SMS: SP2 Functional Change in Processing Logon Point Updates (257202)

SUMMARY

Previous to Service Pack 2 (SP2), Logon Server Manager watches the Sms\Inboxes\Nt_logon.box\Locks folder for notifications of changes that are supposed to trigger logon point updates. Merely "touching" this folder, rather than making an actual change, triggers a full update. For example, if you open the folder in Windows Explorer, a full update results.

With SP2 and later, Logon Server Manager does not watch Nt_logon.box for folder notifications and then assume an update cycle is required when it receives a notification. Instead, it watches a new subfolder named Notify under Nt_logon.box. When it receives a notification, it checks for the existence of a file named Nt_logon.not. Only then does it assume that a PCF file change has occurred and initiate an update. Both Logon Discovery and Logon Client Installation have been modified to create this file when they update their respective PCF files.

If you want to force a logon point update, the only way to do this is to manually create the notification file in the Notify folder.

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