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Is there a way to automate the removal of sms clients from the database. I think I remember reading somewhere that in 30 days machines removed from the network will get removed from the database, but is there a way to speed this up?

I'm trying to create a query to disply all computers with visio installed. I want the query to show the machine name, the file name (visio.exe), version, the last logged on user, and the product name. Everything seems okay until I try to show the product name. When I do this it pulls all the...

I think I got it figured out. The 0KB file was added to the server in question, but the SMS server was still trying to install the client. I deleted the server's entry in the inbox folder and no profiles have been generated since.

Hello all, I am having trouble collecting data to show how many installations I have of the full version of Adobe Acrobat. My research shows that there are specific files with a .joboptions extension that are present when the full version of acrobat is installed. I have added the joboptions...

I've been told that software metering could be what is causing the profiles to be generated. The profiles are created approx every hour. I don't see anything that would indicate that software metering is running on this machine. Software metering is not running on our SMS server. The...

The SMS client doesn't load on the server anymore, but the profiles continue to be created. I beleive this is due to the client failing to load, but continuing to try. This is the domain controller so there are no local groups. Is there any way to prevent these profiles from being generated...

Good points. You can not format an NTFS partition. You need to run fdisk from a win98 boot disk to delete the partition and then you can format it. Once you do this you will lose all your data and you will no longer be able to boot the computer until a new OS is installed.

Hello all, We are looking to deploy Windows 2000 service pack 4 on both our servers and workstations. Does anyone know of a site that lists to pros and cons of service pack 4. I remember reading about issues in regards to logon scripts not working on a mixed NT4/2K environment, but I wanted...

Hello all, A server admin at our site logged into a domain controller using his normal user ID and thus the SMS client installed via our logon script. We do not want the client installed on our servers for various reasons. He ran client clean and removed the SMS reg keys that are recommended...