Lab 1-1: Installing Server 2008

Instructions

  1. Pop in your Server 2008 disk.
  2. You are going to install it on your lab computer. Put the DVD in and boot.
  3. Delete ALL current partitions.
  4. Create a new partition that is 100 GB in size. 
  5. Start the installation. 
  6. Select Standard Edition 64 bit
  7. You will notice a few things:
    1. It installs REALLY fast. This is because some options can be added later.
    2. It’s very “Vista” looking.
    3. Your drivers may not be available.
  8. Once it starts you have to set a password. The password must meet three of the following complexity requirements:
    1. Must contain one letter
    2. One letter must be capitalized
    3. Must contain one number
    4. Must contain one alternate character
  9. Give it the password: P@ssw0rd (where 0 is zero).
  10. Go right in and change the name of the computer:
    1. Start
    2. Right click on Computer
    3. Select properties
    4. Click advanced system settings
    5. Click computer name
    6. Click change
    7. Name your computer something simple containing the word Server. (Example: Nerdserver). DO NOT USE LEET SPEAK! I don’t want to see S3rv3r1337 because it makes it challenging to access via a UNC pathname.
    8. Restart.

 

Answer the questions below

  1. What is the name of your server?

 

  1. What is the first thing you must do when your server starts up before you can use it?

 

 

  1. What are the password complexity requirements for Server 2008?

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Look it up; what are the minimum requirements for Server 2008?
    1. RAM
    2. Hard drive space
    3. Processor
    4. Monitor
    5. Other
  2. How is accessing the name change different in Server 2008 compared to Server 2003?
  3. What name did your server originally have?
  4. What did you name it?
  5. What is your IP address?