W2K Admin on XP problems

[Scott M.]

I am trying to administer a W2K server from my XP
machine. A while back I downloaded the adminpak for XP,
judging by the file name (not my memory) I believe it was
the Beta 3 version. I am now trying to install the final
version. When I try to uninstall the old adminpak, it
tells me there is a service pack level mismatch and tanks
on me. Installing the new version over top the old one
does the same thing.

Any ideas will be appreciated.

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

"Scott M." wrote:

> I am trying to administer a W2K server from my XP
> machine. A while back I downloaded the adminpak for XP,
> judging by the file name (not my memory) I believe it was
> the Beta 3 version. I am now trying to install the final
> version. When I try to uninstall the old adminpak, it
> tells me there is a service pack level mismatch and tanks
> on me. Installing the new version over top the old one
> does the same thing.
>
> Any ideas will be appreciated.

Hi

Three ways to fix this:

==================== 1 ====================

Remove previous versions of the Administration Tools package using the MSIZap
tool

From "Administering Windows Server-Based Computers Using Windows XP
Professional-Based Clients"
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;304718


You must remove older version of the Administration Tools package before you
can install a newer version, including the final release.

If you cannot use the Add or Remove Programs tool in Control Panel to remove
previous versions of the Administration Tools package, you can use the MSIZap
tool from the Support\Tools\Suptools.msi package to remove the older cached
package.

If the Beta 3 version of the Administration Tools package is installed, follow
these additional steps:
Save the following text as a file that is named Rrasreg.cmd:
rem
rem RAS user snap-in extension - registry key cleanup, Beta 3 to RC1
rem upgrades only.
rem
rem use Reg.exe to delete the old key that was created by the Beta 3
rem RAS user extension snapin.
rem
reg delete HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RasDialin.UserAdminExt /f
reg delete HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RasDialin.UserAdminExt.1 /f
reg delete
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MMC\NodeTypes\{19195a5b-6da0-11d0-afd3-00c04fd930c9}\Extensions\NameSpace
/f


==================== 2 ====================

Uninstall SP1 to get the beta version off the computer.


==================== 3 ====================

Edit the cached msi file with ORCA.exe from the Windows Installer SDK or
similar.

Subject: RC2 Adminpak catch-22
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
http://groups.google.com/groups?th=9bc43d65ce336d5a




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torgeir
Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
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