The brilliant programmers at Micro$#!% have done it again. Their network management tools, SMS, is a giant pile of manure. There's a bug in the SMS 2.0 code that builds the SMS registry key in Local_Machine that makes the key completely undeletable and unwritable.
So the next time a client logs into the domain and the logon script installs SMS automatically, the install creates several user names and profiles for them in 'Documents and Settings' (Win2k SP3). Well now, no big woop, right? Wrong!
Because the registry key unwritable, the SMS install fails, waits a few minutes and attempts a second install. Now that user profile for SMS gets rewritten, but this time as SMSCCSBootAcct.xxxxxx.yyy (where the X's are the host and Y's the folder/profile number). After about 2-3 days of this SMS manages to creat 200-500 of these folders, sucking up every last bit of space on the hard drive.
Solution ... there is none. M$ says the service pack for SMS 2.0 fixes it. It doesn't. Launch REGEDT32.EXE and try and change permissions...access denied! Launch REGEDT32.EXE using AT commands so you use SYSTEM priveleges...access denied!
I so %#@^%! hate Micro$#!% today!!! More so than normal.
Does anyone have any other genius ideas on how to get the SMS reg key out?
JAmmrock
So the next time a client logs into the domain and the logon script installs SMS automatically, the install creates several user names and profiles for them in 'Documents and Settings' (Win2k SP3). Well now, no big woop, right? Wrong!
Because the registry key unwritable, the SMS install fails, waits a few minutes and attempts a second install. Now that user profile for SMS gets rewritten, but this time as SMSCCSBootAcct.xxxxxx.yyy (where the X's are the host and Y's the folder/profile number). After about 2-3 days of this SMS manages to creat 200-500 of these folders, sucking up every last bit of space on the hard drive.
Solution ... there is none. M$ says the service pack for SMS 2.0 fixes it. It doesn't. Launch REGEDT32.EXE and try and change permissions...access denied! Launch REGEDT32.EXE using AT commands so you use SYSTEM priveleges...access denied!
I so %#@^%! hate Micro$#!% today!!! More so than normal.
Does anyone have any other genius ideas on how to get the SMS reg key out?
JAmmrock
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