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Additional info... http://www.myitforum.com/articles/1/view.asp?id=989 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=%2Fservicedesks%2Fwebcasts%2Fen%2Fwc022301%2Fwct022301.asp

I'm not sure how you would detect new SMS clients, except perhaps to look for devices with no disk history. Maybe this would work: select...

Create a collection (direct or by query) of such devices, then right click on it and select Delete Special. Follow the wizard prompts.

To prevent Remote Control component from loading: - Before remote control component is loaded, or after running %windir%\MS\SMS\clicomp\RemCtrl\rcuninst.exe to uninstall it, create a file called remctrl (no extension) under %windir%\MS\SMS\clicomp - Alternatively, instead of uninstalling the...

This should help you. Excluding Computers from Windows NT Remote Client Installation http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q207729

Actually, the SMS client will automatically de-install (mostly, not completely) after not being able to contact a CAP for 60 days. If you're going to do a wipe and reload of the workstations in a few weeks anyway then your real concern is the lingering stuff on the domain controllers. In...

It's probably a issue with permissions (what permission was employed when service was invoked). This may help out: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=322140

For remote control to work: The user requesting a remote session must be a member of a group (or explicitly added) that has Use Remote Tools permissions on collections. This can be added or verified through SMS admin console. - AND - For remote control to work for NT / W2K: The user must be...

SMS does not have a built-in routine to read a give registry entry, but you could use a vbs or sms installer script to read the value and return it as a mif or write directly to a file share somewhere. Below is some vbs to read registry entries and to write a mif. I didn't include any error...

SMS has its own check for completed advertisements (if the ad has already run, don't re-run it) but SMS by itself does not check to see if the application is already installed. What you could do is to write a pre-install check into your installer to look for a file name or registry entry or...

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Also: http://www.myitforum.com/articles/1/view.asp?id=394

Site4c (part of SMS support tools - http://www.microsoft.com/smserver/downloads/20/tools/spsupport/) may help you out. ======= Overview ======= Site4c puts a given site code into the registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SMS\Client\Sites\Forced Sites When either smsls.bat or...

Clients properly loaded and assigned to a site should have all and only the components configured for the site. If you turn on Remote Control at the site, all clients should get it. If you turn it off, all clients should remove it. There is a lag since the clients know to take such action only...

The path is not gathered during software inventory. You would need to write a script to pull the path (e.g. from WMI CIM_Datafile) and advertise it to the clients with a .pst, then return this as a MIF or have the script write the results to a network share file or database.