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How to install Flash Player in Windows Server 2019

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Windows Server 2019 does not come with Flash Player installed by default. But it can be installed very easily, here is how to do it:

How to install Flash Player on Windows Server 2019

  1. Copy and paste the below command into a command prompt: 
    dism /online /add-package /packagepath:"C:\Windows\servicing\Packages\Adobe-Flash-For-Windows-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.17763.1.mum"
  2. You should get output like the following if you had a successful installation:
    Image showing command line installation of Flash Player on Windows Server 2019
  3. You can verify if the installation was successful by visiting:
    https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player.html
    you should be able to see that Flash Player shows as installed and detected as per the following:
    Screenshot showing successful installation of Flash Player on Windows Server 2016

 

If you need to install Flash Player on other versions of Windows Server, instructions are here:

How to install telnet client on Windows Server 2019, 2016 or 2012

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Telnet is not installed on Windows Server by default. I don’t understand why, because it is a useful tool and uses little space. It is however, easy to enable telnet on Windows Server 2016 or 2012. If you do not have telnet installed you will see this message from the command line:

Image showing telnet not available in Windows Server
Telnet is not recognized as an internal or external command.

 

Install Telnet Client on Windows Server 2019, 2016 or 2012 using the command line

The command line is the quickest way of installing the telnet client, very simply just type:

dism /online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:TelnetClient

Image showing how to install telnet client on Windows Server 2016

 

Install Telnet Client on Windows Server 2016 using Server Manager

You can use Server Manager to install the telnet client, but it is a much longer process than doing it via the command line, here is a short video of the correct options to select.

Check that Telnet is installed

To check if your installation was successful, just go into a command prompt and type “telnet” and you should come to the interactive telnet prompt, like this:

Image showing successful installation of Telnet client on Windows Server

Check Ports with Telnet

Now that you have got telnet installed, you can use it to test open ports ports and connect to remote machines.