RE: [OT] Windows Server 2012

[GregAtGregLowDotCom]

Same as with Windows 8, Start8 (  www.stardock.com)
made my Windows Server 2012 world good again for $4.95.

 

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Greg

 

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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

Re: [OT] Windows Server 2012

[Corneliu I. Tusnea]

I'm ok with it. Works quite nicely on my servers and I have heaps of them
but no production on HyperV, only staging and only remote desktop which
works ok.
My main issue is that RPD keeps dropping out if I do nothing. If I use it
it's all good and fast but if I leave it open for 3-4minutes it's dead and
I have to reconnect


On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Greg Keogh  wrote:

> 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
>

Re: [OT] Windows Server 2012 and SQL Server 2012

[Greg Keogh]

>
> Why the heck are you running that from DVD anyway? Why not USB?  Why not
> direct download to the VM?
>

I get the DVDs in the post as a part of my subscription -- Greg

P.S. I am right now downloading the 1.87 GB of SQL Express 2012 as that's
the only way to get it.

RE: [OT] Windows Server 2012 and SQL Server 2012

[Katherine Moss]

Why the heck are you running that from DVD anyway? Why not USB?  Why not direct 
download to the VM?

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Greg Keogh
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 11:40 PM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Re: [OT] Windows Server 2012 and SQL Server 2012

Earlier I tried to run the setup.exe from the Start (tile) screen. I just 
restarted the VM and put the DVD in, then I opened the htm page that describes 
the contents and I saw a link to SQL Server 2012 which runs the correct exe and 
now I'm off and running with the install.

Lord knows what happened the first time.

Greg

Re: [OT] Windows Server 2012 and SQL Server 2012

[Greg Keogh]

Earlier I tried to run the setup.exe from the Start (tile) screen. I just
restarted the VM and put the DVD in, then I opened the htm page that
describes the contents and I saw a link to SQL Server 2012 which runs the
correct exe and now I'm off and running with the install.

Lord knows what happened the first time.

Greg

RE: [OT] Windows Server 2012 and SQL Server 2012

[Ken Schaefer]

Should work. At what point are you getting this error message? As soon as you 
put the disk in? or when you try to install from the splash screen?

If the former, have you checked that the disk is good?

Cheers
Ken

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Greg Keogh
Sent: Thursday, 4 April 2013 2:02 PM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: [OT] Windows Server 2012 and SQL Server 2012

Folks, I installed Windows Serevr 2012 Standard into a Hyper-V VM and it seems 
to run nicely. I haven't pushed it hard, but IIS is running and all the 
defaults for networking seem acceptable and it's on my domain.

I stuck in the SQL Server 2012 SP1 disc just to try it out but it says "The app 
can't run on your PC". Searches hint that the combination is valid, but not for 
me. Am I missing something?

Greg