Connecting to remote computer's management console

[SBS user]

I know how to connect to a remote computer's management console. It works
well as long as the remote computer has an account with the same name and
password as the account I am using from my computer. The problem with this
is I do not want to have the remote user add an account for me and give them
my account and password. If I know the administrator password on that
remote computer is there a way to connect to it using a different username
and password, e.g. the admin accout on the remote computer?

 

[Dennis]

I know how to connect to a remote computer's management console.  It works
well as long as the remote computer has an account with the same name and
password as the account I am using from my computer.  The problem with this
is I do not want to have the remote user add an account for me and give them
my account and password.  If I know the administrator password on that
remote computer is there a way to connect to it using a different username
and password, e.g. the admin accout on the remote computer?

Two ideas:

If you have an admin account on the remote computer, the best and most
fun way to do this is to enable Remote Desktop on the other computer
so you can login and take full control of it.

If that is not an option then you might try using the RUNAS command. I
havent tried this, but I would guess you'd create an account on your
computer that matches the one on the remote computer. Then from your
start menu you'd hit 'run' (or go to command prompt) then type 'runas /
user:<NAME> mmc'. That launches the management console as another
user, not the one your logged in as.