| Administrative ToolsNotes |
If you have the W2K version of
adminpak.msi installed on a W2K Professional or Server machine and then upgrade this machine to XP or WS2003, the previously installed tools aren't automatically upgraded and no longer work on the upgraded machine. It's best to uninstall the old version of
adminpak.msi before performing the upgrade and install the new version afterward.
Be sure to watch Microsoft's web site for updated versions of the WS2003 Administration Tools Pack that might correct some of the deficiencies and incompatibilities of the release version. Each installed version of
adminpak.msi includes an
APVer.vbs script that can be used to verify which version you have installed on your machine.
Commonly used administrative tools are covered in various places throughout this chapter. For example, the Active Directory Users and Computers console is discussed under
Active DirectoryTools , while creating custom admin tools is covered in
Microsoft Management ConsoleTasks . In addition, see cmd,
Microsoft Management Console , and runas.