At this moment no native Admin Pack Tools exist for Windows Vista. Today on http://www.activedir.org/ Steve Linehan posted how to install the Windows Server 2003 SP1 Admin Tools on Windows Vista to manage your current Active Directory environment.

You will need to take the following steps:

  1. Download the Windows Server 2003 SP1 Admin Tools (see link above)
  2. Install the Windows Server 2003 SP1 Admin Tools
  3. Create a batch file with the following contents
    1. regsvr32 /s adprop.dll
      regsvr32 /s azroles.dll
      regsvr32 /s azroleui.dll
      regsvr32 /s ccfg95.dll
      regsvr32 /s certadm.dll
      regsvr32 /s certmmc.dll
      regsvr32 /s certpdef.dll
      regsvr32 /s certtmpl.dll
      regsvr32 /s certxds.dll
      regsvr32 /s cladmwiz.dll
      regsvr32 /s clcfgsrv.dll
      regsvr32 /s clnetrex.dll
      regsvr32 /s cluadmex.dll
      regsvr32 /s cluadmmc.dll
      regsvr32 /s cmproxy.dll
      regsvr32 /s cmroute.dll
      regsvr32 /s cmutoa.dll
      regsvr32 /s cnet16.dll
      regsvr32 /s debugex.dll
      regsvr32 /s dfscore.dll
      regsvr32 /s dfsgui.dll
      regsvr32 /s dhcpsnap.dll
      regsvr32 /s dnsmgr.dll
      regsvr32 /s domadmin.dll
      regsvr32 /s dsadmin.dll
      regsvr32 /s dsuiwiz.dll
      regsvr32 /s imadmui.dll
      regsvr32 /s lrwizdll.dll
      regsvr32 /s mprsnap.dll
      regsvr32 /s msclus.dll
      regsvr32 /s mstsmhst.dll
      regsvr32 /s mstsmmc.dll
      regsvr32 /s nntpadm.dll
      regsvr32 /s nntpapi.dll
      regsvr32 /s nntpsnap.dll
      regsvr32 /s ntdsbsrv.dll
      regsvr32 /s ntfrsapi.dll
      regsvr32 /s rasuser.dll
      regsvr32 /s rigpsnap.dll
      regsvr32 /s rsadmin.dll
      regsvr32 /s rscommon.dll
      regsvr32 /s rsconn.dll
      regsvr32 /s rsengps.dll
      regsvr32 /s rsjob.dll
      regsvr32 /s rsservps.dll
      regsvr32 /s rsshell.dll
      regsvr32 /s rssubps.dll
      regsvr32 /s rtrfiltr.dll
      regsvr32 /s schmmgmt.dll
      regsvr32 /s tapisnap.dll
      regsvr32 /s tsuserex.dll
      regsvr32 /s uddi.mmc.dll
      regsvr32 /s vsstskex.dll
      regsvr32 /s w95inf16.dll
      regsvr32 /s w95inf32.dll
      regsvr32 /s winsevnt.dll
      regsvr32 /s winsmon.dll
      regsvr32 /s winsrpc.dll
      regsvr32 /s winssnap.dll
      regsvr32 /s ws03res.dll
  4. Execute the batch using an ADMINISTRATIVE COMMAND PROMPT
  5. Et voila, you're done!

 

Additional information about this can be found here:

 

 

Cheers,

Jorge

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* This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties and confers no rights!
* Always test before implementing!
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