I decided to install just the core or windows server 2008 Ent, the install was pretty quick even considering that it was on a virtual. Once it was installed I really wasn’t too sure on what to expect, I think that I was expecting a Unix/Linux like boot screen where you see a load of devices, drivers and services starting, however I had to admit I was some what disappointed as all you got was the server 2008 splash screen.
Once booted up it then prompted me to press ctrl+alt+del, huh! what’s all this about I thought that there was meant to be no GUI with it? well I pressed it and it prompted me for a password. So like Storage Server 2008 I had to do a Google for the default core password (which is blank, but of course it is!) and then set a new password.
Once I had done that I logged on…
it then said Applying settings etc… and then get this… Preparing your Desktop and that took a wee while to “Prepare” and what was it??? a Command Prompt on a blank desktop!
So now I have a Command Line Interface (CLI) to play around with, next step is to actually learn something useful to do with it!
