Microsoft KB Archive/293117

= SMS: Client Installation Is Not Successful and the &quot;Client Deinstall Flag Set - No New Assignments Will Be Processed&quot; Error Is Logged =

Article ID: 293117

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 3

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This article was previously published under Q293117



SYMPTOMS
New client installations are not successful when you use Logon Installation or Windows NT Remote Client installation. If you review the Wnmanual.log, Wn_logon.log, or Wn_remote.log in the %SystemRoot%\MS\SMS\Logs folder, the following error message is logged:

Client deinstall flag set - no new assignments will be processed.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs because the client computer has the following registry key value that prevents SMS from installing SMS Client components:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\SMS\Client\Configuration\Client Properties\SMS Client Deinstall=True



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior:
 * 1) Run the 20clicln.bat file to remove SMS Client components and registry keys.
 * 2) Run either the Smsman.exe or Smsls.bat program, or if you are using Windows NT Remote Client installation, allow any pending Client Configuration Requests (CCR) to retry. Pending requests are located in the \SMS\inboxes\ccrretry.box folder on the site server.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about methods to deinstall the client, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

199078 SMS: How to Remove a Systems Management Server 2.0 Client

Additional query words: prodsms

Keywords: kbclient kbconfig kberrmsg kbprb kbsetup kbupgrade KB293117

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