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NT4 administration from XP Pro?

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by Member 32019386

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Can I administer an NT4 PDC (event viewer, user manager) in XP Pro, just like I used to in Win98 using the Server Tools for Win95? (w95nexus.exe) I install the same tools on my XP machine and it gives me an error, "This application has failed to start because msnet32.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem." I am even trying to run the files (srvmgr; usrmgr; eventvwr) in compatibility mode. Nothing helps. Any help would be great!

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by sfix

I've been using the NT server tools successfully with XP for some time. When you install, make sure you copy the directory to your machine and run the install locally.

I would, however, recommend checking out Dameware. This is a relatively inexpensive (from CDW) utility for network administration that is absolutely incredible and saves me a lot of time. Very feature rich and easy to use.

by Member 32019386

I do use Dameware for another server...perhaps I'll try on this server too (we also use NetMeeting for the same purposes).

When you say, "install and copy the directory to my machine", I don't understand. The files we've always been using from the "W95nexus.exe" archive all "UnZip" themselves in one directory and then we run the "Usrmgr.exe" file from that directory (locally). Are we perhaps talking about different server tools? Can you elaborate this "directory" further.

Thanks... :)

by sfix

The server tools I'm referring to are on the NT Server CD. This will give you WINS, DHCP, POLEDIT, UsrMgr, SvrMgr, and Replication Mgr.

I'm using Dameware on my workstation to administer our entire LAN/WAN.

by Member 32019386

Now I get it. I was using the Win95 tools. XP is based on NT, so I tried copying the NT Tools dir from the CD like you said, I made sure it was the NT tools and not 9x and wala...it works. Thanks for the help! :) -- Pete

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