If you are looking for additional tools to help you manage the network, you can install the Windows Server 2003 Support Tools. The Support Tools are a collection of graphical and command-line programs designed to help you manage the following components:
Active Directory
Disks, data, files, and folders
Hardware
Processes and services
Performance
Printers and fax machines
Security
These tools are available for installation on systems running Windows Server 2003 and can be used with all versions of Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows XP Professional. You install Support Tools from the Windows Server 2003 distribution CD-ROM by following these steps:
Insert the Windows Server 2003 distribution CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. When the Autorun screen appears, click Perform Additional Tasks, and then click Browse This CD to start Windows Explorer.
In Windows Explorer, double-click Support, and then double-click Tools. Doubleclick Suptools.msi. This starts the Windows Support Tools Setup Wizard. Click Next.
Read the End-User License Agreement, and then, if you agree and want to continue, click I Agree, and then click Next. (If you do not agree, the installation will end.)
After you enter your user information, click Next, then select the destination directory for Support Tools. The default location is %ProgramFiles%Support Tools. You can accept the default, type a new directory path, or click Browse to search for a location. Support Tools use about 24 megabytes (MB) of disk space.
To start the installation, click Install Now.
Once installation completes, you can access Support Tools through the Tools management console, as shown in Figure 12-9. To access the console, click Start, point to Programs or All Programs as appropriate, click Windows Support Tools, and then select Support Tools Help. As the figure shows, the tools are organized alphabetically by file name and by category. Clicking a tool name accesses a help page that displays the online help documentation for the tool. The tool help page also has a link for running the tool.
Inside Out: Running the Support Tools from a command prompt
Another way to run one of the support tools is to type the tool's file name at a command prompt. You will find the executables for the support tools in the installation directory, which by default is %SystemDrive%Program FilesSupport Tools. When you installed the support tools, the system path was updated to include the Support Tools installation directory. Because of this, you need not be in this directory to run the support tools and can run tools at any command prompt regardless of the current directory. As with other Windows utilities and commands, you can obtain syntax information for using most of the support tools by typing the tool's command name followed by /?, such as windiff /?.