Client Computer management From AD Users And Computers 2

[Skittle]

If you start Active Directory Users And Computers (ADUC)
and drill down to a computer, you can right click it and select 'manage'.

I only have an evaluation version of Windows 2003 on a single PC so I have not been able to fiddle with this option.

Am I correct that this option allows you to perform everything on a remote client computer that you can do from the client machine's Computer Management Console?
In other words can you change local users, manage partitions, create new file shares, perform a client machine defrag etc.




Dazed and confused
(N+, MCAD .NET)

 

[kmkeshav]

Yes, you can use the Manage option to open up Computer Management console to manage a remote computer. But you won't able to do all the tasks you normally do when using Computer Management locally (as far as I tried, I was not able to use disk defragmenter to defrag the drives on the remote computer or format them).

-Keshav

 

[teckystuff]

Yeah Keshav is correct. Another way to access this is to :
click Start> Run and type MMC

you can then click File> "Add/Remove Snap-in".
Click "Add", select "Computer Management".
Select the computer to connect to, and finish.

You dont have to have Windows 2003 domain or active directory to use this function. You can do this easily from one Windows XP computer to another XP (or 2000) computer for example.

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[kmkeshav]

Another way to access Computer Management is,

START > RUN > compmgmt.msc > OK

-Keshav

 

[teckystuff]

Or even Right Click My Computer and choose Manage.
Spoilt for choice

Select the Action menu if you want to connect to a remote computer.

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[Skittle]

Many thanks.

Dazed and confused
(N+, MCAD .NET)

 

[Seaspray0]

But wait! there's more!... You can use visual basic scripts to manage PC's. Windows Scripting Host (WSH) is automatically installed on 2000 or better. You can get a whole batch of prebuilt scripts from microsoft's scripting center. Look for scriptomatic or script_center.exe for a goldmine of scripts. They'll do almost everything from map drives to

One of the best ways to manage PC's is through group policies in active directory. These policies will override the local policy settings on client PC's that are joined to the domain. It's like having the "One Ring" that will rule them all.

And if you order now, we'll throw in markdmac's faq on a VB login script that does almost everything absolutely free (see the faq section).

Start, Help. You'll be surprised what's there. A+/MCP/MCSE/MCDBA