Clients and Administration

AS/U supports the following clients:

You can administer AS/U using any of the following:

The PC client tools listed above are provided in platform-specific directories in the built-in astools share on the AS/U server. Administrators who use a Windows 98 client should use the Windows 95 tools. Microsoft has not provided new versions for Windows 98 but has stated that the current Windows 95 versions can be used with Windows 98.

The win98 directory under astools is a symbolic link to the win95 directory (see 'man 1 link' for a discussion of this capability of Unix).

Refer to the Advanced Server/9000 Installation Guide for instructions on installing the administration tools.

	NOTE: You cannot use Windows 95/98 to edit the AS/U registry. Not every aspect of administration is available from every client. For example, while Windows 95 clients can be used for many operational activities, they cannot be used to edit the registry or to upload printer drivers. NT 4.0 clients provide the most complete set of administrative functionality.

The PC client tools listed above are provided in the built-in ASTOOLS share on the AS/U server. Refer to the Advanced Server/9000 Installation Guide for instructions on installing the administration tools.

	NOTE: Microsoft article Q175093 documents a problem with these versions of User Manager not recognizing February 2000 as a leap year. The problem prevents setting an account expiration date of February 29, 2000. Updated versions of the User Manager utility can be obtained from Microsoft or your Microsoft support provider. This problem does not occur with the Advanced Server net command line utility.

Using AS/U as the PDC and Windows NT 3.51 as the BDC requires Service Pack 4 to be installed on the NT 3.51 Server to avoid problems with User Accounts Database Synchronization.