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Filter services on services.msc or windows services console alternative

I'm trying to set a custom management console for helpdesk accounts with a reduced set of our programs running as Windows Services so they can visually start/stop/manage them. Services.msc is not what I'm looking for unless I could filter the…
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GPMC missing Hide/Show links

We currently have a single 2012 R2 server in our domain. As we're rolling out Windows 8+ machines I like using it for Group Policy Management. For some reason the Group Policy Management Console on this server doesn't show the "Show/Hide" links in…
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Access to multiple domains with RSAT?

Using RSAT for Windows 10 on a technician computer. I know that RSAT allows access to AD admin tools in the domain the computer is a member of. But is there a way to access multiple domains via this MMC? Thanks.
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Windows Server Backup MMC is crashing

I'm having a problem with Windows Server Backup. When I want to do anything, I get a window that says: blbmmc.dll MMC has detected an error in a snap-in and will unload it Report this error to Microsoft, and then shut down MMC Unload the snap-in…
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Certificate imported into personal store not appearing in MMC -> Certificates

I have a self signed certificate that was generated on a Windows 10 machine using the Powershell command: New-SelfSignedCertificate -DnsName ServerNameHere -NotAfter (Get-Date).AddYears(20) -FriendlyName "Test API Cert" -CertStoreLocation…
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Is there a snapin in mmc for particular folders on the file system?

I am using Windows and regularly open a number of folders in Windows Explorer - such as locations of log files and export folders used by our applications. These folders may be on a network share or local. Part of the role also requires monitoring…
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Godaddy Codesigning Certificate Convert spc to PFX

I have used this link to create a CSR for GoDaddy code signing (done in Linux environment though) I got the spc file from Goddady Followed their documentation Creating the pfx file as per their documentation Downloading the certificate and…
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MMC, Active Directory Users and Computers, why is properties missing most tabs?

This question has been asked several times on other forums, but most answers I've found are for Windows 7, Windows Vista, or don't apply to my situation at all. My issue is that when I go to the Properties section of any object in Active Directory,…
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DNS - Difference between scavenge and clear cache?

Server 2012 R2, DNS Service: In DNS Manager, what is the functional difference between "Scavenge Stale Resource Records" and "Clear Cache."?
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Better way to view windows certs than MMC?

I'm trying to view the windows certs on my box but the UI for certmgr and MMC is terrible. Specifically, I'd like a quick way to view and compare thumbprints and friendly names. Does anyone know a better tool to do this? Doesn't have to be a GUI,…
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Cannot run mmc.exe except from the command line after "Run as Administrator"

I'm running Windows 10 (1803) If I try to run any msc (I.e. Device Manager) directly (by searching for "Device Manager" and clicking the find result) I get the error ... However, if I open cmd with "Run as administrator", I can open it normally…
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Windows Component Services console (dcomcnfg) hangs

After run the "Component Services" console in any way and go to the Computers section, it hangs. Only the forced termination of the process helps. At the same time there is some activity . Long wait does not help. How can I fix this?
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How to resolve "MMC cannot initialize snap-in."

Windows 2012 R2. I have at least two snap ins which will not load, eventviewer and DFS management. I have tried; SFC scannow DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth Delete registry key/reboot. Deleted files in %AppData%\Microsoft\MMC None of…
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netsh dhcp differs from mmc dhcp

While building an automated script for counting the amount of Wi-Fi users I encountered the following problem on our W2k8r2-server: Netsh dhcp server scope 192.168.1.0 show clients No of clients: 13 in scope. While looking at Microsoft Management…
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Windows Server Backup Snap-In Initializes/Moves Extremely Slowly

I have an SBS-2011 box. The WSB snap-in consistently takes 10+ minutes to move beyond 'Reading Data'. After the snap-in finally initializes I experience the same behavior when performing a recovery. Has anybody experienced this\have any…
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