Installing Windows Server 2008 - MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration - page 46

In the following activities, you complete some of these postinstallation tasks.
Activity 2-2: Setting the Time, Date, and Time Zone
Time Required: 10 minutes
Objective: Perform the postinstallation task of setting the time, date, and time zone.
Description: You have completed the Windows installation and notice that the time zone is
incorrect. You know that for all server functions to work correctly, the time, date, and time zone
must be right on all clients and servers. In this activity, you use the Initial Configuration Tasks
applet to change the time zone.
1. If necessary, log on to your server as Administrator, which starts the Initial Configuration
Tasks applet. (If it doesn't open, click Start , Run , type oobe [which stands for “out-of-box
experience”] in the Open text box, and then click OK .)
Another method for starting this applet uses a new Windows Server
2008/Vista feature. Click Start, type oobe in the Start Search text box, and
then press Enter. Windows searches for this program and starts it for you.
2. Under Provide Computer Information, click Set time zone to open the Date and Time dialog box.
3. Click the Change time zone button, and select your time zone in the drop-down list. If your
region observes daylight saving time, make sure the Automatically adjust clock for Daylight
Saving Time check box is selected, and then click OK . If the time and date are incorrect,
click the Change date and time button to modify them, and then click OK .
4. Click the Additional Clocks tab, where you can tell Windows to display the time in other
time zones when you hover your mouse pointer over the taskbar clock.
5. Click the Internet Time tab, where you can select the option to synchronize with a time
server on the Internet. By default, Windows Server 2008 is set to synchronize with
http://time.windows.com , and synchronization occurs weekly. To use a different time server
or disable Internet time synchronization, click the Change settings button. You can choose
from a list of time servers or enter the name of another server. You can also tell Windows to
synchronize now by clicking the Update Now button. If time synchronization isn't working,
your company firewall might be blocking it.
6. Click OK twice to close the Date and Time dialog box.
Activity 2-3: Setting a Static IP Address
Time Required: 10 minutes
Objective: Perform the postinstallation task of setting a static IP address.
Description: After completing the Windows Server 2008 installation, you notice in the Initial
Configuration Tasks applet that your IP address is assigned by DHCP. Your server will be per-
forming some server roles that require static addressing. You have already decided that all your
servers will occupy addresses starting with 200 in the last octet.
This activity and many others in this topic use 192.168.100.xxx/24 for
IP addressing. Please see your instructor for the actual addresses you
should use.
1. If necessary, log on to your server as Administrator. If the Initial Configuration Tasks applet
doesn't start, open it as described in Activity 2-2.
2. Under Provide Computer Information, click Configure networking to open the Network
Connections window.
3. Right-click Local Area Connection and click Properties to open the Local Area Connection
Properties dialog box (see Figure 2-8).