AD remote administration

[benzimm86]

What i am tryingto do is administer active directory from a remote computer on the work rather than having to go to the server everytime. I know this can be done through the mmc and you need adminpak.msi to install these. Well i got the adminpak.msi from the servers wintn/system32 folder. i installed it and none of the snapins work. I am running windows xp pro and have administrative rights. Do i need to install the adminpak from windows 2003 server?

 

[PhillipBelcher]

Do You Have Remote Desktop Connection setup on the pc's?

 

[benzimm86]

yes. when i run it through programs, accessories, communication. i can connect to the server just fine.

 

[PhillipBelcher]

so whats the problem? you should be able to go to active directory when you login through RDC.

 

[benzimm86]

well i can do that through tight vnc also but you can just install the snapin for remote administration. that way if you have a shortcut to the snapin on your desktop you just click it and your in

 

[benzimm86]

after installing the adminpak.msi it put shortcuts to different mmc snapins. when i click on the active directory users and computers i get the following error message.

 

[PhillipBelcher]

See if the IID name ClLSID is in the registry. Do a search for it. The IID related to this has to do with the global unique identifier.

 

[benzimm86]

The problem was that i was using the adminpak.msi from windows 2000 and i needed the windows adminpak.msi from windows 2003. the link for it for someone that might be looking for it in the future is:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...15-c8f4-47ef-a1e4-a8dcbacff8e3&displaylang=en

 

[office politics]

server 2003 also has a web interface for remote administration. to install goto add/remove progs, windows componets, application server, IIS, World Wide Web Service, Remote Admin


connect to https://servername:8098