Applet & MMC – Off ‘Run’ & On the Quick

my shortlist of quick “Run” entries for Control Panel Applet & MMC console opening:

• appwiz.cpl
  • Add/Remove Programs
• secpol.msc
  • Local Security Settings MMC
• gpedit.msc
  • Local Computer Policy (Group Policy w/o the “group”)
  • useful if you want have a WSUS server in house and you are building up a new box for a client
  • set intranet server information – http://servername:8530 (typically)
    • patches if local – come from server at lightning speed
    • remember to undue this after finished and before delivery to client
• ncpa.cpl
  • Network Connections
  • this is by far the easiest way to get there in Vista which in this instance is admin unfriendly

 

• …there are more that are much handier than browsing to the shortcut or creating a MMC console
• please share any that you use in the comments