Day: February 13, 2022

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Windows 2016 Server Security Configuration and Hardening

System Update Configuration Change the Windows Update Server If the default Windows Update server is slow, or if you use an Alibaba Cloud or Tencent Cloud server, you can switch to a different Windows Update server. Right-click the Start menu icon, select “Run,” and enter gpedit.msc. Navigate to “Computer Configuration” – “Administrative Templates” – “Windows Components” – “Windows Update,” then double-click “Specify intranet Microsoft update service location”: Select Enabled, then configure the intranet update service for detecting updates and the statistics

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Windows Server 2016: Enable Photo Viewing and Preview Features

By default, Windows Server 2016 cannot view or preview images. Siwenlide shows you how to enable it using the following steps:   1. Press Win+R to open the Run dialog, type regedit and press Enter to open the Registry Editor.   2. In the Registry Editor, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Photo Viewer\Capabilities\FileAssociations   3. In the right pane, create a new string value.   Create two entries, .jpg and .png, both with the value PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff   You can then view .jpg

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