Disable Service Manager from Running at Startup on Windows 2012 R2

Not a big annoyance, but many times I’m asked to disable the Service Manager screen from starting up when you log into the Windows 2012 R2 Server.

The process is almost as easy as doing a three finger (Ctrl-Alt-Del) salute. After you log into the server, and the Server Manager starts up, do the following two steps:

  • Click on Manage –> Server Manager Properties
  • On the next window, click (to check) the ā€œDo not start Server Manager automatically at logonā€ option

Next time you reboot and logon, voila, no server manager!

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