Sick of trying trying to learn messy NETSH commands and the like and just want to do your job of deploying W2008 Core Installation servers? Back when W2008 was first released a free tool call Core Configurator was released to the Net. Using a very simple and lightwight GUI, it translated your clicks into commands. This allowed you to configure your Windows Server 2008 Core Installation servers with the minimum of fuss. Unfortunately, the author left his employers and they enacted a little used Intellectual Property clause in his employment contract. The product disappeared off the download location but with a little hard work you could find it elsewhere.
Read your employment contract. You’ll see that it often has an IP clause saying that anything you generate, even outside of work on your own machines, is the property of your employer if you sign the contract. Yeah, I know, it sucks. I made sure my employers waived that one for the writing work that I’ve been involved with before I joined the company. What I do in my own time is mine to do with what I want.
The owners of the IP rights to Core Configurator have released a new version. It’s free for non-commercial use and costs $99 for a site license – they included product activation GRRRR!