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Ned here. For those testing Windows 7 administration capabilities, this is for you.
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This is the list of Windows Server 2008 administration tools which are included in Win7 RSAT Client:
Server Administration Tools:• Server Manager
Role Administration Tools:• Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) Tools• Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Tools• Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) Tools• DHCP Server Tools• DNS Server Tools• File Services Tools• Hyper-V Tools• Terminal Services Tools
Feature Administration Tools:• BitLocker Password Recovery Viewer• Failover Clustering Tools• Group Policy Management Tools• Network Load Balancing Tools• SMTP Server Tools• Storage Explorer Tools• Storage Manager for SANs Tools• Windows System Resource Manager Tools
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- Ned Pyle
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Will the option to run ADUC or GPMC as a different user return? I noticed in Windows 7 holding down shift and right clicking exposes the "runas a different user" for most of the items I have installed but not this. I looked on the forums but found nothing of use.
How did you used to get that to work? I don't recall that option in previous versions.
However, this can be made to work on Win7 with a slight edit of the shortcut. Right click the snap-in you want to have the ability to choose 'run as a different user' and simply add:
MMC
To the beginning of the target line. So in your case it would be:
MMC %systemtroot%\system32\gpmc.msc
That way the shell knows this is an exe being started directly and can implement the run as functionality.
And you know, I think that's a good idea for a default. I'll file a bug and see what shakes out...
Running ADUC. Multi Selected 8 Users and tried to turn off the "User Must Change Password At Next Logon" flag and it doesn't have any effect (no error message returned). Changing other options such as "password never expires" does work within the multi select environment.
You are correct Wilfman - nice catch. I'll test that on a later internal build and if it still repros, I will file a bug. Thanks very much for bringing that to my attention. :)
- Ned
Thanks.
I am extremely impressed with the quality and performance of Windows 7 and the RSAT tools. I dont think that even then the B3 of Vista was this stable. Looks like a lot of lessons have been learnt from the downsides of Vista and good to see that IT support proffessionals actually get the tools they need within the release cycle and not months after.
I agree with wilfman regarding the Quality and stability of this Beta. Wow!, nice work.
Ok enough of the accolades, on to bugs.
I have tried to get the Terminal Services Tabs to appear in the DSA.MSC. I have followed the unsupported work around posted for Vista. I am unable to register the "tsuserex.dll". The error that I get is;
"The module "tsuserex.dll" failed to load. Make sure the binary is stored at the specified path or debug it to check for problems with the binary or dependent .DLL files. The specified procedure could not be found.'
I have copied the files from my Windows 2008 Server and placed the .dll file in %systemroot%\system32
and the .mui file in the %systemroot%\system32\en-us.
Am I missing something?
Also I am unable to install the "Additional Info" tab. The .dll file registers but the tab never shows up.
If I can get these critical management tool sets to load I'll be able to move 100% of my admin tasks over to my Windows7 VM session and get rid of the XP VM.
Regards, and again thanks for the hard work in this new version of the OS.
oopps.
tsuserex.dll file version is 6.0.6001.18000, size is 91.5KB
tsuserex.dll.mui
Hi,
The DLL's are not portable so please don't try copying from older operating systems or versions of RSAT. The only scenario where that *might* work would be to use a Win2008 R2 server. But you should never need to and if you find problems doing that, you're a tree falling in the forest. :)
The Terminal Services tab will be there, only now it's called 'Remote Desktop Services' (because Terminal Services no longer exists as a 'brand' - it's been renamed by those pesky marketing folks in 2008r2). The related 'Sessions' tab is still there and is unchanged in name.
But wait, there's more! Everything I said above is done internally. However, it's NOT included in the RSAT beta version you have. It should be included at release (and perhaps in a public release candidate *if we release one*).
Is the 'additional info' tab the old add-on 'acctinfo.dll' that comes from the account lockout tools free download? That is not part of the operating system and is not included in any OS. It will not be included with RSAT. I'll drop the original author of that tool an email to see if he has any plans to make it work in later versions (but I would not hold breath - it has not been updated in many years).
Ned, Thanks for the update regarding the tabs being included on final gold release. I was aware of the name change from Terminal to Remote. I just thought I would give it a try.
As for the Account lockout - yes it was 'acctinfo.dll' from the free tools download.
Beta OS is SOooooo stable I just want to move my personal System to it :-) !! But I'll wait.
Thanks
Jeff
I did some repro work and have found that the acctinfo.dll seems to work fine on X86 Win7 RSAT. The tab won't load on an x64 Win7 client though - booo. I'm chatting with the developer now to see what he thinks about all this, should hopefully have word for you all in a few days.
Ned,
I figured it out. Steps to replicate the issue with x64 DSA.mmc crashing when you click find.
Install iTunes 8.02 for x64 Vista.
Open DSA, Click find. The application will crash, reporting printui in the syslog.
If I uninstall iTunes, DSA works fine again. iTunes is packaged with QuickTime and Mobile Device Support, not sure which might interfere.
-Matt
That's very interesting, and quite odd. Not sure what Itunes might be doing there. We have no bugs on that.
I'll try and repro at some point, thanks for following up. :)
Thanks, I appreciate it. My iPhone is useless without iTunes and my DSA is useless without search!
-Matt Baran