http://blogs.technet.com/b/puneetvig/archive/2012/10/16/switch-between-full-and-core-in-windows-server-2012-using-powershell-3-0.aspx&#160; In Windows Server 2008 R2, during installation you can choose either Full or Server Core installation. There is no option to switch between Server Core and Server Full installation. Considering Microsoft Hyper-V Best Practices, Server Core Installationen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.technet.com/b/puneetvig/archive/2012/10/16/switch-between-full-and-core-in-windows-server-2012-using-powershell-3-0.aspx#3541613Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:55:14 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3541613Sany<p>To bring back the gui, type sconfig and select option 12.If option 12 is not present in the sconfig menu, you may have to use &#39;dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:ServerCore-FullServer /featurename:Server-Gui-Shell /featurename:Server-Gui-Mgmt</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3541613" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/puneetvig/archive/2012/10/16/switch-between-full-and-core-in-windows-server-2012-using-powershell-3-0.aspx#3526358Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:46:59 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3526358_Emin_<p>There&#39;s not need to load a built-in module as you&#39;ve the module preloading feature turned on by default in Powershell V3.</p> <p>See <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.powershellmagazine.com/2012/09/27/cmdlet-discovery-and-module-auto-loading/">www.powershellmagazine.com/.../cmdlet-discovery-and-module-auto-loading</a></p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3526358" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/puneetvig/archive/2012/10/16/switch-between-full-and-core-in-windows-server-2012-using-powershell-3-0.aspx#3526233Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:10:46 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3526233Denis Dyagilev<p>Also, if you use -remove option on Uninstall commandlet, you delete binary files from local disk.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3526233" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/puneetvig/archive/2012/10/16/switch-between-full-and-core-in-windows-server-2012-using-powershell-3-0.aspx#3526190Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:05:14 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3526190Larry(Long) Song<p>Wow, i never thought this kind of function. good shot.</p> <p>only the pics are a little small, haha.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3526190" width="1" height="1">