No you can't disable the Metro UI. We run about 700 virtual machines, 300 are 2012 R2. I don't know what buggyness steve is talking about, we have had nothing but good experiences other than the kinda crappy UI. Once you get used to it it's not so bad.
On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 1:44 PM, Josh Baird <[email protected]> wrote: > 2012 R2 seems to be fine when you need to run Windows. All you need is > the Windows key and you pretty much can access everything. > > Josh > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 4:42 PM, That One Guy <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 2012r2 was primarily their maiden voyage into full Virtual, that >> licensing gets even more confusing. When given the choice I still install >> 2008 r2. 2012 is buggier than shit, probably more from my lack of using it >> than anything. you can move up to 2012 down the road on that key. >> action packs are not for production use >> >> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Can I disable Metro UI in 2012r2? >>> >>> Any specific reason that you need 2008? Like a piece of software you >>> are trying to use only supports it or something silly like that? 2008 is 7 >>> years old now it would be a lot better for you to just use 2012 r2. >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 1:15 PM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I was considering MS Action Pack, but it looks like it comes with >>>> Server 2012. I would rather use 2008. >>>> >>>> Does anybody know whether I can use 2008 instead of Server 2012? >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team >> as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. >> > >
