admin pak for windows 7

[CANews]

I was going to load the win server 2003 admin pack on my windows 7 but it
cried about not being compatible. Is there a windows 7 admin pack or is it
OK to load the XP version??

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I was going to load the win server 2003 admin pack on my windows 7
but it cried about not being compatible. Is there a windows 7
admin pack or is it OK to load the XP version??

What level are the servers you are managing? Windows 2003? Windows 2008?

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What you probably want:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7d2f6ad7-656b-4313-a005-4e344e43997d

Be sure to follow the installation instructions. It is not "Run the
executable, install, done." ;-)

 

[Andrew Murray]

I was going to load the win server 2003 admin pack on my windows 7 but it
cried about not being compatible. Is there a windows 7 admin pack or is
it OK to load the XP version??

The system requirements for that package don't mention Windows 7:

System Requirements

* Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows XP

* 30 MB of free disk space
* Windows XP 2600 with QFE q329357
* Windows XP SP1
* Windows Server 2003 family (3790)


I believe what you're after would be this:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...FamilyID=7d2f6ad7-656b-4313-a005-4e344e43997d