Guest geek-y-guy Posted October 17, 2007 Posted October 17, 2007 Hi All: I really like the Remote Desktops snap in on Server 2003. I admin a number of servers, however, from my XP Pro desktop. Is it possible to run Remote Desktops MMC snap-in on XP Pro? --
Guest James McIllece [MS] Posted October 17, 2007 Posted October 17, 2007 Re: is it possible to run Remote Desktops MMC snap-in on XP? "geek-y-guy" <noone@nowhere.org> wrote in news:eMcugcNEIHA.2004@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl: > Hi All: I really like the Remote Desktops snap in on Server 2003. I > admin a number of servers, however, from my XP Pro desktop. Is it > possible to run Remote Desktops MMC snap-in on XP Pro? > > Not sure if that snap-in is included, but it might be in the Windows Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack, which you can download at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=C16AE515-C8F4- 47EF-A1E4-A8DCBACFF8E3&displaylang=en#QuickInfoContainer Alternately you could remote desktop into the server and run the MMC on the server. -- James McIllece, Microsoft Please do not send email directly to this alias. This is my online account name for newsgroup participation only. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
Guest myfaux@gmail.com Posted October 17, 2007 Posted October 17, 2007 Re: is it possible to run Remote Desktops MMC snap-in on XP? On Oct 17, 12:04 pm, "geek-y-guy" <no...@nowhere.org> wrote: > Hi All: I really like the Remote Desktops snap in on Server 2003. I admin a > number of servers, however, from my XP Pro desktop. Is it possible to run > Remote Desktops MMC snap-in on XP Pro? > > -- Hi, You need to download and install the adminpak.msi for XP. Just google it and it should come up.
Guest geek-y-guy Posted October 17, 2007 Posted October 17, 2007 Re: is it possible to run Remote Desktops MMC snap-in on XP? thanks to you both...I downloaded it and it works great! What a time-saver! -- <myfaux@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1192650323.508746.276490@y27g2000pre.googlegroups.com... > On Oct 17, 12:04 pm, "geek-y-guy" <no...@nowhere.org> wrote: >> Hi All: I really like the Remote Desktops snap in on Server 2003. I admin >> a >> number of servers, however, from my XP Pro desktop. Is it possible to run >> Remote Desktops MMC snap-in on XP Pro? >> >> -- > > Hi, > > You need to download and install the adminpak.msi for XP. Just google > it and it should come up. >
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