The Security Warning dialog box still appears after you select the "Always accept software from this publisher" option in the Distribute Software Updates Wizard in SMS 2003

Consider the following scenario. You use the Distribute Software Updates Wizard in Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 to authorize updates for the Inventory Tool for Custom Updates (ITCU). You click Always accept software from this publisher in the Security Warning dialog box, and then click Accept to accept all updates from a particular publisher. However, when you use the Distribute Software Updates Wizard to authorize updates from the same publisher, you receive a Security Warning dialog box for each update that is signed by that publisher.

This problem occurs if the Distribute Software Updates Wizard does not correctly retrieve the digital signature information that is stored in Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). When this problem occurs, only data from the first publisher that is saved to the SMS_PartnerPublicKeys class in the Root\SMS namespace is used. Therefore, you must click Accept for each custom update that is authorized by the Distribute Software Updates Wizard.

Hotfix information

The problem that is discussed in this Microsoft Knowledge Base article is also fixed by the hotfix that is documented in the following Knowledge Base article, KB915801: A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.

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