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Old 07-12-2008   #1 (permalink)


Windows Vista™ Ultimate x64
 
 

Need to make myself Domain Controller

Hey, I have been trying to get my Gpmc.msc to work latley. After installing SP1 and all sorts of other stuff I get told i need to be a Domain Controller. So, I try to install my domain services then i get this,

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Can sombody please tell me how to install this thing. I dont have a network of linked computers but i need to install this anyway. Any suggestions?

Thanks

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Old 07-12-2008   #2 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate x64 MAK, OpenSolaris 5, Gentoo 2008.1....
 
 

Re: Need to make myself Domain Controller

Why in the world would you need to enable AD services?
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Old 07-12-2008   #3 (permalink)


Windows Vista™ Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Need to make myself Domain Controller

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by johngalt View Post
Why in the world would you need to enable AD services?
The computer is telling me to be a domain controller to configure gpmc.msc. So i thought lets install it.

Is there another way?
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Old 07-12-2008   #4 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate x64 MAK, OpenSolaris 5, Gentoo 2008.1....
 
 

Re: Need to make myself Domain Controller

Do you know what a domain controller is?

reading up on gpmc.msc at Microsoft:

Download details: Group Policy Management Console with Service Pack 1

Quote:
The Microsoft Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) with Service Pack 1 (SP1) unifies management of Group Policy across the enterprise.
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Old 07-12-2008   #5 (permalink)


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Re: Need to make myself Domain Controller

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by johngalt View Post
Do you know what a domain controller is?

reading up on gpmc.msc at Microsoft:

Download details: Group Policy Management Console with Service Pack 1

Quote:
The Microsoft Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) with Service Pack 1 (SP1) unifies management of Group Policy across the enterprise.
yes i know, but i was told that it could be configured for home use too.
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Old 07-12-2008   #6 (permalink)


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Re: Need to make myself Domain Controller

Really? Who said that?
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Old 07-12-2008   #7 (permalink)


Windows Vista™ Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Need to make myself Domain Controller

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by johngalt View Post
Really? Who said that?
I read it from some security website about user access. I googled Gpmc.msc and it said about it controling a network. So I done Gpmc.msc + Home use and after a while it came up.

Can it not be reconfigured to use at home?
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Old 07-13-2008   #8 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate x64 MAK, OpenSolaris 5, Gentoo 2008.1....
 
 

Re: Need to make myself Domain Controller

Based on the information I found in http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en you should get the GPMC version for Vista / Server 2008 from the 2008 tools. See tha part about RSAT....
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Old 07-13-2008   #9 (permalink)


Windows Vista™ Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Need to make myself Domain Controller

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by johngalt View Post
Based on the information I found in http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en you should get the GPMC version for Vista / Server 2008 from the 2008 tools. See tha part about RSAT....
I already have RSAT, so do i just download the files from this link?
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Old 07-13-2008   #10 (permalink)


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Re: Need to make myself Domain Controller

Should be - and I went looking for using GPMC for non enterprise networks, and did nto find anything - can you point me to the specific link?
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