Installing Windows Server 2008

Installing Windows Server 2008 is different from previous installs of Windows Server platforms. There is no text-based phase. The installation is now done in a GUI and the install process is very similar to Windows Vista.

Windows Server 2008 Editions

Edition	Server Core
Windows Server 2008 Standard (small offices or workgroups)	Yes
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (greater scalability, failover clustering, AD Fed Services)	Yes
Windows Server 2008 DataCenter (larger orgs and server consolidation projects, greater memory and processing power, unlimited virtual image use rights)	Yes
Windows Web Server 2008 (standalone server for IIS)	No
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems (highest level of performance and scalabiity, leading rival platform for Risc-based UNIX servers, requires Intel Itanium CPU)	No

Common troubleshooting tools used in Windows XP

MSCONFIG

MSINFO32

CHKDSK

SFC /SCANNOW

DISK DEFRAGMENTER

Microsoft Technet Tools for Troubleshooting

Windows version

Here are three ways to find out your version of Windows:

• Go to START/RUN/Winver.exe (Windows version identification)
• Control Panel/Performance and Maintenance/System (Systems Properties Dialog box)
• Go to START/RUN/WinMSD.exe (system information program)

How to determine the version of Windows XP in use

How to create a WinMSD Report

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