Active Directory GUI Tools on Windows 2003/2000 Server

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to Windows Reference RSS feed Thanks for visiting!

Active Directory GUI tools (AD Users and Computers, Sites and Services, etc) are installed on every Windows 2000 and 2003 server regardless of whether or not the server is a domain controller. When the server is promoted to domain controller status, the shortcuts are just added to the Start Menu. To launch the tools without the shortcuts (e.g. from Start>Run) you need to know the filenames of the tools:

  • Active Directory Users and Computers – dsa.msc
  • Active Directory Sites and Services – dssite.msc
  • Active Directory Domains and Trusts – domain.msc
  • ADSI Edit – adsiedit.msc
  • Schema Management – schmmgmt.msc

Note:- By default the DLL that supports this MMC is unregistered. To register it run “regsvr32 schmmgmt.msc”

  • Share/Bookmark

Random Posts


Did you enjoy this post? Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically each day to your feed reader.

Trackbacks & Pingbacks

No trackbacks/pingbacks yet.

Comments

Thanks you, i got the shortcut

Leave a comment

Line and paragraph breaks automatic, e-mail address never displayed, HTML allowed: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

(required)

(required)