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Mike Walsh's WSS and more - An interesting (small) error in the "specify server name" interface in Win 2008
 
 Wednesday, October 22, 2008
I wanted to change the name of the server in the "Provide Computer Name and Domain section of the Initial Configuration Tasks page.

I made the mistake of starting to change the description (first screen) rather than the server name (second screen) so I removed the two characters I had typed in there and then went on to the second screen.

Only to find that I could no longer remove the server name in that screen nor could I type in any characters to that field.

I tried backing out with Cancel and then re-accessing "Provide Computer Name and Domain" and then going directly to the second screen and I still couldn't type in a new name for the server. I also tried this after adding a description in screen one - still no entry of characters in screen two was possible.

In the end I was forced to re-boot the server. Then when I went to "Provide Computer Name and Domain" and didn't enter the Description field but went directly (with "Change") to the second screen, I could enter my new name (MOSSSP1).

10/22/2008 11:15:00 AM (FLE Standard Time, UTC+02:00)  #    Comments [0]   Other Computer | SharePoint  | 
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