Microsoft® Windows 7 Unleashed

Chapter 10. Configuring the Microsoft Management Console

<feature><title>In This Chapter</title>

• Reviewing the Windows 7 Snap-Ins

• Launching the MMC

• Adding a Snap-In

• Saving a Console

• Creating a Custom Taskpad View

• Controlling Snap-Ins with Group Policies

</feature>

	There are two essential rules to management. One, the customer is always right; and two, they must be punished for their arrogance.
	--Scott Adams

The Microsoft Management Console (MMC) is a system administration program that can act as a host application for a variety of tools. The advantage of MMC is that it displays each tool as a console, a two-pane view that has a tree-like hierarchy in the left pane (this is called the tree pane) and a taskpad in the right pane that shows the contents ...