Consider the following scenario. You advertise a package in Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003. The SMS 2003 Advanced Client receives the advertisement, but the Advanced Client does not run the program as expected. Specifically, the Advanced Client cannot find a distribution point from which to download the package.

When this symptom occurs, a message that resembles the following may be logged in the CAS.log file: The following error may also be logged in the CAS.log file:Note The CAS.log file resides in the %Windir%\System32\CCM\Logs folder on the Advanced Client computer.

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This issue occurs when one of the following conditions is true:

•	The SMS Advanced Client does not reside within any of the published site boundaries.
•	The SMS Advanced Client is not assigned to the Active Directory site.

This issue may also occur when there is a policy version mismatch between the Advanced Client and the distribution point.

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To resolve this issue, use one or both of the following methods, as necessary.

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Method 1: Make sure that the advertised program is configured correctly

1.	In the SMS Administrator Console, double-click Packages.
2.	Double-click the package that you want to review, and then click Programs.
3.	In the results pane, double-click the program.
4.	Click the Requirements tab. If the This program can run only on specified client platforms option is selected, click to select the check boxes for all the client computers to which you want the package distributed.
5.	Click the Environment tab. Make sure that the Program can run option is configured correctly for the intended client computers.

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Method 2: Update the distribution point

1.	Click Start, point to All Programs, click Systems Management Server, and then click SMS Administrator Console.
2.	In the SMS Administrator Console, expand Site Database (SiteCode-SiteName).
3.	Expand Packages, right-click the package that you want, and then click Update Distribution Points.
4.	On the Confirm Update to Distribution Points dialog box, click Yes.

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For more information about how to troubleshoot problems that occur when you use SMS 2.0 or SMS 2003, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: For more information about the log files that are created in Systems Management Server 2003, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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