How to activate Windows Server 2008 Server Core
As we know there is no GUI in Windows Server 2008 Server Core option, here is how you can activate your copy. Following was done on an eval. copy, and here is the cscript command to run.
Cscript C:\Windows\System32\slmgr.vbs -ato
You can run -xpr switch to tell how much time you have left, mine shows permanently activated. So these are out-of-box scripts that aid in Licensing Management.
Read my previous post on how to install VM additions in your lab environment (based on VS 2005 R2) to tinker with the Server Core.
Yeas,
But how do we suppose to do it when the core has no connection to the outside world?
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