Name

Administrative Tools

Synopsis

Launches different Windows 2000 administrative tools.

To Launch

Start → Settings → Control Panel → Administrative Tools

Description

The shortcuts in this folder are essentially the same as those available through Start → Programs → Administrative Tools. The only difference is that any custom tools you create (by adding snap-ins to an MMC console) are displayed through the Start menu but not in the Control Panel folder.

If you hate the Start menu, open Administrative Tools in the Control Panel, select List view from the toolbar, and size and relocate the window so that the tools are easily available from the desktop.

Notes

  • On Windows 2000 Professional computers this folder contains only the following limited set of preconfigured MMC consoles:

    Component Services
    Computer Management
    Data Sources (ODBC)
    Event Viewer
    Local Security Policy
    Performance
    Services
    Telnet Server Administrator

    By default, these tools are not displayed from the Start menu, but this can be changed by using the Advanced settings of the Taskbar Properties (see Taskbar in this chapter).

  • You can install a full set of tools for administering Windows 2000 Server computers on a Windows 2000 Professional workstation. To do this, insert the Windows 2000 Server CD, open the I386 folder, double-click on Adminpak.msi, and follow the prompts. This automatically adds the Administrative Tools program group to Programs in the Start menu, and it also adds the new tools to the Administrative Tools folder in the ...

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