Changing From Auto to Manual Logon Scripts In SMS

• Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2

SYMPTOMS

When you use Systems Management Server to automatically configure user logon scripts, and then disable the feature and set up scripts manually, the Site Configuration Manager removes it's script files from the primary domain controller's REPL$\SCRIPTS directory.

CAUSE

Site Configuration Manager records on a domain basis if it has previously modified logon scripts at any time, even if the auto-script feature is currently disabled.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, modify the registry:

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1. Run Registry Editor (REGEDT32.EXE).

2. From the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subtree, go to the following key:

         \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SMS\Sites\<sitecode>\Domains\<domain>\Role
   

3. The setting for Role is based on a bit mask of the following:

         ENUMERATED      = 0x0001  Servers are enumerated
         SERVERLIST      = 0x0002  Servers from user list
         SCRIPTSMODIFIED = 0x0004  User/system logon scripts have been
                                   modified
   
      Role is likely 5 (enumerated + modified). If you change it to 1, it will
      appear to Site Configuration Manager as though it had never touched
      logon scripts. If you switched to Use Specified Servers, the value will
      be 6. You can change it to 2 to obtain the same effect.
   
   

If you want to ignore standalone servers then you OR the Role value by 0x10. So for (enumerated + modified) you would see 0x15. If you see this value just reset Role to 0x11. The goal of this article is to remove the bit SCRIPTSMODIFIED 0x4.

   NOTE: When you switch to Use Specified Servers, NetWare "domains" do not
   require auto-detect as a prerequisite to automatically configuring logon
   scripts. If you have NetWare domains, the needed script files could get
   removed. Consequently, changing the domain role value is a better
   solution.