What happens if you install Windows Server
2012 without the GUI features and then realize that you want to turn on the
GUI? For those who are used to GUI based Windows Server administration, seeing
a command line interface can be daunting. This guide will help you to go from
the command line interface, using PowerShell, to installing and turning on the
GUI.
Install
the GUI on Windows Server 2012
The first step in this is to enter the
PowerShell. At the command line prompt, just enter PowerShell and you will see
something like the below:
Windows Server 2012 –
Turn on GUI – PowerShell
The next step is to
type Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Shell, Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra in order to
get the
Windows Server 2012 –
Turn on GUI – Install GUI
You will see a text based installer. This
part of the Windows Server 2012 GUI installation is rather easy and there is
plenty of time to grab a drink.
Windows Server 2012 –
Turn on GUI – Grab a Drink During Install
Once this is complete, you do need to reboot
the server before the GUI will be turned on. Unless you have something else
going on that you need to shutdown first, you can shutdown and reboot
immediately with shutdown -r -t 0 as seen below:
Windows Server 2012 –
Turn on GUI – Reboot
The system will then reboot and go through
the Windows Server 2012 configuration changes.
Windows Server 2012 –
Turn on GUI – Configuring Features
When the system boots, you will see that the
GUI is turned on. The Server Manager dashboard is present on login and
everything works.
Windows Server 2012 –
Turn on GUI – Installation Successful
Conclusion
If you are accustomed to the Windows Server
2012 GUI, you may be a bit nervous seeing a command line only interface. Fear
not, the guide above uses less than 90 characters of typing to install and turn
on the GUI. In total this took me only a few minutes to do the run-through.
Also, this guide assumed one has a command line only installation. If you
already have the GUI installed, you can use SConfig to turn on the GUI easily.
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