Error open Active Directory Users and computers
suddenly when I try to open Active Directory Users and Computers I got the error:
MMC cannot open the file c:\WINDOWS\system32\dsa.ms
This may be because the file does not exist, is not an MMC console, or was created by a later version of MMC.
This is a 32 bit win2003 and this link doesn't apply: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/895978
MMC cannot open the file c:\WINDOWS\system32\dsa.ms
This may be because the file does not exist, is not an MMC console, or was created by a later version of MMC.
This is a 32 bit win2003 and this link doesn't apply: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/895978
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Did you check if the file is there? Try to locate it in C:\Windows\System32
If the file is missing then try and open mmc and add the AD users and computer snapin to it, then save it as dsa.msc to the above path.
If the file is missing then try and open mmc and add the AD users and computer snapin to it, then save it as dsa.msc to the above path.
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I did not install admin pack the and the file is there, I have tried to copy it over from prev. backup and it did not work. thanks!
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ChiefIt,
I have tried everything in the other post, nothing works
except
the last comment works for me. thanks
I have tried everything in the other post, nothing works
except
the last comment works for me. thanks
Windows Server 2003
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).
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did you try to reinstall adminpak?
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=86B71A4F-4122-44AF-BE79-3F101E533D95