SMS: Inventory Does Not Report the CPU Speed on Windows NT

When examining the inventory properties of a computer running Windows NT, the processor speed is not reported. However, for computers running MS-DOS or OS/2, the processor speed is reported.

Systems Management Server collects inventory properties for computers running Windows NT by examining the system registry. With Windows NT 3.1 and 3.5x, the processor speed is not reported in the registry. Additionally, due to the hardware abstraction that is a part of Windows NT, SMS inventory can not profile the CPU directly as it does with other operating systems. Because the processor speed is not available, Systems Management Server was not designed to report CPU speed for computers running Windows NT.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server versions 1.0, 1.1, and 1.2. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Systems Management Server version 1.2. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

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With Windows NT 4.0, the CPU speed is now reported in the system registry. This only applies to systems with a Pentium processor or better. Those systems with a 486 or "slower" processor will still not report the processor speed. The value that Systems Management Server queries is located in the following registry key: Systems Management Server will query the new registry value. If the value exists, Systems Management Server will report the processor speed.