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John Gardeniers
Asked: 2010-10-12 19:52:09 +0800 CST

ADUC Exchange tabs - Windows 7 & Exchange 2003

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I have the admin tools install on a Win 7 64 bit machine but would like to see the Exchange tabs in ADUC. Googling shows this is a popular request and the most common solution (and the only one which appears to work to all) is to install Exchange Server Management for Vista using esmvista.msi /q. That may well have worked on beta versions of Win 7 but is definitely not working with my OEM copy of Win 7.

Can this perhaps be made to work by installing from an Exchange 2007 CD (which I don't have at this time), bearing in mind that we have Exchange 2003 only? Can someone please offer a solution that works? I figure some of you must have solved this by now.

Edit: I don't know if this is relevant or not but the Win 7 machine is also running Office 2010 Pro.

About the bounty I had intended to award the bounty to gWaldo for having taken the extra steps to try to help me with this issue. However, as I was about to do so my screen started scrolling and I actually clicked on the answer posted by natxo asenjo, whose answer offended me, without realising it. Perhaps if I wasn't rushing I might have noticed but that's now history.

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7 Answers

  1. While this technically doesn't install the exchange tools in windows 7, since the exchange 2003 tools are unsupported in windows 7 this is what I've done in the past (only works on pro and up):

    1. Grab Windows XP Mode
    2. Patch XP mode and join it to the domain
    3. Install ESM inside of XP
    4. Configure the short cut for Seamless mode if it doesn't auto configure (it should)

    Its a bit of a PITA but the only way I have been able to get ESM tools working under Windows 7 reliably.

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  2. Try this :

    From an Exchange 2003 server, copy the following DLLs from the \program files\exchsrvr\bin folder in to a common folder (preferably in the path) such as \windows\system32 on the machine on which you want to manage Exchange attributes:

    • address.dll
    • escprint.dll
    • exchmem.dll
    • glblname.dll
    • maildsmx.dll
    • pttrace.dll

    Close any instances of MMC. Ensure there are no instances running via Task Management Than run CMD (!IMPORTANT!) as administrator and type this

    REGSVR32.EXE c:\windows\system32\maildsmx.dll

    Then open your MMC

    If that doesn't do it,

    (Credit: source)

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  3. Best Answer

    This thread indicates that it may a preference may be set...

    Or, if that doesn't work...

    This Forum post (second response - marked answered) describes installing ADUC under Windows 7 from the command line using the /q (quiet) switch in order to manage Exchange 2003 properties. This is, of course, after installing the RSAT (Remote Server Admin Tools) found here.

    Another solution (source) is when you get the error in your event log 'Product: Exchange System Manager — Error 1925. You do not have sufficient privileges to complete this installation for all users of the machine' Log on as administrator and then retry this installation. To remedy this, (even while logged on as a sys admin) launch command from the windows\system32 folder as an admin. The brought up a UAC prompt - accept - , and then try using ESM on Win7x64

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  4. I haven't tried this, but it might be worth a shot to use the MS Compatibility Administrator (in the ACT) to lie to ADUC - tell it you're running Vista or XP?

    My suspicion is that this is doomed. Since MS has moved the Exchange data out of AD and back into Exchange (as it was in 5.5) - I have the sinking feeling that they may have rigged the Win7 ADUC to be unable to produce those tabs.

    To be fair, the supplied reason for moving the information out of AD seems credible (easier/safer separation of permissions between AD and Exchange admins), but in the meantime, it makes administering 2003 in win7 (or 2007 in XP) pretty freakin cumbersome.

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  5. I know this is not what you want to hear, but sometimes life is hard. Besides, now it is the exchange tabs that are not working, tomorrow you will come across the problem that the terminal services tabs are not working for a windows 2003 domain. So my advice is:

    • install a windows 2003 r2 terminal server in a virtual machine
    • install the exchange administration tools
    • login the management server for administrative tasks
    • get on with your life ;-) and prepare the upgrade of your exchange server or get an alternative for it (zimbra and zarafa come to mind as the most viable choices).

    Actually, a management server is a great idea for windows networks. You only need to install the management tools in one place, they are inmediately available to all admins. No one needs to login as administrator, everyone has an admin account for admin tasks, a normal account for normal tasks.

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  6. For x64 Win7, probably test this solution.

    One of the commentor did this:

    run ESMVISTA.MSI /qb
then run mmc /32 add the activeusers snapin and you can see all the tabs.
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  7. doesnt solve the question but

    1. installed the Windows XP mode component (WindowsXPMode_en-us.exe from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=148103)

    2. installed Windows6.1-KB958559-x64 and Windows6.1-KB977206-x64 (you might not needs those, depending on your computer hardware).

    3. once installed, Ive used the shortcut from the startmenu -> Windows Virtual PC\Windows XP Mode to setup and configure the virtual machine

    4. I've joined the VirtualPC to the domain, important for the exchange tools :) and after the restart closed the VirtualPC

    5. Presto!, the exchange management tools can now be started als a RemoteApp from the shortcut in the startmenu. Windows Virtual PC\Windows XP Mode Applications .

    Also http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=3403d74e-8942-421b-8738-b3664559e46f&displaylang=en

    this is the exchange tools for Vista I would believe this should work for W7

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