System Manager on Win XP Pro Machines

[kandym]

I am trying to run the Exchange system manager and AD tools from my Win XP Pro workstation, and after following the instructions for installing the tools (install adminpak, IIS Services, then Exchange Management Tools) I can't seem to access most of the system manager functions. Active Directory Users and Computers works fine until I try any exchange tasks, then I get errors. Could this be an AD permissions issue?

My login is a member of the administrators group - are there other groups I need to be part of to run the Exchange System Manager?

 

[MarkLappin]

Which IIS services are you referring to? the IIS installation for XP ?

Also where did you find the exchange management tools?

Mark

 

[kandym]

The Exchange 2003 Server Installer has an option for installing only management tools (MMC and Exchange System Manager). I ran this on my XP machine, and it notified me that in order to run, I needed the IIS snap-in installed, as well as the

http://WWW and

SMTP services. The other pre-requisite is the Windows Server 2003 admin tools (adminpak) which installs active directory management tools on the WinXP machine.

 

[MarkLappin]

Thanks, I have the AD Management tools already, I'd like to get the server OFF of my desk and put into the closet but with the daily tasks we are doing right now, not having system manager and such on my laptop is rather cumbersome.