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Asked: 2016-04-15 17:13:50 +0800 CST

Server 2012 R2 - Features on Demand - role not actually being removed

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This is for learning purposes:

I'm running a Server r2 machine and I'm trying to remove feature WINS. I run uninstall-windowsfeature WINS -restart -remove, I then restart, and then run get-windowsfeature | where installstate -eq removed and I see that the WINS binaries are removed from the role store.

I then run install-windowsfeature WINS locally and the role is then installed.. So why did this happen? I thought the binaries were removed--apparantly not. Any ideas on why this is? Thank you.

windows powershell local-area-network thin-provisioning windows-server-2012

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  1. Best Answer

    Because Install-WindowsFeature will download data from Windows Update if the required data is not available locally. For more detail, type Get-Help Install-WindowsFeature -Full and then read up on the -Source parameter.

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