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2K machine administering an NT domain

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by steve penn

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We are currently in the process of migrating from NT to 2K. I have been given a brand spanking new all singing all dancing PC with windows 2K Pro on it. Trouble is I'm used to running user manager for domains, wins, dhcp etc from my machine.

I tried installing the NT admin tools, but it wont install on 2K.

I also tried copying the files across (usrmgr.exe, usrmgr.hlp etc) but it generates errors when run and seems flakey at best.

Can anyone help?

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by banyanman

I'm Running windows 2000 SP2 with the Administrative Tools Pack Installed. I am able to map a drive to the root of one of my nt4 DC c Drives and can run usrmgr.exe from that location ok. Try installing the 2000 admin pack and then running the software from across the network.

by lordinfidel

Odd.... I have no problem running NT4 admin tools on my 2K machine.

How are you installing it?

A very easy way is to
1. insert the nt servr cd
2. navigate to %cdrom%\clients\srvtools\winnt\i386

3. copy all of those files to a local directory on your drive (Not into winnt!)

4. I prefer to copy them into a folder on the root of c, set permissions so that only system and me can access it, then create another folder (like on the desktop) and create shortcuts to the executables.

enjoy

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