SMS: First 2,000 Results Are Returned When You Search for Values on Query Criteria

When you make a query and the value for which you are searching is not known ahead of time, you can display a list of known values by clicking the Values button in Systems Management Server (SMS) 2.0. This list displays the values that might match the query criteria. When you click the Values button, only the first 2,000 results are returned.

This behavior occurs because the 2,000-result limit is set for performance reasons.

NOTE: You can extend this limit if you make the registry modifications described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

This behavior is by design.

If a value is not in the list, you can manually add the value.