How to install "Active Directory Users and Computers" on your Windows 7 Workstation
Posted by Dylan Beattie on 11 June 2011 • permalinkThis one stumped me until I hit upon the magical combination that makes it work.
- Install Windows 7 Service Pack 1.
- Download the Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows® 7 with SP1
- Install them.
- Reboot
- Go into Start -> Control Panel -> Programs and Features, and go to "Turn Windows features on or off" - because the installer will download and install the admin tools, but won't actually switch them on. Helpful.
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What makes it fun is that it just fails silently until you get it right. No error messages, no warnings... installer didn't even tell me I was missing SP1 - which I thought I already had.