Windows Server 2008 setup tips and optimization

1.About the driver problem

After installing windows server 2008, the driver is not installed, and you cannot listen to the Internet. Before the installation, it is best to prepare the corresponding network card driver (only need the network card driver, maybe the driver in the original driver disk is not compatible with windows server 2008), if you do not know the specific model of the network card, know about it, Look for the drive home. For example, I only know that my network card is realtek series, I will go to the next 10 realtek series network card drivers, adapt to the system is best windows vista, after installing 2008, a trial, NIC driver After installation (if 10 models are not available, you can only blame the character, then look for it), other drivers are installed with the driver tool (such as Super Rabbit).

2. About the installation of windows media player 11

windows server 2008 comes with media player 11, some shadow players or tools are based on the media player service, but it defaults to Do not install the media player. The specific operation is as follows:

Open Server Manager--> In the feature summary, find “Add Function -->Select“Desktop Experience”, then install, install and restart, in The start menu has windows media player 11 installation wizard, see screenshot:

After rebooting, you can see the installation of windows media player in the start menu

3.About the problem of ghost

After installing windows server 2008, as well as some development software and some common software, we often make the installed system a ghost backup (in case the system is flawed, so as not to reinstall the system and reinstall the software). I have some problems when installing ghost: after the ghost backup, restart and then ghost, can not enter my 2008 system.

Solution: When restarting, press F8, select enter windows server 2008, and then select “computer”-->“property>-->“advanced system settings”-- >Select “Startup and Recovery”-->Select the default operating system as “windows server2008”, and by the way, display the operating system list time & ldquo;

4.About some applications can not be executed

After installing the system, I want to install a cool music box (before you must first install the media player), the system prompts & rdquo; DEP helps protect the data & ldquo;, the application ends.

Solution: & rdquo; Computer “-->”Properties“-->”Advanced System Settings -->Select&>Advanced“> Performance “, then click “Set“-->Select"Data Execution Protection"-->Click”Add“, add the application you want to exclude DEP service.

5. File thumbnail settings

Originally we used xp or win 2003, file view has thumbnail options, and windows server 2008 does not have the following settings:

Open a disk casually, find the folder option “--> select “ view “ tab, put “ display folder as a thumbnail "check the hook, windows server 2008 provides a large The file is browsed in the form of an icon, so that when we browse the image, we can browse through the large icon of the thumbnail and it looks very comfortable.