Windows Server Core conversion to full installation (GUI)

the Server core is converted to a full installation ( GUI)

We are installing Windows Server2012 or Windows Server R2 may inadvertently choose to have the Server Core version installed. The installation is complete and the command operation mode is not very familiar. The operation is inconvenient, affects the work efficiency. To resolve this issue, you may choose to reinstall the operating system to resolve it, but reinstalling the operating system can be laborious. For this we can fully install GUI graphical interface for Server core through add-windowsfeature or install-windowsfeature .

One, for Windows Core Installation graphical interface

1. Finished installing Server Core enters the operating system into the command prompt, where we enter "Powershell",

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2. After entering PS mode, we enter get-windowsfeature–name *gui* | FT name, installed to view The installation of the Server-gui-mgmt-infra and Server-gui-shell two features.

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3. With the above query, we see that the installation status of two features is False. indicates that two features are not installed.

we can pass Add-windowsfeature Server-gui-mgmt-infra, Server-gui-shell–restart

or install-windowsfeature Server-gui-mgmt-infra, Server-gui-shell–restart to install.

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4. Installation has started,

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3. or run install-windowsfeature Server-gui-mgmt-infra,server-gui-shell –Restart,

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4. Run Run install-windowsfeature to start the installation.

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5. installation is complete, reboot into the system, you can see GUI image interface.

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Second, delete GUI graphical interface converted to Servercore

some compare cattle . X People are familiar with the Server Core command, and do not like to use the graphical interface. We can also do this by removing and uninstalling the user interface and infrastructure in Windows features to convert Windows Full installation to Windows core.

1. Run Get-windowsfeature–name *gui* to see the installation status of "graphics management tools and infrastructure" and "server graphics Shell" is installed.

2. Run Uninstall-windowsfeature Server-gui-mgmt-infra,server-gui-shell –Restart or

Run Remove-windowsfeature Server-gui-mgmt-infra,server-gui-shell –Restart ,

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3. Start deleting related features.

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2. by running Uninstall-windowsfeature to remove the relevant functionality.

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the above is only for non- The Server Core version of the system image, as a result of inadvertent installation of the Server Core version of the situation, if the system is installed directly using the Server Core version of the system image, you need to convert to GUI graphical interface is relatively more complex.

1. Use this cmdlet to determine the index number of the full installation image:Get-windowsimage-imagepath <path to Wim>\install.wim

2. Run install-windowsfeature Server-gui-mgmt-infra, Server-gui-shell –Restart –sourcewim: < D:\sources>\install.wim:<index # from step 1>

3. or use Windows Update instead of a WIM file as the source for the Windows PowerShell cmdlet:

Install-windowsfeature Server-gui-mgmt-infra,server-gui-shell–restart

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Windows Server Core conversion to full installation (GUI)