Windows Server

The Windows Server section provides support for installing and using Microsoft systems! You can use a Windows server just like your own computer (if you're familiar with Windows), and most programs install in exactly the same way! Keep this in mind when looking to install/configure something on your own!

📄️Windows Server Installation

Windows Server install on SkillHost VPS: set up drives in the VNC console, load the VirtIO drivers and boot through Proxmox up to a ready 2022 system.

📄️Windows Server Network Configuration

Network in Windows Server 2019/2022 on SkillHost VPS: install VirtIO drivers from the VNC console, then pick the Network package or the Intel E1000 card.

📄️Resetting Windows Server Administrator Password (Utilman)

Recover the Windows Server admin password without reinstalling: swap Utilman.exe for cmd.exe via LiveCD, then run net user in the VNC console on a VPS.

📄️Remote Desktop

Remote Desktop on a SkillHost Windows Server VPS: enable remote connections in Server Manager, then sign in with the Remote Desktop Connection app over RDP.

📄️Installing the MariaDB Service

MariaDB database on a SkillHost Windows Server VPS. Grab the installer, connect with HeidiSQL and set up safe remote access without exposing the root account.

📄️Extending Partitions in Windows Server

Extending partitions in Windows Server when Extend Volume is grayed out: move the blocking partition in GParted, then finish in Disk Management on a VPS.