Comments on: OCS R2 32-bit Administrative Tools

By: Curtis Johnstone

Curtis Johnstone — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:35:11 +0000

If you want to install the R2 admin tools without the Deployment Wizard, they are located in the \Setup\amd64\Setup directory.

By: Stan Pilcher

Stan Pilcher — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:15:38 +0000

So where are the x64 bit admin tools? Does anyone know?

By: Vincent

Vincent — Sun, 16 May 2010 23:35:12 +0000

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee817586.aspx states that lcscmd.exe would be in this support/i386 folder but it’s not. How else can I run forest prep if I do not have any x64 domain controllers?

By: David Dias

David Dias — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:16:22 +0000

Hi, I have OCS 2007 R1 and was able to install the OCS 2007 R1 tools. First install “vcredist_x86.exe” then right click on the OCS Tools “admintools.msi” and select Troubleshoot Compatibility. Once complete run “admintools.msi” and you should be good to go..

By: Larry

Larry — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:30:12 +0000

If you are running OCS 2007 R1 you are compeletly screwed. You cannot administer users with the OCS R2 tools and the workaround (dsa.msc -32 crashes after installing the OSC tools (many threads on this). Basically you have to keep an XP machine around just to enable OCS users. Unbeliveable, really that the moment a new version comes out you either upgrade immediately or you are left hanging.

By: JD

JD — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:55:08 +0000

Thanks Alexey. It was great to have the OCS admin tool on XP, as now I can administer users from one ADUC, rather than having to switch consoles or use Citrix, or remote access. Thanks again.

By: Tetard François

Tetard François — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:05:56 +0000

I would like to install only the modified dsa.msc tool on computers. Isn’t there a way to install it and avoiding the installation of all the prerequisites ?

By: Alexey Astashin

Alexey Astashin — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:16:48 +0000

David,
I removed OS version check in both MSI files and one right assignemt procedure (I suppose) in OCSCore.msi (I don’t know why it wouldn’t work). I’ve used InstallShield to achieve that. I think you will be able to install it on 32-bit Windows 7 as well.

By: David Walczybock

David Walczybock — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:23:07 +0000

Alexey,

I’d like to see an explanation or a how to on how you got the OCSCore.msi and AdminTools.msi to work with XP.

Thanks.

By: Curtis Johnstone

Curtis Johnstone — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:48:34 +0000

Freddie,
There is no 32-bit version of OCS 2007 R2 – it just ships in a 64-bit version – except for the administration tools. The 32-bit version of the tools are available in the “\Support\i386” directory on the 64-bit media (see the above post). The 32-bit admin tools that ship with OCS 2007 R2 do not work on Windows XP. One InsideOCS.com follower (Alexey) kindly provided a work-around for that – you can get the files from the links below in his comment, or I can email them to you. OCS 2007 just ships in 32-bit (no 64-bit).