Questions tagged [mmc]

Question 1

I used the Local Policy Editor Management Console that applies local policies to a specific user on a Windows 10 PC. After saving the new policies, I want to replicate it to other PCs. When I opened ...

Question 2

I am trying to generate a custom CSR using the certificates snap-in for mmc on Windows 10. The certificate I want to create is a client authentication cert using ECC. However, I have run into a ...

Question 3

This is a brand new Windows Server 2022 EC2 instance. I am Administrator. I'm trying to use NICE DCV. I have it installed, I guess, but I don't see it anywhere. Amazon's instructions are to start it ...

Question 4

I have installed IIS 6.0 Manager and SMTP Server. When I right-click on [SMTP Virtual Server #1] and then click on Properties, I am getting this error "MMC has detected an error in a snap-in. It ...

Question 5

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 ...

Question 6

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 ...

Question 7

I have a self signed certificate that was generated on a Windows 10 machine using the Powershell command: New-SelfSignedCertificate -DnsName ServerNameHere -NotAfter (Get-Date).AddYears(20) -...

Question 8

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 ...

Question 9

I've had this error on 3 separate Windows 2019 servers I've tried to install Windows Server update Services (WSUS) on; It's worked fine on every Windows 2016 server I've configured, so I'm assuming I'...

Question 10

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 ...

Question 11

(Disclaimer: I have posted this question on StackOverflow, but from a developer point of view. I tried to rewrite the question to fit ServerFault conditions) A custom service has to log on a remote ...

Question 12

I have a tricky issue, I'm trying to install a certificate to sign a VBA file. I've purchased a third party certificate and followed the instructions here to install it and sign my VBA file with it. ...

Question 13

I am using Windows and regularly open a number of folders in Windows Explorer - such as locations of log files and export folders used by our applications. These folders may be on a network share or ...

Question 14

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 ...

Question 15

I'm running Windows 10 (1803) If I try to run any msc (I.e. Device Manager) directly (by searching for "Device Manager" and clicking the find result) I get the error ... However, if I open cmd with "...

Question 16

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 ...

Question 17

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\...

Question 18

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 ...

Question 19

After run the "Component Services" console in any way and go to the Computers section, it hangs. Only the forced termination of the process helps. At the same time there is some activity . Long ...

Question 20

Windows 2012 R2. I have at least two snap ins which will not load, eventviewer and DFS management. I have tried; SFC scannow DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth Delete registry key/reboot. ...

Question 21

I have used this link to create a CSR for GoDaddy code signing (done in Linux environment though) I got the spc file from Goddady Followed their documentation Creating the pfx file as per their ...

Question 22

Scenario 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 ...

Question 23

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

Question 24

Using RSAT for Windows 10 on a technician computer. I know that RSAT allows access to AD admin tools in the domain the computer is a member of. But is there a way to access multiple domains via this ...

Question 25

I need to create a certificate for a computer (already added in the domain). This service just begun and we've had basically no training which is why I'm looking for any assistance you can give me. ...

Question 26

While building an automated script for counting the amount of Wi-Fi users I encountered the following problem on our W2k8r2-server: Netsh dhcp server scope 192.168.1.0 show clients No of clients: 13 ...

Question 27

I'm having a problem with Windows Server Backup. When I want to do anything, I get a window that says: blbmmc.dll MMC has detected an error in a snap-in and will unload it Report this ...

Question 28

This question has been asked several times on other forums, but most answers I've found are for Windows 7, Windows Vista, or don't apply to my situation at all. My issue is that when I go to the ...

Question 29

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 ...

Question 30

Server 2012 R2, DNS Service: In DNS Manager, what is the functional difference between "Scavenge Stale Resource Records" and "Clear Cache."?

Question 31

I have an SBS-2011 box. The WSB snap-in consistently takes 10+ minutes to move beyond 'Reading Data'. After the snap-in finally initializes I experience the same behavior when performing a recovery. ...

Question 32

I'm trying to view the windows certs on my box but the UI for certmgr and MMC is terrible. Specifically, I'd like a quick way to view and compare thumbprints and friendly names. Does anyone know a ...

Question 33

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 ...

Question 34

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 ...

Question 35

I'm trying to set a custom management console for helpdesk accounts with a reduced set of our programs running as Windows Services so they can visually start/stop/manage them. Services.msc is not what ...

Question 36

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 ...

Question 37

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 ...

Question 38

I am changing some permissions on a small work network that I've been playing in. Domain admin and administrator permissions were so tied up that they essentially were the same account. After getting ...

Question 39

We currently have a single 2012 R2 server in our domain. As we're rolling out Windows 8+ machines I like using it for Group Policy Management. For some reason the Group Policy Management Console on ...