You install Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) on a computer that is running the original version of Windows Vista. When you try to run the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) snap-in, you receive an error message that resembles the following:

MMC could not create the snap-in.

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Consider the following scenario:

• You are running a Windows Vista-based computer that has the Windows Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack installed.
• On this computer, you open administrative Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-ins.

In this scenario, some icons in these MMC snap-ins are displayed incorrectly. Or, these icons are missing.

For example, you may be unable to determine from a user account’s icon whether that user account is disabled. In this situation, you have to open the properties dialog box for the user account and then confirm whether the user account is disabled.

This problem has been observed with the following MMC snap-ins:

• Active Directory Users and Computers
• Active Directory Domains and Trusts
• Active Directory Sites and Services
• Active Directory Schema

• DNS

A hotfix rollup package is available for Microsoft Management Console (MMC) in Windows Server 2003. This hotfix rollup package resolves the following issues that occur when you use an MMC snap-in:

Issue 1
The MMC snap-in exits unexpectedly, and you receive the following error message:
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Runtime Library Runtime Error! Program: [path]\mmc.exe abnormal program termination

Issue 2
Some items on a shortcut menu are missing when you right-click an item in an MMC snap-in. For example, when you use Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007, and then you right-click the Task Sequences node, the following menu items are missing:

• New
• Import
• Create Task Sequence Media
• Give feedback

These menu items appear only if you right-click this node again.

Issue 3
When you drag a view in an MMC snap-in and then drop the view, the drag-and-drop operation fails. However, the view does not appear in the parent location or in the target location. In this situation, the view is missing until you update the MMC snap-in window.

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When you connect a MultiMediaCard (MMC) to a computer that is running Windows Vista or Microsoft Windows XP, the device appears in Windows Explorer with a Secure Digital (SD) Card icon instead of with a MultiMediaCard (MMC) icon.

After you install the Windows Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack on a Windows Vista-based computer, the Windows Server 2003 management tools are unavailable. Additionally, you may experience either of the following symptoms:

• You receive the following error message:
  

  MMC could not create the snap-in.

• Shortcuts for the Windows Server 2003 management tools are not created on the Start menu.

When you insert a MultiMediaCard (MMC) into the secure digital (SD) slot of a Dell XPS M1210 laptop that is running a clean installation of Windows Vista, the MMC is not recognized.