Although this chapter
doesn??™t provide details on all of the security commands and utilities, you??™ll discover how to perform
essential tasks. Maintenance in this chapter follows along the same lines as security??”you??™ll
discover the essentials you need.
One of the more important parts of the configuration, security, and maintenance picture is the
Windows Management Instrumentation Command line (WMIC) command. This command helps
you perform many essential tasks without having to resort to the complex commands and utilities
needed for lower-level tasks. This chapter provides complete coverage for the WMIC command so
you can use it for any of the tasks you must perform daily.
Server Core also comes with a number of scripts that you can use to speed configuration tasks.
The scripts reduce the complexity of working at the command line and make it less likely that you??™ll
encounter errors from incorrect input. Of course, scripts come with limited functionality and they
can only do so much to protect your system from harm. You still need a good understanding of how
the scripts work in order to use them properly.
In this chapter, you??™ll learn how to do the following:
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Install applications
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Perform maintenance
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Update the server
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Create LNK files
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Set security
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Use the WMIC command to configure the server
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Use maintenance commands and utilities
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Activate your copy of Windows
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PERFORMING ESSENTIAL MAINTENANCE TASKS
Performing Application Installations
One of the first issues that administrators encounter when performing an application installation
is that the AutoRun feature no longer works.
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