Changing Advanced Tab Settings for Existing Clients

When you configure settings on the Advanced tab, the previously installed clients do not automatically receive the new settings. For example, you might want to change the default compression method, or the default remote access protocol. New clients that install the Remote Control Client Agent receive the new settings, but clients that have already installed Remote Tools do not.

To update all clients to the new settings, you can use either of two methods:

• Disable Remote Tools in the SMS Administrator console, wait for all clients to recognize the change and uninstall the Remote Control Client Agent, and then enable Remote Tools in the SMS Administrator console.
• Make the changes you want on the Advanced tab, wait for the changes to replicate from the site server to all of the clients, and then distribute a software package to all collections of clients that already have the Remote Control Client Agent installed. The package updates the Remote Tools client settings for all targeted clients.

The first method is easy, but may not be suitable for many networks because of the brief loss of Remote Tools functionality. The second method does not require any loss of functionality, but is not as simple to execute. If you use software distribution, the package you create contains the instruction to run %WINDIR%\MS\SMS\Clicomp\Remctrl\Rchwcfg.exe (%WINDIR% denotes the Windows directory on the client) with a command line of install. This will cause a Remote Tools client component to recognize the changes made on the Advanced tab and update the client settings.

Related Topics

Configure the Remote Tools Client Agent

Remote Tools Client Agent Overview