<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Console Windows</TITLE> <link rel=stylesheet type=text/css href=MCS-Help.css> <META NAME="MS-HAID" CONTENT="a_ConceptUnderstandingConsole"> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JScript" SRC="MCSshared.js"></SCRIPT> </HEAD> <BODY> <H1>Console Windows</H1> <P> A <I>console window</I> contains the workspace of the MMC window. You can open more than one console window in the MMC interface. Then, you can switch between console windows. Each console window provides a left pane and a right pane. </P> <P> The left pane of a console window contains the console tree. The console tree contains all the management components available in that console window. The right pane of a console window provides the details or results pane. When you select an item in the left-pane console tree, the right pane displays the details for that item. </P> </BODY> </HTML>