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Windows XP SP2 includes updates for the following Support
Tools:
- Ipseccmd.exe
- Httpcfg.exe
- Replmon.exe
- Iadstools.dll
- Extract.exe
- Bitsadmin.exe
- Netdom.exe
The Support Tools are not automatically installed when you
install Windows XP SP2. To install the Support Tools on a computer that is
running Windows XP, run the Setup.exe file from the \Support\Tools folder on
the Windows XP CD.
The Windows XP Support Tools Help file is located
in the Support.cab file. This Help file includes a description of each file and
its associated syntax, sample output, and notes. See this Help for specific
usage information for these tools. For additional help, type
tool name/help at a command
prompt, and then press ENTER.
For more information about how to
download Windows XP SP2, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
To download the updated Support Tools, visit the following
Microsoft Web site:
Ipseccmd.exe
Use the Ipseccmd.exe tool to manage and monitor IPSec policies on
computers that are running Windows XP. This tool has been updated to provide
the following features:
- Support for policy import or export operations.
- Improved online help that you can access by using the /? option.
- The removal of the Active Directory directory service
storage option.
- A persistent storage option.
- A Show option to generate Group Policy
object information.
- The ability to dynamically turn on or turn off Oakley
logging.
HTTPCfg.exe
The HTTP Configuration Utility (Httpcfg.exe) is included in the
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Support Tools. This tool is now included with the
Windows XP Support Tools. Use this tool to set, delete, and query configuration
information such as Namespace Reservation information, SSL Server Certificate
information, and IP Listen List information for the HTTP driver (HTTP.SYS).
Replmon.exe
With the Active Directory Replication Monitor tool (Replmon.exe),
you can view Active Directory replication, synchronization, and topology. This
file is updated to resolve a problem where Replmon.exe cannot display more than
200 replication partners. In this scenario, Replmon.exe logs an error that is
similar to the following error:
### iadstools.log
Warning Application c:\temp\iadstools.log: Thread ID: 2488 ,Logged: <date> <time> IADsTools Event: GetDirectPartnersEx: The API returned more partners than IAdsTools is designed for.
Information Application c:\temp\iadstools.log: Thread ID: 2488 ,Logged: <date> <time? IADsTools Event: GetDirectPartnersEx: The function completed successfully, returning (0) entries for directory partition (DC=domain,DC=corp,DC=example,DC=com).
###
Iadstools.dll
The Iadstools.dll file is a helper DLL for the Active Directory
Service Interfaces (ADSI). This file is updated to resolve a problem where the
GetDirectPartnersEx function does not support more than 200 ConnectionObjects.
Extract.exe
With the Extract.exe tool, you can extract files from a CAB file.
This file is updated to include bounds-checking to the option that you pass to
the
Extract command.
Bitsadmin.exe
The BITS Administration Utility is a command-line tool that
controls the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) in Windows. This
tool has been updated to provide the following functionality:
- The /TRANSFER option transfers a single file by using a single
command.
- The /ADDFILESET option adds multiple files to a job by using a single
command.
- The /ADDFILEWITHRANGES option adds a file where only certain sections of that file must
be downloaded.
- The /REPLACEREMOTEPREFIX option changes the download location of a group of
files.
- The /SETACLFALGS option and the /GETACLFLAGS option enable the copying of file Access Control List (ACL)
entries.
- The /UTIL /SETIEPROXY option and the /UTIL /GETIEPROXY option set and retrieve the Internet Explorer proxy settings for
the current user.
- The /UTIL /VERSION option retrieves version information for the currently installed
version of BITS.
- The /UTIL /REPAIRSERVICE option repairs a corrupted BITS installation.
Netdom.exe
You can use the Netdom.exe command-line tool to join a computer
to a domain or to manage a computer account.
- The /JOINDOMAIN option joins a computer to a domain.
- The /JOINWORKGROUP option joins a computer to a workgroup.
- The /RENAME option renames the computer on the domain.
Issues
- If you have an earlier version of Support Tools that is
installed on your computer, and you install Windows XP SP2 Support Tools
without removing the earlier version, the Iadstools.doc, Iadstools.dll, and
Replmon.exe files are not installed to the Support Tools folder.
Note You will not be affected by this issue if one of the following
conditions is true:
- You remove an earlier version of Support Tools on your
computer before you install Windows XP SP2 Support Tools.
- You did not install a version of Support Tools on your
computer before you installed Windows XP SP2 Support Tools.
This issue occurs because the version number of the
Iadstools.dll file and of the Replmon.exe file in Windows XP SP2 Support Tools
is 1.0.0.2234. In earlier versions of Windows XP Support Tools, the version
number of the Iadstools.dll file and of the Replmon.exe file is 1.1.0.1.
Windows Installer uses the file version numbers to determine the file that is
newer during an upgrade operation. (A later version number represents a newer
file.) Because the version number in Windows XP SP2 Support Tools is a lower
number than the version number in earlier versions of Window XP Support Tools,
Windows Installer removes the old files without installing the newer files that
are included in Windows XP SP2 Support Tools.
To resolve this issue if
you already installed Windows XP SP2 Support Tools, run the Setup program for
Windows XP SP2 Support Tools again. On the Setup options page
of the Windows Support Tools Setup Wizard, click Add/Remove,
click Next, and then follow the remaining instructions that
are displayed on the screen to reinstall the Windows XP SP2 Support Tools. The
Iadstools.doc, Iadstools.dll, and Replmon.exe files are installed to the
Support Tools folder.