The post configuration of a Windows 2008 Server Core installation can be a difficult task. Because there is no GUI in a Server Core installation, you must use the command prompt for post configuration tasks. Guy Teverovsky developed a very usefull tool called CoreConfigurator. This tool is able too configure all the settings needed after a Core installation.
Features:
* Product Activation
* Configuration of display resolution
* Clock and time zone configuration
* Remote Desktop configuration
* Management of local user accounts (creation, deletion, group membership, passwords)
* Firewall configuration
* WinRM configuration
* IP configuration
* Computer name and domain/workgroup membership
* Installation of Server Core features/roles