Windows Server 2008 Core - change screen resolution

September 24th, 2008 5:26 pm

Windows Server 2008 4 comments

One really annoying thing about the VMware Tools installation is that it reverts the video mode back to 640×480 for Windows Server Core installations; barely enough space for the command prompt. This can be fixed very quickly. Run regedit (one of the few GUI tools in Server Core) and find the keys DefaultSettings.XResolution and DefaultSettings.YResolution. Hint: they’ll be in a subkey of HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\. Change these values from 640 and 480 respectively (another hint: change the value from hex to decimal!), reboot and you’re good to go.

Windows Server 2008 Core - Useful Commands

September 24th, 2008 5:20 pm

Windows Server 2008 1 comment

I’ve found myself using Windows Server 2008 Core quite a lot recently, and apart from using the GUI CoreConfigurator I’ve realised that I’m often completely forgetting a whole bunch of commands related to Server Core setup. Now nine times out of ten I’m working from a prepared Sysprep image with Group Policies setting everything I need; but every so often I forget or am setting up a test lab and need these commands. Anyways, here’s a list of codes that I use very often.

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