How to Install Remote Administration Services

ID: Q141460

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SUMMARY

This article describes how to install the Remote Administration and Remote Registry services on a computer running Windows 95 or Windows 98. These services let you administer file and print sharing and edit the registry remotely (from another computer on the network).


MORE INFORMATION

Both computers involved in Remote Administration must use the same level of security (either user-level or share-level security). Remote Administration contains three components:

To use System Monitor, user-level security is required and the Remote Registry service must be enabled on the computer being remotely administered. The Net Watcher and File System Administration tools do not require user-level security or that the Remote Registry service be enabled.

Enabling the Remote Administration Service

  1. Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Network.


  2. Click File And Print Sharing. Click both the "I want to be able to give others access to my files" and "I want to be able to allow others to print to my printer(s)" check boxes to select them, and then click OK.


  3. In Control Panel, double-click Passwords.


  4. On the Remote Administration tab, click the "Enable remote administration of this server" check box to select it.


  5. Set a password for Remote Administration and then click OK.

    NOTE: If you are using user-level security, you do not receive a password dialog box. Instead, add users to the list by clicking Add.


WARNING: If your computer is configured to use share-level security and the Remote Administration service is installed, a user is required to know only a password to remotely administer your computer. To help prevent unauthorized users from remotely administering computers, consider using user-level security, which allows access to only specified users.

Installing the Remote Registry Service

To use the Remote Registry service, you must be using user-level security and have the Remote Administration option enabled. To install the Remote Registry service, follow these steps:
  1. If you are already using user-level security, skip to step 5.


  2. Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double- click Network.


  3. On the Access Control tab, click User-Level Access Control.


  4. Click OK.


  5. In Control Panel, double-click Network.


  6. Click Add, click Service, click Add, and then click Have Disk.


  7. In the Copy Manufacturer's Files From box, type the path Admin\Nettools\RemoteReg folder on your Windows 95 CD-ROM, or Tools\Reskit\Netadmin\Remotereg on your Windows 98 CD-ROM, and then click OK.



  8. When the Microsoft Remote Registry Service has been added to the list of installed components, click OK. When you are prompted to restart your computer, do so.


NOTE: In order to use user-level security, there must be a Microsoft Windows NT-based computer or Novell NetWare server on the network to act as a security provider. If you are using a Windows NT-based computer as your security provider, you must enable File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks. If you are using a Novell NetWare server as your security provider, you must enable File and Printer Sharing for NetWare Networks.

Microsoft has made updated drivers for File and Print Sharing available. For information about obtaining the updated drivers, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q128079
TITLE : Updated Drivers for File and Printer Sharing Security

Additional query words: 1114 


Keywords          : kbnetwork win95 win98 
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Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: January 26, 1999