The following command has always worked for me:

dsmcutil.exe inst /name:ADSMSCHED /password:admin /autostart:yes

You must be logged on to NT with an account that has rights to modify the
registry.

Chris

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> From: Doug Thorneycroft <dthorneycroft AT lacsd DOT org>
> From: Doug Thorneycroft <dthorneycroft AT lacsd DOT org>
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Big problems installing NT Scheduler Service
> Date: Friday, January 30, 1998 11:25 AM
>
> The last 5 clients insallations we have done have been Version 3 for NT.
> On every one, the initial setup of the scheduler service has failed.
> After the first 3 problems, we copied the Version 2 install utility,
> and tried it with that with the same result. We have never had a problem
> with our version 2 installs, and are following the same procedures on
> V3.
>
> The problem appears to be with the registry entries. On some of the
> clients
> we were able to fix the problem by using the update, validation, showpw,
> etc.
> However, even this doesn't always work, at times it must be repeated
> several
> times, or doesn't work at all.
>
> When the above fails, we have uninstalled the service and the client,
> rebooted,
> and reinstalled everything. It still requires a lot of playing around to
> get it
> to work. In one case, It took a total of 5 install - uninstall cycles,
> displaying
> password (Using the Version2 utility) and answering yes to updating the
> registry.
>
> This is getting a little tiresome, has anyone else had this problem?
> Does anyone have a method that works first time?
>
> Thank you