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How do you stop Server Manager from loading up at start-up on Windows Server 2012

For quite a few of our servers, we would rather not have the server manager boot up every time we login. The quick and easy way to stop it from appearing when you log in is to go into Server Manager, click on the Manage menu item, then go to Server Manager Properties. Once there, simply tick on Do not start Server Manager automatically at logon. That will prevent it from starting up every time.

 

5 responses to “How do you stop Server Manager from loading up at start-up on Windows Server 2012”

  1. ryan Avatar
    ryan

    Is there anyway to perform this task using powershell?

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    1. John Avatar
      John

      Hi Ryan. Unfortunately as far as I am aware there isn’t a quick and easy way via powershell. If I do find a way, will post it up.
      Cheers.

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      1. Robert Avatar
        Robert

        http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/2d731503-816f-4ba1-b585-296af265040b/disable-server-manager-for-all-users-impossible

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  2. Binh Tang Avatar
    Binh Tang

    Thanks for this. I tried it but Server Manager still starts up. What I found worked for me was to disable it from Task Scheduler as mentioned in this post here: http://thisishelpful.com/disable-server-manager-starting-windows-server-2012.html

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  3. Rune Mariboe Avatar
    Rune Mariboe

    Based on ThisIsHelpful.com’s quick fix:
    Disable-ScheduledTask -TaskPath ‘\Microsoft\Windows\Server Manager\’ -TaskName ‘ServerManager’

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