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Cannot install usrmgr

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by dcoyle

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Trying to create a shortcut on my desktop, for user manager. Browse or even map to winnt\system32\usrmgr on the BDC...but when it comes up...says "the network path was not found".
I am a domain admin., and others domain admins beside me can createthis shortcut.
Anyone any ideas? Is there a local PC prob.? Or have I a setting incorrect (I have a win2k box, and BDC is NT4 Server. I get the same error when I try to install the usrmgr from a win2k server domain controller).

any help appreciated...

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by joseph moore

There is also a .CNT file that the User Manager EXE file needs to reference. Probably your shortcut Run In path is not pointing to the right spot for this other file to be referenced.
You can copy/paste the User Manager files from a NT Server cd and put them on your local workstation, and run it from there.
Take a NT Server cd and browse to:
\CLIENTS\SRVTOOLS\WINNT\I386

Copy everything in there (2.28MB of files) and put them on a local directory on your workstation.
Then, make a shortcut from this copy of USRMGR.EXE and put it on your desktop or wherever you want it to be.
Double-click it.
It will take a moment for it to synchronize with the PDC/BDCs on your network. If it gets angry, saying a domain can't be found, click Ok onthe error box and then it will ask you for the domain to administer. Select your domain and click OK.
That should do it. The next time you open it, it will run just fine.

The rest of the files from this directory are also useful to run locally: DHCP Manager, Policy Editor, RAS Admin, Server Manager, WINS Manager, Remote Boot Manager and the Macintosh services manager.

You don't need to run these application only from a domain controller.

hope this helps.

by dcoyle

Tried that. But got the same error. Thx anyway.
I put a static IP on my PC, and I could load the usrmgr! Still not sure why...

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