ohh look they have done a version of Windows Server for children.

**northernladuk** · 4 September 2012, 17:17

Admin, can we have a CUK version for children so the OP might have put this in the right area of the forum please?

**administrator** · 4 September 2012, 17:22

I don't think Windows 2012 belongs in the tech forum, so General it is...

**escapeUK** · 4 September 2012, 17:30

Looks like you were wrong yet again NL. Have you thought about renaming to WrongLadUk?

**northernladuk** · 4 September 2012, 19:05

Originally posted by escapeUK View Post

Looks like you were wrong yet again NL. Have you thought about renaming to WrongLadUk?

Coming from the guy that just posted this in the wrong forum I will take that as a compliment

**mudskipper** · 4 September 2012, 19:08

Originally posted by escapeUK View Post

Looks like you were wrong yet again NL. Have you thought about renaming to WrongLadUk?

He's a bit tetchy since his forum missus went awol.

**fullyautomatix** · 6 September 2012, 09:37

Who has moved this to Business ? Its even more irrelevant in here.

**Spacecadet** · 6 September 2012, 10:06

Originally posted by escapeUK View Post

Its called Windows 2012

The GUI in 2012 is optional so I guess you must have ticked the "i'm an idiot" box when installing

**d000hg** · 6 September 2012, 10:09

And it boots into classic desktop by default.

**escapeUK** · 6 September 2012, 11:11

Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post

The GUI in 2012 is optional so I guess you must have ticked the "i'm an idiot" box when installing

My years of running the latest Windows Server just so I was familiar with it seem to be behind me.

Im surprised if what you say is true, given that Windows 8 gives you no choice and had indeed removed the start button completely.

A quick search on google got me this:-

Logging into the Server 2012 desktop, you're dropped straight into the new Server Manager we saw in the beta release. This is a Metro look-and-feel application that's the hub of running a Windows Server 2012 installation.

and

How to navigate Start in Windows Server 2012 | TechRepublic

By now, everyone knows that Windows 8 sports a radical new interface, which, up until recently, Microsoft referred to as the “Metro” interface. Although the company has pulled back on using that name for the new interface, you won’t escape it so easily, even if you use Windows Server 2012. Windows Server 2012, like its desktop cousin, carries with it the Metro Start screen and, like it or not, administrators will need to learn the basics behind navigating and managing this new method of interaction with a Windows server.

ohh look they have done a version of Windows Server for children.