MSC (Microsoft Management Console)

Common prefigured consoles

The files listed in the table below are preconfigured consoles found in the folder \Windows\System32\ (Some are found only in Windows XP Professional.)

Common Consoles

File	Description
certmgr.msc	Manages certificates involved in security
ciadv.msc	Manages the Indexing Service
compmgmt.msc	The Computer Management Console. It contains a number of the other consoles as snap-ins
devmgmt.msc	The Device Manager
dfrg.msc	Disk Defragmenter. More discussion
diskmgmt.msc	Disk Management. More discussion
eventvwr.msc	Event Viewer for managing system logs
fsmgmt.msc	Shared Folder Management
gpedit.msc	Group Policy Editor. More discussion
lusrmgr.msc	Local Users and Groups Manager
ntmsmgr.msc	Removable Storage Manager
ntmsoprq.msc	Removable Storage Operator Requests
perfmon.msc	System Performance Monitor
rsop.msc	Resultant Set of Policy. For system administrators
secpol.msc	Security Policy
services.msc	Manages the many services involved in Windows and also installed software. More discussion
wmimgmt.msc	Windows Management Instrumentation Service

Another console called Component Services (comexp.msc) is located in a different folder, \Windows\System32\com\, which is not in the standard path. It is usually opened from All Programs-Administrative Tools or Control Panel-Performance and Maintenance-Administrative Tools.

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