<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Management	I-Application
Console	I-Application
(	O
MMC	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
component	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
that	O
provides	O
system	O
administrators	O
and	O
advanced	O
users	O
an	O
interface	O
for	O
configuring	O
and	O
monitoring	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
introduced	O
in	O
1998	O
with	O
the	O
Option	O
Pack	O
for	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
4.0	I-Device
and	O
later	O
came	O
pre-bundled	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
and	O
its	O
successors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
management	B-Application
console	I-Application
can	O
host	O
Component	B-Application
Object	I-Application
Model	I-Application
components	O
called	O
snap-ins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
administration	O
tools	O
are	O
implemented	O
as	O
MMC	O
snap-ins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Third	O
parties	O
can	O
also	O
implement	O
their	O
own	O
snap-ins	B-Application
using	O
the	O
MMC	O
's	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
published	O
on	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
Developer	O
Network	O
's	O
web	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snap-ins	B-Application
are	O
registered	O
in	O
the	O
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT]\{CLSID}	O
and	O
 [ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\MMC\Snapins ] 	O
registry	B-Protocol
keys	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
snap-in	O
combined	O
with	O
MMC	O
is	O
called	O
a	O
management	B-Application
saved	I-Application
console	I-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
file	O
with	O
.msc	B-Application
extension	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
launched	O
using	O
this	O
syntax	O
:	O
mmc	O
path	O
\	O
filename.msc	O
 [ /a ] 	O
 [ /64 ] 	O
 [ /32 ] 	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
prolific	O
MMC	O
component	O
,	O
Computer	B-Application
Management	I-Application
,	O
appears	O
in	O
the	O
"	O
Administrative	O
Tools	O
"	O
folder	O
in	O
the	O
Control	O
Panel	O
,	O
under	O
"	O
System	O
and	O
Security	O
"	O
in	O
Category	O
View	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	B-Application
Management	I-Application
actually	O
consists	O
of	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
MMC	O
snap-ins	B-Application
,	O
including	O
the	O
Device	O
Manager	O
,	O
Disk	B-Application
Defragmenter	I-Application
,	O
Internet	B-Application
Information	I-Application
Services	I-Application
(	O
if	O
installed	O
)	O
,	O
Disk	O
Management	O
,	O
Event	O
Viewer	O
,	O
Local	O
Users	O
and	O
Groups	O
(	O
except	O
in	O
the	O
home	O
editions	O
of	O
Windows	O
)	O
,	O
Shared	B-General_Concept
Folders	I-General_Concept
,	O
Services	O
snap-in	O
,	O
for	O
managing	O
Windows	O
services	O
,	O
Certificates	O
and	O
other	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	B-Application
Management	I-Application
can	O
also	O
be	O
pointed	O
at	O
another	O
Windows	O
machine	O
altogether	O
,	O
allowing	O
for	O
monitoring	O
and	O
configuration	O
of	O
other	O
computers	O
on	O
the	O
local	O
network	O
that	O
the	O
user	O
has	O
access	O
to	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
MMC	O
snap-ins	B-Application
in	O
common	O
use	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
MMC	O
1.0	O
,	O
shipped	O
with	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
4.0	I-Device
Option	O
Pack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MMC	O
1.1	O
,	O
shipped	O
with	O
SQL	B-Application
Server	I-Application
7.0	O
and	O
Systems	B-Protocol
Management	I-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
2.0	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
made	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
download	O
for	O
Windows	O
9x	O
and	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
MMC	O
1.2	O
,	O
shipped	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MMC	O
2.0	O
,	O
shipped	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2003	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MMC	O
3.0	O
,	O
shipped	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2003	I-Application
SP2	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
SP3	O
and	O
subsequent	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
downloadable	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
SP2	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2003	I-Application
SP1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
snap-ins	B-Application
must	O
be	O
DEP-aware	O
.	O
</s>
