How to Use Computer Management on a Remote Computer

How to Use Computer Management on a Remote Computer

As a computer technician, I often use Computer Management to fix or troubleshoot computer problems. Computer Management is a collection of Windows administrative tools that you can use to manage a local or remote computer. I can add/remove users in administrator group, stop/re-enable services via the Computer Management on a remote computer.

Microsoft Management Console (MMC) is an application that developers use to write tools (called snap-ins) for administering Windows-based environments. The tools are organized into a single console, which makes it easy to view administrative properties and to gain access to the tools that are necessary to perform your computer-management tasks.

The administrative tools in Computer Management are grouped into the following three categories in the console tree:

System Tools

• Event Viewer
• Shared Folders
• Local Users and Groups
• Performance Logs and Alerts
• Device Manager

Storage

• Removable Storage
• Disk Defragmenter
• Disk Management

Services and Applications

• Services
• WMI Control
• Indexing Service

NOTE: You must be logged on as Administrator or as a member of the Administrators group to view and modify most properties and perform most computer-management tasks.

To connect to and use Computer Management on another computer:

1. Right click My Computer icon on desktop, go to Manage.
2. Right-click Computer Management (Local), and then click Connect to another computer.
3. Click Another Computer, and then type the name of the computer that you want to manage remotely, or click Browse to locate the computer. Click OK and then click OK to return to the Computer Management window. The Computer Management window of the remote computer is displayed. The name of the remote computer is displayed at the root of the console tree.
4. In the console tree, expand System Tools, Storage, or Services and Applications to view the tools and services in each of these containers.
5. Click the item that you want (for example, Event Viewer) to use the tool, and then view the information that is associated with it.

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