Windows XP Computer Management - Local Users and Groups error

Question

I opened Computer Management and happened to see that "Local Users and Groups" (under System Tools) had a red X over top of it. After clicking the link, it shows a message saying "Unable to access the computer EMACHINES-PC. The error was: Library not registered." What could have caused this, and how can I fix it?

Thanks in advance!

Solution

You are probably missing the active directory store type library. You can restore it in a few easy steps:

• Download RegTLB.exe from here.
• Extract RegTLB.exe from TypeLibrary\Release (We'll extract it to the C:\ drive to make it simple)
• Open up command prompt and run this command:

C:\RegTLB.exe c:\windows\system32\activeds.tlb

• You will get a messagebox saying the type library was successfully created
• Local Users and Groups should now open successfully.

Comments

[Wesley]

Yeah, I'm on EMACHINES-PC and Computer Management is local.

[Wesley]

How did you "find out"?

[John T]

@Wesley answer updated.

[Matt Binford]

You are a legend