Tips and Tricks Vol. 4
Some of these may be repeats, but this is a pretty complete list of common tasks an administrator might need to do that either don't have a well known command line tool or a tool at all. A few of these may not work in current builds, such as oclist, but should be in the next build available.
To activate:
Cscript slmgr.vbs –ato
Determining the computer name, any of the following:
Set c
Ipconfig /all
Systeminfo
Rename the Server Core computer:
Domain joined:
Netdom renamecomputer %computername% /NewName:new-name /UserD:domain-username /PasswordD:*
Not domain joined:
Netdom renamecomputer %computername% /NewName:new-name
Changing workgroups:
Wmic computersystem where name=”<computer name>” call joindomainorworkgroup name=”<new workgroup name>”
Install a role or optional feature:
Start /w Ocsetup <packagename>
Note: For Active Directory, run Dcpromo
View role and optional feature package names and current installation state:
oclist
Start task manager hot-key:
ctrl-shift-esc
Logoff of a Terminal Services session:
Logoff
To set the pagefile size:
Disable system pagefile management:
wmic computersystem where name=”<computername>” set AutomaticManagedPagefile=False
Configure the pagefile:
wmic pagefileset where name=”C:\\pagefile.sys” set InitialSize=500,MaximumSize=1000
Manually installing a management tool or agent:
Msiexec.exe /i <msipackage>
List installed msi applications:
Wmic
product
Uninstall msi applications:
Wmic product get name /value
Wmic product where name=”<name>” call uninstall
To list installed drivers:
Sc query type= driver
Installing a driver that is not included:
Copy the driver files to Server Core
Pnputil –i –a <path>\<driver>.inf
Determining a file’s version:
wmic datafile where name="d:\\windows\\system32\\ntdll.dll" get version
List of installed patches:
wmic qfe list
Installing a patch:
Wusa.exe <patchname>.msu /quiet
