Network
Show network interfaces
> netsh interface ipv4 show interfaces
Rename network interface
> netsh interface set interface name = <interface name> newname = <new interface name>
Change static IP-address
> netsh interface ipv4 set adress ”<interface name>” static 192.168.0.1 255.255.25.0 192.168.0.1
Change to DHCP
> netsh interface ipv4 set addresses name=”<interface name>” source=dhcp
Show IP-address
> netsh interface ipv4 show addresses
Add primery DNS server
> netsh interface ipv4 set dnsserver name=”<interface name>” source=static address=<primery dns servers ip-address>
Add secondary DNS server
> netsh interface ipv4 add dnsserver name=”<interface name>” address=<secondary dns servers ip-address>
Enable Remote Administration in firewall
> netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group=”Remote Administration” new enable=yes
Enable Windows Firewall Remote Administration in firewall
> netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group=”Windows Firewall Remote Management” new enable=yes
Disable firewall
> netsh firewall set opmode disable
Enable firewall
> netsh firewall set opmode enable
Show computername
> hostname
Change computername
> netdom renamecomputer <computer name> /newname:<new computer name>
Change name of a domain-joined server
> netdom renamecomputer %computername% /NewName:<new computer name> /userd:<domain\username> /password:*
Join a domain
> netdom join %computername% /domain:<domain> /userd:<username> /passwordd:*
Remove computer from domain
> netdom remove
Enable Remote Desktop. Only support Windows Vista/2008 clients
> Cscript %windir%\system32\SCRegEdit.wsf /ar 0
Enable Remote Desktop. Support Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008 clients
> Cscript %windir%\system32\SCRegEdit.wsf /ar 0
> Cscript %windir%\system32\SCRegEdit.wsf /cs 0
Users, Groups & seciruity
Add a user to the local Administrators group
> net localgroup Administrators /add <domain>\<username>
Remove a user from the local Administrators group
> net localgroup Administrators /delete <domain>\<username>
Change administrator password
> net user administrator *
Show security settings on a folder or file
> cacls <file or folder path>
KMS (Key Management Service)
Install KMS
> slmgr -ipk <KMS key>
KMS activation
> slmgr -ato
Display KMS license information
> slmgr – dlv
Check for KMS in DNS
> nslookup -type=srv _vlmcs._tcp
Misc
Configure the paging file
>wmic pagefileset where name=”<path/filename>” set InitialSize=<initialsize>,MaximumSize=<maxsize>
Reboot server
> shutdown /r /t 0
Shutdown server
> shutdown /s /t 0
List event logs type
> wevtutil el
List running services
> sc query
> net start
Start a service
sc start <service name> or net start <service name>
Stop a service
> sc stop <service name>
> net stop <service name>
Stop/kill a process
> taskkill /PID <process ID>
Move file
> move “z:\Windows6.0-KB950050-x64.msu” “c:\Windows6.0-KB950050-x64.msu”
Copy file
> copy “z:\Windows6.0-KB950050-x64.msu” “c:\Windows6.0-KB950050-x64.msu”
Roles
Show server roles
> oclist
Install server roles
> ocsetup
example:
> start /w ocsetup Microsoft-Hyper-V
Hyper-V
Install virtual machine integrated components
Mount integrated components cd from action menu.
D:\support\amd64\setup.exe or D:\support\x86\setup.exe
Update Hyper-V
Download and copy Windows6.0-KB950050-x64.msu to your core server.
Example:
Download Windows6.0-KB950050-x64.msu to your fileserver.
From Core server:
> net use z: \\fileserver\share\
> Z:
> copy Windows6.0-KB950050-x64.msu c:\
> C:
> net use z: delete
> Windows6.0-KB950050-x64.msu
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