I want to upgrade my WinXP Pro to Vista RC1, but I tested in the lab and it removes the Admin tools. I have a 2000 AD. The only way I know to get AD admin tools (AD Users and computers, AD Sites/Services, etc.) is to actually set up Longhorn Server, the make it a DC, then use the tools installed to administer the other domain. Is there any other way?

Does anyone know if this works on vista. I got the DLL to register, but it doesn't show up in the Active Directory users and computers snapin.

Does anyone have an estimated date of when this might me coming. I'm holding off upgrading my laptop till I have this. Thanks.

Has anyone been able to get this one to show the DHCP Scopes. I get the snapin to install and have registered the DLL, but I can't see the scopes. When I do a display stats it knows that the scopes are as it tells me how many scopes. Thanks

Recently I moved users folder and created symlink C:\Users - D:\Users. Everything works flawlessly, except virtual store. It just behaves like virtual store was disabled, older applications write directly to Program Files. Does anyone know solution for this problem? -- #

Hi all, My new Dell all of a sudden started asking for my administrator account password periodically. I am using Vista Home Premium. I don't know what I did to trigger this activity since it didn't do it just after I got it several weeks ago. Any ideas?

After initially setting up my new ThinkPat T60p at home I took it into the office and joined it to the domain at my office. After this I accidentally deleted my original user account so I now log in under the office domain even when I am not at the office. This is a problem when trying to install new programs - I get a message saying "Requested operation requires elevation". Is there...

I need help. I upgraded to RTM today and while my XP user profile is present in the c:\users directory, but I cant access any of the documents, favorites, etc from that profile any longer. I have about 1.5 gigs of info in the profile, but have tried everything – copy to, mounting the volume from a remote computer, etc. When the upgrade was complete, originally everything came up -- my...

Hi, i'm new to vista and my first reaction is GREAT! now, i'm a developer but i cant work well because i have so much limited rights, for example: creating an application in VC++.NET and i cant even debug it because i cant start it. Next to that, i cant unpack files to my primairy disk ( OS partition ) because i have insufficiant rights and yet im an administrator. How can i disable this...

I have 2 Hard Drives connected to my PC. Everything was working fine with Windows XP Pro. Upon upgrading to Vista Ult. I had formatted my first drive. The second drive I didn't touch since I have transferred all my backup files(docs, images, mp3, etc). During Windows XP Pro, I had setup permissions that ONLY myself would have access to the drive. So the only username in the security...

my husband changed my admin account password and now has forgotten what it was. its been about 3 months and he still hasnt remembered. ive read all sorts of help and support tips but nothing pertaining to my problem. if somebody could help me i would be so grateful. -christina

I recently started using my computer's hosts file. I am running Windows Vista Business. When I am logged in as the administrator, the hosts file functions perfectly (blocks websites I'm trying to block). However, when I am logged in as a user, the hosts file is being ignored. I have already flushed the dns cache. I also added a few url's that I had never visited before to the hosts file in...

how do you keep your password form expiring in vista home prenium or can you I am getting a message that my password will expire in 6 days thanks

I have a machine Vista Home Premimun in a workgroup - an independant machine attached to no network. When this machine was configured the main user wasn't give administrator permissions to him machine. He's a standard user. Is there a way to change his account to an administrator???

HI! Is there a way to apply a shim with the application compatibility administrator (from the act) to an specific application to force the application to always run elevated when UAC is enabled, without prompting the user? (do you want to grant the app blabla). I have seen that there are shimns for uac in the application compatbility administrator like "RunasAdmin"

HI! Is there a way to apply a shim with the application compatibility administrator (from the act) to an specific application to force the application to always run elevated when UAC is enabled, without prompting the user? (do you want to grant the app blabla). I have seen that there are shimns for uac in the application compatbility administrator like "RunasAdmin"

Part 1 I tried to adjust the start menu in Windows Vista Business....now when I scroll over the "All Programs" section the programs all list on top of the Favorites/Shortcut pin menu, instead of opening to the right side. Part 2 Is there a way to make the start menu look like Windows XP (not the Windows 2000 look)? I know how to customize the look but it only comes up with the

I upgraded from XP Pro to Vista Ultimate today. Everything worked fine for a couple hours. Then a strange Blue Screen (no writing...just vertical dashed lines)...computer shut down and upon restart my pfoile appeared to be overwritten with the same name & domain; but nothing in the Documents folder and my Desktop is completely different (missing many files)...help!

I wish I could create a more targeted subject line, but at this point I'm not exactly sure what to ask. I'm starting data recovery, and looking for ideas on my strategy going forward - in particular should I do a complete system restore (my inclination), or will I be able to create a stable system some other way? The system is a 2 month old laptop, HP DV6780SE running Vista Home Premium. ...

i think the main ingredient into this state of the art os is the user friendly aspect that computing thrives on , i dont need to be reminded that i am the admin when i logon to administration access as there is no higher authority and u ask what is the user friendly aspect the man ingredient into programing , the basic and hopefully not forgotten number one rule " if then else" and with this...