Friday, April 11, 2008 1:03 AM
Kurt Roggen
Missing the WDS (Windows Deployment Services) snapin from RSAT on Windows Vista?
As you probably still remember from my previous post "RSAT (Remote Server Administration Tools): what's included and what's NOT!!", some snapins are still missing from RSAT.
Here's a way to get the WDS snapin running on your Vista workstation for remote administration of your Windows Server 2003 and/or Windows Server 2008-based Windows Deployment Servers, by taking the following unsupported steps:
Step 1: Locate a Windows 2008 Server which has the WDS Server Role installed via Server Manager features/roles.
The installed OS platform architecture must match your client (use 32-bit OS server if using 32-bit OS client, and the same for 64-bit).
Step 2: Locate the following files:
%systemroot%\system32\WdsMgmt.msc
%systemroot%\system32\en-US\WdsMgmt.msc
%systemroot%\system32\wdsmgmt.dll
%systemroot%\system32\en-US\wdsmgmt.dll.mui
%systemroot%\system32\WdsImage.dll
%systemroot%\system32\en-US\WdsImage.dll.mui
%systemroot%\system32\wdscsl.dll
%systemroot%\system32\wdstptc.dll
%systemroot%\system32\WdsTptMgmt.dll
%systemroot%\system32\en-US\WdsTptMgmt.dll.mui
%systemroot%\system32\wdsmmc.dll
%systemroot%\system32\en-US\wdsmmc.dll.mui
NOTE: If not running US English, the path would not be EN-US; it would be the language(s) running on the server
If you don't have a running WDS server, here are all the files you need for a Vista (en-US) x86 and x64. I've even included an install.cmd and instructions.txt file.
Step 3: Copy all files to the Vista machine running RSAT tools and place them in the same paths as above (step 2).
Step 4: Run as an administrator:
regsvr32 WdsMgmt.dll
regsvr32 WdsTptMgmt.dll
regsvr32 WdsMmc.dll
Step 5: Create a shortcut in the %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools to the WDS snapin (WdsMgmt.msc).
Here you go!!
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Filed under: WindowsServer2008, WindowsVista, Deployment, RSAT, WDS