Questions tagged [mmc]
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Can I configure mmc snap-ins to behave in the same manner as local admin tools on Microsoft Servers?
I'm running into a problem using the Microsoft MMC and RSAT tool snap-ins. Specifically, when I run Print Management from the RSAT tools on the local server, I am able to see all ports installed when at Print Servers>CO-Print-1>Ports. When I use the…

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Extract Certificate Information automatically
In my current setting I have 16 production servers and another 16 to 20 on Dev and QA servers. I also have a lot of certificates in them. We are trying to inventory everything so that we dont miss out on any certificate expiration alerts (we had…
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MMC crash during remote firewall management
Using MMC, I'm attempting to remotely manage the Windows Defender Firewall on our Hyper-V Server 2019 instance (no GUI, CLI only). The NetBIOS name is SERVER1.
The Windows Defender Firewall Remote Management rules are enabled:
Name …

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If user passwords are set to automatically expire within a Windows domain, does this have an impact on the force password change checkbox within ADUC?
Assume the following:
A Windows domain has a policy set to ensure that users must reset their passwords every 90 days
A user account (let's refer to it as "UserA") last changed their password just over 3 months ago, and as a result this policy is…

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Microsoft Azure Recovery Services plugin fails to load in MMC
I'm testing Microsoft Azure Recovery Services (MARS), and am trying right now to run the MARS MMC plugin on a fully updated Windows 10 (2004) workstation to test restores of other servers in the Recovery Vault.
When I install MARS on this…

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How to generate pfx file from spc?
We purchased a certficate from godaddy.
We need to generate pfx file from the spc file provided.
For that last time we used the process provided in this link.
But, it should be done from the same machine where the certificate request is…

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Can I add certificate management console to Windows server Administrative Tools
Windows Server has always had an MMC snap-in for certificates, but it is not visible.
I would like to add an icon to the administrative tools control panel so that administrators without a lot of experience can easily open the certificates…

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Mount a disk image as mmc flash in libvirt
I'm trying to run the OS of my x64 NAS in a VM with kvm and libvirt.
I made an image of the internal flash with dd.
The image has a few partitions, starting with an EFI partition.
virt-install -n mynas --os-type none --ram 1024 --vcpus 2 --boot uefi…

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Get-DnsServerForwarder in WinSrv2012R2
Can anyone tell me why when I execute this Powershel cmdlet I can see a DNS forwarder that I inserted earlier (also using PS) but I can't see it on the DNS management console?
PS C:\Users\administrator.ADATUM> Stop-Service dns
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Generating a CSR with next-generation Cryptographic Service Provider (CSP) using mmc
So...following the recommendations found here, my goal is to get a code-signing certificate which uses the "Microsoft Enhanced RSA and AES Cryptographic Provider" (type 24) CSP.
Using Microsoft Management Console (mmc), and followingDigiCert's…

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What's the impact of changing a certificate's friendly name?
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My Nagios isn't showing the name of some certificates about to expire. It only shows the date for some of them.
But I'm afraid that I adding a friendly name it would change the certificate in a way that it could stop…

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What is the difference between enroll SSL via mmc and IIS?
I would like to know what is the difference between enroll SSL via MMC (Microsoft Management Console) and IIS?

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Some services in services.msc are not listed with sc query
Recently, my services.msc app has become very unresponsive and slow. Takes a few minutes to just open it. There are a number of issues with the services that are listed, but for one example I'll use AppFabricCachingService.
AppFabricCachingService…

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How to make Remote Desktop Services Deployment visible in Windows 2012R2 server manager when logging with a different user?
We have an high availability setup for Remote Desktop Services (Windows 2012R2 datacenter edition) all servers are member of "Domain A":
2 Domain controllers : DCA01, DCA02
1 Gateway server : RDGWA01
2 Remote…

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Windows Server 2008R2 Server Manager Closes (Crashes?) On Starting
I have a weird issue on one of my Windows Server 2008R2 machines (running as a VM on VMware 5.5). The Server Manager MMC app will close on it's own immediately or shortly after starting. Sometimes you will get to where you can see the Server…

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