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This worked perfectly - thanks !!
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Is there some easy way to restore the Active Directory (Sites &amp;&nbsp;Services, Users &amp;&nbsp;Computers, Domains &amp;&nbsp;Trusts) applets, WINS applet, DNS applet, and DHCP applets in the Win2K3 Server Control Panel ? &nbsp;We had a DC machine that crashed and after restoring the AD those applets were missing. &nbsp;From what I understand this may have something to do with some registry entries and/or some CPL files in a particular folder - not sure of the specifics though. &nbsp;The functionality of all of those applets works fine from this machine when using the MMC Add-Ins, however. &nbsp;TIA ...
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Is there some easy way to restore the Active Directory (Sites & Services, Users & Computers, Domains & Trusts) applets, WINS applet, DNS applet, and DHCP applets in the Win2K3 Server Control Panel ?  We had a DC machine that crashed and after restoring the AD those applets were missing.  From what I understand this may have something to do with some registry entries and/or some CPL files in a particular folder - not sure of the specifics though.  The functionality of all of those applets works fine from this machine when using the MMC Add-Ins, however.  TIA ...

How to restore Active Directory, DNS, WINS, and DHCP applets in Win2K3 Svr Control Panel

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.

Active Directory

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is an auto configuration protocol used on IP networks and an extension of the Bootstrap Protocol. DHCP allows for computers to be configured automatically to communicate with each other over an IP network without the need for manual setup by a network administrator. The implementation of DHCP relies on a DHCP server to hand out network configuration information to DHCP-capable clients that request an IP address (and other information required or useful in communicating with other devices on an IP network). In addition to an IP address, common configuration information served over DHCP includes a default gateway, subnet mask and DNS sever(s).