by @Macarlo
Windows 2000 Professional Beta
Tester
(Screenshots by Namo Capture)
You can manage any remote server from a computer
running Windows 2000 Professional by installing the Windows 2000 Administration
Tools. These tools are MMC snap-ins used to manage servers, such as Active Directory
Users and Computers, Distributed File System Manager, and other snap-ins not
available on Windows 2000 Professional.
Using the Software Installation snap-in in Windows 2000
Server, you can make the Administration Tools available to remote workstations
in two ways:
- Assign one or more snap-ins
to remote computers. An administrator simply double-clicks the snap-in,
and then it is installed automatically.
- Publish one or more snap-ins
in the Active Directory, and then administrators can install them using
Add/Remove Programs.
- The Windows 2000 Administration Tools are included
on the Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Advanced Server CD-ROMs.
To install Windows 2000 Administration Tools on a local computer, open
the i386 (or alpha) folder on the applicable Windows 2000 Server disc
and then double-click the adminpak.msi file. Follow the instructions that
appear in the Windows 2000 Administration Tools Setup wizard. After
Windows 2000 Administration Tools are installed, most of the server
administrative tools can be accessed by clicking Start, pointing to Programs, and then pointing to Administrative
Tools.
- The Windows 2000 Server Help system contains additional
information on using the Software Installation snap-in. You can access this
help by clicking Start,
and then clicking Help
on a computer running Windows 2000 Server.
To open a saved MMC
console for a local computer
- Do one of the following:
- Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click the console.
- Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click the console.
- Click Start, point to Programs, and then click the console.
- Open the folder where your console is located, and
then double-click the console.
- By default, in Windows 2000 Professional, console
files are not available from the Administrative Tools folder on the Programs menu. However, if you create
a custom console and save it to the per-user Administrative Tools folder,
this folder appears on the Programs menu.
To open a saved MMC console
for a remote computer
- Do one of the following:
- Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click the console.
- Open the folder where your console is located, and
then double-click the console.
- By default, in Windows 2000 Professional, console
files are not available from the Administrative Tools folder on the Programs menu. However, if you create
a custom console and save it to the per-user Administrative Tools folder,
this folder appears on the Programs menu.
To open
MMC from the command prompt
The complete command-line syntax for MMC is:
mmc path\filename.msc
[/a /s]
path\filename.msc
Starts MMC and opens a saved console. You need
to specify the complete path and file name for the saved console file. If you
do not specify a console file, MMC opens a new console.
If the path to an MMC console file is in the
system folder (for example, mmc c:\winnt\system32\console_name.msc), you can use the expandable data string %systemroot%
to specify the location (mmc %systemroot%\system32\console_name.msc).
You can use %systemroot% to create
a command line or shortcut that does not depend on the explicit location of
a console file. This is useful if you are delegating tasks to people in your
organization who are working on different computers.
/a
Opens MMC or a saved console in author mode.
Used to make changes to saved consoles or to create new consoles. When MMC is
started with this option, all console files are opened in author mode, even
when the default mode for a file is user mode. This does not change the default
mode setting for a file. When you omit this option, MMC opens console files
according to their default mode settings.
/s
Prevents display of the splash screen that
normally appears when MMC starts. If you are using Windows 2000, this option
is unnecessary when you open a saved console file.
- After you open MMC, you can open any existing console
by clicking Open on the
Console menu. The Open command opens a console file
in the mode in which it was saved, unless you started MMC with the /a option.
- You can use the command line to create shortcuts for
creating and using consoles. A command-line command works with the Run command on the Start menu, in any command-prompt window, in shortcuts, or in any batch
file or program that calls the command.
To
set MMC console options
- Open a saved MMC console.
- On the Console menu, click Options,
and do the following:
- To set options that apply to all consoles opened
by you, click the User
tab.
- To change the default mode for the console, click
the Console tab.
- You can only set options on the Console tab if you are using author mode. You can set options on the
User tab using both author
mode and user mode?full access.
- The ability to author and change consoles may not be
necessary if a user only needs to administer system components with existing
consoles. You can configure a user's profile so that MMC opens only in user
mode.
To
save an MMC console file
- In an open MMC console, on the Console menu, click Save.
- To save a console, you must have opened the console in
author mode.
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