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Microsoft Management Console: snap-ins

This topic provides you with information about the common administration and troubleshooting tasks and tools associated with Microsoft Management Console (MMC) and MMC snap-ins.

Common tasks

Useful tools

Downloads

Deployment

Operations

Technical reference

Common tasks

  • Some MMC snap-ins require elevated privileges to function properly.

    To open MMC with elevated privileges, click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command Prompt and then point to Run as administrator. In the command prompt that opens, type mmc.exe.

  • Some MMC snap-ins are only available after certain additional features have been installed.

To install additional features

  1. Open Control Panel and click Programs.

  2. In Installed Programs, click Turn on or off Windows features. If the User Account Control dialog box appears, confirm that the action it displays is what you want, and then click Continue.

  3. Select the checkboxes for features you want to install and clear checkboxes for features you want to uninstall.

  4. Click OK.

Useful tools

This section describes the Microsoft Web site downloads and tools associated with this version of Windows that help you configure and manage MMC and snap-ins.

Downloads

No MMC-related downloads were available when this documentation was last updated.

Deployment

MMC is included in the operating system. No deployment is required.

Operations

The following MMC snap-ins are available by default in the Business Edition, Enterprise Edition, and Ultimate Edition of this version of Windows:

  • ActiveX Control

  • Authorization Manager

  • Certificates

  • Component Services

  • Computer Management

  • Device Manager

  • Disk Management

  • Event Viewer

  • Group Policy Management

  • Group Policy Object Editor

  • IP Security Monitor

  • IP Security Policy Management

  • Link to Web Address

  • Local Users & Groups

  • NAP Client Configuration

  • Performance Diagnostics

  • Print Management

  • Reliability Monitor

  • Resultant Set of Policy

  • Routing and Remote Access

  • Security Configuration and Analysis

  • Security Templates

  • Services

  • Shared Folders

  • Task Scheduler

  • TPM Management

  • Windows Firewall with Advanced Security on Local Computer

  • WMI Control

Additional MMC snap-ins may be available once you have installed certain additional features, such as Removable Storage and Network File System. You can install additional features using Control Panel.

The specific additional MMC snap-ins that are available as part of Windows Features may vary depending on the edition of this version of Windows that you are using. Some snap-ins that may be available include the following:

  • Indexing Service

  • Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 Manager

  • Services for NFS

  • Removable Storage

Technical reference

For more information about Microsoft Management Console, go to the following technical references on the Microsoft Web site:

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