Re: cant manage DNS

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Are you trying to run DNS from the shortcut on the Administrative
Tools start menu group? Have you tried directly running C:\Windows
\System32\dnsmgmt.msc?

If you are able run the console directly, check the shortcut
properties. I was having this problem too -- but only when logged in
as myself (an administrator) instead of Administrator. I checked the
properties of the shortcut, and it said "Start In %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH
%". Apparently from some legacy settings or old group policies, I
discovered that %HOMEDRIVE% is "C:\Documents and Settings\MyName" and
%HOMEPATH% is "\Documents and Settings\MyName." Simply changing the
"Start In" parameter to "%SystemRoot%\system32" resolved the whole
problem!

On Nov 22, 12:32 am, "James W. Long" <JamesL...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all

I just went thru the nightmare of trying to install sp2 on win2k3 server and
it didnt work,
so I rolled it back.

but evidently its not all rolled back. I cant administrate DNS anymore
here is the error, when I click the DNS shortcut.

MMC cannot open the file c:\windows\system32\dnsmgmt.msc.
this may be because the file does not exist or is not an mmc console, or was
created by a later version of MMC.
this may also be because you do not have sufficient access rights to the
file.

Tthis is the only console I have found with this problem.

I am the administrator. How do I get my DNS console back?

Thank you,

James W. Long

.

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