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SCONFIG CLI TOOL 2012

Besides sconfig.cmd, you have the full arsenal of command line tools available on Server Core. You can quickly change the most rudimentary settings with sconfig.cmd, but if you want to configure your server using scripts, you can still perform most of these actions through the usual suspects netdom.exe (to change the hostname and join an […]

How to Install and Turn on GUI from Command Line

What happens if you install Windows Server 2012 without the GUI features and then realize that you want to turn on the GUI? For those who are used to GUI based Windows Server administration, seeing a command line interface can be daunting. This guide will help you to go from the command line interface, using […]

2012 Feature

 

 

If recent surveys cited by tech blogs and mainstream media are to be believed, then Windows Server 2012 is a win. Microsoft reveals that according to one survey, 65% of customers were satisfied with the new platform, which was released on August 1, 2012.

The company also says that the new hypervisor […]

2012 commands

mmand Opens the command prompt. Compmgmt.msc Opens the computer management console. Devmgmt.msc Opens the device manager. Dfrg.msc Opens Windows’ disk defragmenter. Diskmgmt.msc Opens the disk management tool. Eventvwr.msc Opens the event viewer. Fsmgmt.msc Opens shared folders. Gpedit.msc Opens the group policy editor. Lusrmgr.msc Opens the local users and groups. Mailto: Opens the default email client. […]

Windows Server 2012 Server Core

sconfig.cmd SCRegEdit.wsf Command line tools PowerShell Graphical tools Concluding

sconfig.cmd

The most important built-in configuration tool is sconfig.cmd. The easiest way to give you a quick heads-up for this tool is to call it the command line equivalent of Server Manager on Server with a GUI installations and Full Installations of Windows Server, […]

Proxy configuration from CMD line

Windows 2003

Open a CMD prompt Type: proxycfg -p proxy.fqdn.com:8080, *.microsoft.com Everything after the comma is for anything you want in the bypass proxy list. Hit ENTER Windows 2008 Open a CMD prompt, type: NetSH WinHTTP Set Proxy proxy-server=”PROXY.COM:8080″ bypass-list=”SERVER.COM” Show Proxy

Kill a Terminal Server Session from the Command Line

How to Kill a Terminal Services Session from the Command Line

Open a CMD prompt To query for current sessions, type: qwinsta.exe /server:<servername> To kill a session, type: rwinsta.exe /server:<servername> <session id>

Disable CRL Checking

How to Disable CRL Checking in IIS 6.x:

Open a CMD prompt Navigate to c:\inetpub\adminscripts To disable for ALL sites, run the following command: cscript adsutil.vbs set w3svc/CertCheckMode 1 Hit the ENTER key To disable for SPECIFIC sites, run the following command: cscript adsutil.vbs set w3svc/siteid#/CertCheckMode 1 Hit the ENTER key

To query to see […]

HTTPS 413

IIS 7.5 – uploadReadAheadSize A developer recently reported a problem that when a customer attempted to upload an attachment, they would sometime receive the error:The page was not displayed because the request entity is too large.In our case it did not include an error number, but it will sometimes include the error number:

HTTPS 413

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