Server Core Tasks

Description:

When installing Server Core, it is common to do tasks such as these.

To Resolve:

1. Set IP Address/ Gateway/ DNS:

   Get-NetAdapter
   New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceIndex 2 -IPAddress 192.168.1.101 -PrefixLength 24 -DefaultGateway 192.168.1.1
   Set-DNSClientServerAddress -InterfaceIndex 2 -ServerAddresses @("8.8.8.8", "8.8.4.4")
   

2. Enable/Disable Windows Firewall:

   Set-NetFirewallProfile -Name Public,Private,Domain -Enabled False
   

3. Add/Remove features:

   Get-WindowsFeature | Where-Object Installed -eq True
   

4. Join to Domain:

   Add-computer -DomainName mydomain.com
   

5. Activate Windows:

   • To see current license: slmgr /dlv
   • To activate: Slmgr /ato

6. Add local users:

   net user gerry MyPass! /add
   net localgroup administrators gerry /add
   

   • Then, on the actual host, sign out. Hit esc, other sign in options => .\gerry and sign in just to make sure the account is there.

7. Verify the current Windows Update setting: %systemroot%\system32\Cscript scregedit.wsf /AU /v

   • To enable automatic updates:

   Net stop wuauserv  
   %systemroot%\system32\Cscript scregedit.wsf /AU 4  
   Net start wuauserv
   

   • To disable automatic updates, run:

   Net stop wuauserv  
   %systemroot%\system32\Cscript scregedit.wsf /AU 1  
   Net start wuauserv