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Windows XP - The Management Console is not working

November 29, 2013
Updated: April 14, 2022
Quick overview:

Die MMC (Kürzel für Management Console) ist eine Verwaltungsoberfläche der NT-basierenden Betriebssysteme, zu denen Windows 2000 und XP Professional gehören. In dieser Konsole werden verschiedene Verwaltungsaufgaben (Defragmentierung, Gruppenrichtlinien) erledigt oder PC-Dienstprogramme ausgeführt. Sie können z.B. diese Konsole erreichen, indem Sie Start/Ausführen anklicken und gpedit.msc eintippen.

However, very often cases come to light in which users can no longer access this console due to damage or missing rights (despite being logged in as an administrator). Windows-Tweaks offers you the following solutions, which have already been successful in practice:

Reinstallation of the Management Console

1. Von einigen Versionen der Desktop Sidebar (www.desktopsidebar.com) ist bekannt, dass deren Deinstallation die Ursache für diesen Fehler ist. Versuchen Sie also testweise die aktuellste Version der Sidebar zu installieren und diese dann (über die Systemsteuerung) wieder sauber zu entfernen, wenn Sie diese nicht verwenden möchten.

2. Klicken Sie auf Start/Ausführen und tippen Sie msconfig ein. Nun klicken Sie auf Datei erweitern und tippen unter "Wiederherzustellende Datei" den Namen "compmgmt.msc" ein. Unter "Wiederherstellen von" geben Sie "F:\i386 \compmgmt.ms_" (bzw. mit richtigem Laufwerksbuchstaben für die eingelegte Windows XP CD) ein!

Das Zielverzeichnis ist "C:\Windows\System32\compmgmt.msc"! (bzw. ihr Windows XP Systemlaufwerk)

After a short moment, the Management Console is completely reinstalled.

3. If this does not work either, you can reintegrate the corresponding DLL files into the system. To do this, click on Start/Run and enter the following commands followed by Enter.

regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\msxml.dll
regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\msxml2.dll
regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\msxml2r.dll
regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\msxml3.dll
regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\msxml3a.dll
regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\msxml3r.dll
regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\msxmlr.dll

Many thanks for this last hint to Mirko W.!

4. Only for owners of Acer TV cards: If you have such a card in your PC, it is advisable to install the latest drivers.

I hope that I have been able to help you with this guide.

NOTE FOR NEW PUBLICATION: This article was produced by Sandro Villinger and comes from the Windows Tweaks archive, which has been built up since the late 1990s.

Founded Windows Tweaks as a teenager in the 90s. His helpful PC tricks made it Germany's most visited Windows site (at the time Sandro looked like this). He then went on to write elsewhere, for example for PC-Praxis, Computer Bild and PCWorld in the USA. Microsoft also poached him from us. Now Sandro is back, finally sharing his tweaks here again. For a stress-free digital everyday life. You can reach Sandro via e-mail.

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