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Installing Windows 2008 Server
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- Category: Windows
- Published on Thursday, 12 May 2011 01:35
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Installing Microsoft 2008 Server
Microsoft has released a new version of Windows Server in 2008. The new version of server is called Microsoft Server 2008.The biggest improvement is a command line only interface and some under the hood work. As always Microsoft changed the GUI a bit. This tutorial will be covering a base install of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 in VMware Workstation 7. How is this install differences from a normal hardware Install? The hard drive is preset or defined by VMware and license information has been entered.
Lets get started with Installing Microsoft 2008 Server.
Insert the Microsoft 2008 Server CD and boot the system from that CD-ROM. The new install wizard will start.
You should soon see the screen below. Pick the version of Microsoft 2008 Server you wish to install. We will use Windows Server 2008 Standard (Full Installation) X86.
Copying of files and the installation of Windows Server 2008 will take a few minutes. You will also see a few reboots.
After first reboot you should see:
It is still working.
The computer will reboot again. Then you should be able to log in.
Logging in for the first time.
At this screen you can hit ctrl+alt+insert to send the ctrl+alt+delete command to the VMserver.
This will take a minute.
The first time log in screen is below.
Here is a video of the command line only version of Windows server 2008.
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Here is a Windows 2008 server standard install
If there are any questions, please see the forum at forum.the-server-admin.com or post a comment below.