DOCUMENT:Q124381 25-JUL-2001 [sms] TITLE :WIN.INI Not Found by SETLS from DOS on LAN Manager Clients PRODUCT :Microsoft Systems Management Server PROD/VER:winnt:1.0,1.1 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbnetwork kbInventory smsinv ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 1.0, 1.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When you run NET LOGON on a LAN Manager client from the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, and an SMSLS.BAT file exists in the client's logon script, SETLS16.EXE cannot find the WIN.INI file pointed to by the SMSLS.INI file on the logon server. This causes inventory to be reported to the logon server's Systems Management Server site instead of the domain/site pointed to by the [SMS] section in the WIN.INI file. CAUSE ===== SETLS16 looks for the WINDIR environment variable and from that determines the location of WIN.INI. This fails because WINDIR doesn't exist yet when you execute the logon script. This is true regardless of the current directory the user is in. Putting WIN.INI in drive C allows this to work. Logging on to the domain from within Windows works. This does not affect CLI_DOS which looks in the WINDIR and also walks the PATH statement looking for WIN.INI. WORKAROUND ========== Do one of the following to work around this problem: - Logon from within Windows only. -or- - Set up the AUTOEXEC.BAT file to contain the line "SET windir=C:\". Note the variable "windir" needs to be in lowercase. STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server versions 1.0 and 1.1. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available. Additional query words: sms prodsms Win16 resource master ====================================================================== Keywords : kbnetwork kbInventory smsinv Technology : kbSMSSearch kbSMS100 kbSMS110 Version : winnt:1.0,1.1 ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2001.