{"id":1029,"date":"2008-03-27T21:01:33","date_gmt":"2008-03-27T21:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/03\/customising-windows-server-2008-server-core.htm"},"modified":"2008-03-27T21:01:33","modified_gmt":"2008-03-27T21:01:33","slug":"customising-windows-server-2008-server-core","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/03\/customising-windows-server-2008-server-core.htm","title":{"rendered":"Customising Windows Server 2008 server core"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few months back, I wrote a post with a few commands to get started with server core<\/a> on Windows Server 2008. Since then, I’ve had some fun tweaking server core installations (including some cheekiness installing third party web servers<\/a> and browsers<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Sander Berkouwer<\/a> wrote a series of blog posts last summer that look at changing the look and feel of a server core installation:<\/p>\n

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  1. Changing regional and language options (international settings) as well as time and date options<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. Changing display settings such as screen resolution and color depth, screen saver, window and background colors, cleartype and windows dragging settings<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  3. Changing keyboard and mouse settings\/cursors<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  4. Changing the splash screen, logon screen and tweaking the command prompt window<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Server core may be intended for core infrastructure servers in lights-out data centres but even so, some customisation can be useful. Sander’s notes should help most people get things started.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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