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3. In the next window, click Install now . If necessary, enter your product key, and then click
Next .
4. Click Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (Server Core Installation) in the list box, and then
click Next .
5. If necessary, click the option to accept the license agreement, and then click Next . In the
Which type of installation do you want? window, click Custom (advanced) .
6. In the Where do you want to install Windows? window, click Disk 0 Unallocated Space , and
then click Next .
7. When the installation is finished, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete as prompted to log on.
8. Click the Other User icon. In the User Name text box, type Administrator , and then click
the arrow next to Password prompt . (Don't enter a password at this time; the initial pass-
word for Administrator is blank.)
9. In the next window, you're prompted to change the user's password. Click OK .
10. Type Password01 in the New password text box and the Confirm password text box.
11. Click the arrow next to the Confirm password text box. When you see a message that the
password has been changed, click OK . You're now logged on.

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Activity 2-8: Restoring a Command Prompt Window
in Server Core

Time Required: 5 minutes
Objective: Open the command prompt window after it has been closed.
Description: Out of habit, you closed the command prompt window in Server Core, and you
need to restore it to finish some administrative tasks.
1. Log on to Server Core as Administrator, if necessary.
2. If the command prompt window is open, close it by typing exit and pressing Enter or by
clicking the X at the upper right. You now have a blank desktop.
3. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to open the window shown in Figure 2-11. Click the arrow next to
Start Task Manager .

Figure 2-11 The Ctrl+Alt+Delete menu