How do I allow SMS 2003 to modify my Login Script to install Clients?

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I seem to have getting all my machines in my SMS database, so I want to turn on my SMS logon script. What are the disadvantages of SMS editing my logon scripts and what does it add to the script? If I change my mind and turn off the logon scripts what do I need to do to clean up my scripts?

Contributed By: Travis Sweat (MSFT)
SMS 2003 does not modify logon scripts. While available in 2.0, logon installation and discovery were dropped from the product in SMS 2003.

Contributed By: Wally Mead [MS]
SMS 2003 does not maintain the logon script as we did in SMS 2.0. You would have to create your own logon script to run whatever program you want to initiate client installation.

If you install a Server Locator Point, then we recommend using Capinst.exe in your logon script. You can simply run capinst.exe to install legacy clients (only for Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0 SP6), or Capinst.exe /advcli for advanced clients.

This is well documented in the Concepts, Planning and Deployment Guide that comes with SMS 2003, or is available from the SMS web site.
 

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