Same as with Windows 8, Start8 ( <http://www.stardock.com> www.stardock.com) made my Windows Server 2012 world good again for $4.95.
Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: <http://www.sqldownunder.com/> www.sqldownunder.com From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Friday, 16 August 2013 10:50 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: [OT] Windows Server 2012 Folks, does anyone else think that Windows 2012 Server is really weird? I was playing with it last night for the first serious time and think it's like a crippled blend of bits of other versions of Windows. I've got it running inside Hyper-V where it boots to the desktop and you can barely do anything there except run Server Manager. I can't use the Windows key (due to Hyper-V) to get to the Start screen or show the Windows+X fake menu, so after booting I'm bogged at the desktop and can't do anything. I have to go full-screen to enable the Windows key and navigate around (which is a nuisance). >From inside Server manager you can Click Manage and Tools to open many Admin tools, but not the familiar Control Panel apps. Even Server Manager is a weird app unlike other admin tools, and it's so hard to scroll around it and find things. Is anyone actually using Windows 2012 Server in anger? It doesn't seem to fit in anywhere, like a hallucination that was released by accident. Greg K
