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you should have the server manager automatically come up. &nbsp;And you can press the Windows key on the keyboard and go to the &quot;Metro&quot; menu. &nbsp;Then search for what you want.
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you should have the server manager automatically come up.  And you can press the Windows key on the keyboard and go to the "Metro" menu.  Then search for what you want.

role based or features based installation

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Desktop Experience isn't a role but a feature

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Select the server or servers (doesn't have to be the local server)

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select desktop experience and it will add other required objects

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Hey Sorry about the late acceptance, <br />
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Great job everybody
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Hey Sorry about the late acceptance,

Great job everybody

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Hello <br />
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this is more than just my question I am looking for this answer:<br />
Just installed windows 2012 for the first time and I have no icons except trash <br />
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as well other &quot;first day with windows 2012 experiences.
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Hello 

this is more than just my question I am looking for this answer:
Just installed windows 2012 for the first time and I have no icons except trash 

as well other "first day with windows 2012 experiences.

Just installed windows 2012 for the first time and I have no icons except trash

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.