Getting Windows 2003 SP1 Admin Tools Under Vista
I got a question about getting the admin tools to work with Vista today. I don’t use Vista for this purpose but I thought I would pass it along, as we get closer to the final I know more people will use it to do admin type work.
In Vista beta 2 you cannot install the Windows 2003 admin tools pack because of the version checking. To get around this you need to remove the check from the installer. After that you can install them and administer until your heart is content.
First download and install the Windows 2003 SP1 SDK. (This is a lengthy install.)
Next download and install the Windows Vista and WinFX runtime components (ORCA). (This is a lengthy install.)
Download the Windows Server 2003 SP1 Admin Tools Pack.
Next extract the admin tools by running the exe with the switches /T: <path> /C - or just /C will bring up a window allowing you to specify the target folder to extract to.
In the directory where you extracted the admin pack tools right click the file adminpak.msi, and choose Edit with Orca.
In the Tables view select LaunchCondition, then in the right window select Condition and then select Transform —> New transform.
Edit Condition to = (MsiNTSuitePersonal <> 1) AND ((VersionNT = 501 AND (ServicePackLevel >= 1 OR QFE_DSPROP = "Yes")) OR (VersionNT = 502 AND ServicePackLevel <= AdminpakServicePackLevel ) ) to ‘Condition’ = (MsiNTSuitePersonal <> 1) AND ((VersionNT = 501 AND (ServicePackLevel >= 1 OR QFE_DSPROP = "Yes")) OR (VersionNT = 600 AND ServicePackLevel <= AdminpakServicePackLevel ) )
Choose File —> Save Transformed as…<file name of your choice.msi>
Close ORCA.
And then run the install of the admin pack…
Most of the info I used was taken from here.
Good luck –
16:53 - Sep 25, 2006
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