1. Installation
1. The latest version is version 25379. You need to register a Microsoft account and join the early preview program to download it.
2. After downloading the image, make a USB boot disk and install it.
Note: whether rufs makes the boot disk or installs, UEFI mode must be used; especially when installing, the mainboard BIOS must disable the CSM mode, and only allow UEFI to be installed normally, otherwise there may be failures in the selected Problem installing on SSD.
Although it is developed based on Windows 11, it does not require various verifications such as TPM, just like installing window server 2022.
3. After the installation is complete, you can use Microsoft's official KMS batch activation service. The officially available serial numbers are:
| Windows Server 2022 /2025 Standard | VDYBN-27WPP-V4HQT-9VMD4-VMK7H |
2. Configuration
By running: secpol.msc gpedit.msc can open the local security policy, local group policy editor
The main reason is that Ctrl+Alt+Del unlock appears after turning off the boot; turn off the method of automatically opening the server manager
1. Disable Ctrl+Alt+Del to unlock
Search the local security policy directly, open it as shown in the figure, and set it to enable
Modify the items shown in the image below
2. Automatically enter the server manager after shutdown
3. Turn off the password complexity requirement and turn off the event tracker.
Here, in addition to opening the "Local Security Policy", you also need to punch in the local group policy editor, and the opening method is as in the second part.
4. Use the built-in image viewer to open the image
Run: regedit, navigate to "Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Photo Viewer\Capabilities\FileAssociations", add a string value, follow the default .tif, .tiff and modify the value to : PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff
3. About stability
Since Windows Server 2025 is developed based on Windows 11, it can still be used as a general desktop system. The unstable ones must be some functions exclusive to the server. We generally rarely use it, so I personally think it can be used with confidence.
