Windows Server 2008 Setup tips and Optimizations

Today, the previous Windows Server 2003 was overwritten, and Windows Server 2008 was installed on the ground floor of C disk. After you install Windows Server 2008, the system needs to be set up in many places. I'll just say some of the questions I've had, some of the other little questions. Online, I posted it in the back.

1. With regard to the issue of drivers

After you install Windows Server 2008, the driver is not installed, you cannot surf the Internet or listen to sound. Before the installation, it is best to prepare the appropriate network card driver (only need the network card driver can be, perhaps the original drive inside the driver is not compatible with Windows Server 2008), if you do not know the specific model card, know a probably also line, on the drive home looking. For example, I only know that my network card is Realtek series, I'll go to the next 10 several Realtek series of network card driver, adapt to the system is the best Windows Vista, installed after 2008, on a section of a try, the network card driver installed after (if 10 some are not good, can only blame character, Then, other drivers are installed with the driver tool (like the Super Bunny).

2. Questions about Windows Media Player 11 installation

Windows Server 2008 is from Media Player 11, and some shadow players or tools are based on Media Player service, but it defaults to not install Media Player. The specific actions are as follows:

Open Server Manager--> in the feature summary to find "add"--> Select "Desktop Experience", and then install, installed after the restart, in the Start menu has the Windows Media Player 11 Installation Wizard, see screenshots:

You can see the installation of Windows Media Player on the Start menu after reboot