Rename a Server Core Install or Hyper-V Host Computer
I recently needed to rename a Hyper-V server (which is essentially a server core install of Windows Server 2008 R2). It took so doing, but I found the command. [code]Netdom renamecomputer oldname /newname:newname /userd:someuser /passwordd:*[/code] Replace the computer names with valid ones and a domain admin user, and the command will prompt for your password....
Remove Exchange 2007 Public Folder Database Forcibly
I’ve been beating my head against the wall for a week on trying to forcibly remove a corrupted Exchange 2007 install on one of my servers. The AD Configuration tree became corrupted and a restore did not fix it, so I rebuilt a new server and migrated the mailboxes there. Problem solved! Except, now how...