DOCUMENT:Q272070 06-AUG-2002 [sms] TITLE :SMS: Logon Server Manager Cannot Modify VB Scripts for Logon PRODUCT :Microsoft Systems Management Server PROD/VER::2.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbsms200 kbsms200bug kbsms200fix ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Systems Management Server version 2.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When you enable either Windows Networking Logon Client Installation or Windows Networking Logon Discovery, and you then enable Modify User Logon Scripts Systems Management Server (SMS) either at the top or at the bottom of the existing script, the script modifications do not modify the logon script if the logon script has a .vbs extension. CAUSE ===== Logon Server Manager (LSM) does not modify Visual Basic (VB) Scripts to call the SMSLS batch file. Because of the complexities that are involved with VB Script calls for additional processes, LSM records the following entry in the Nt_logon.log file instead: Users with scripts that can't be changed are: WORKAROUND ========== To work around this behavior, instead of specifying the VB Script directly as the user logon script, create a small batch file that calls the VB Script. With this method, you can use SMS Logon Server Manager to modify the user logon script while still utilizing the advanced features of a VB Script. Additional query words: prodsms ====================================================================== Keywords : kbsms200 kbsms200bug kbsms200fix Component : SystemManagement UserProfile Technology : kbSMSSearch kbSMS200 Version : :2.0 Hardware : x86 Issue type : kbprb Solution Type : kbnofix ============================================================================= 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 2002.