* Failover Clustering: FailoverCluster-Core
* Network Load Balancing: NetworkLoadBalancingHeadlessServer
* Subsystem for UNIX-based applications: SUACore
* Multipath IO: MultipathIo
* Removable Storage: Microsoft-Windows-RemovableStorageManagementCore
* Bitlocker Drive Encryption: BitLocker
Note: To install the remote administration tool for BitLocker, type the following at a command prompt:
start /w ocsetup BitLocker-RemoteAdminTool
* Backup: WindowsServerBackup
* Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP): SNMP-SC
* Windows Internet Name Service (WINS): WINS-SC
* Telnet client: TelnetClient
Note: To remove an optional feature, use start /w ocsetup with the appropriate role name and the /uninstall switch.
To reboot the server
1. You can reboot the server by typing the following at a command prompt:
shutdown /r /t 0
To change the name of the server
1. Determine the current name of the server with the hostname or ipconfig /all commands.
2. At a command prompt, type:
netdom renamecomputer /NewName:
Note: You can obtain the name of the server by running the hostname or ipconfig /all commands.
3. Restart the computer.
To change the name of a domain-joined server
1. At a command prompt, type:
netdom renamecomputer %computername% /NewName: /userd: /password:*
To set the administrative password
1. At a command prompt, type the following:
net user administrator *
2. When prompted to enter the password, type the new password for the administrator user account and press ENTER.
3. When prompted, retype the password and press ENTER.
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