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• An SMS primary site processes discovery and inventory data very slowly
  A Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0, Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003, or Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 primary site experiences a significant slowdown in data discovery record (DDR) processing or in hardware inventory...
• The Microsoft Systems Management Server Scheduler component cannot schedule a master send request
  Provides a fix for a problem where the Microsoft Systems Management Server Scheduler component cannot schedule a master send request.
• SMS: Network Discovery Returns Fully Qualified Domain Names Instead of NetBIOS Names
  In an environment with a Microsoft Windows 2000-based Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server, Network Discovery may return fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) instead of NetBIOS names for the resources it discovers through DHCP. This could...
• Cannot Run SMS Service Manager After You Apply a Hotfix
  When you try to run Systems Management Server (SMS) Service Manager from a non-domain administrator account after you apply one or more of the hotfixes that is listed later in this section, you may receive the following error message: Post-SMS 2.0...
• SMS: Systems Management Server 2.0 Dependency Package Contents
  Microsoft has released various hotfixes to correct specific issues for Systems Management Server (SMS) 2.0 clients and servers. Microsoft has packaged these hotfixes into a single 'Dependency' hotfix package to simplify applying these hotfixes to an...
• SMS: Systems Management Server 2.0 SP1 Server Hotfix Bundle
  Microsoft has released various hotfixes to correct specific issues for Systems Management Server (SMS) 2.0-based servers. Microsoft has packaged these hotfixes into a single server hotfix bundle to simplify applying these hotfixes to an SMS 2.0 site...
• You cannot perform an unattended reset of the site server connection account in Systems Management Server 2.0
  Describes new functionality that lets an administrator reset the site server connection account by using a command-line command.
• The Setup program cannot change the service account to a master domain account in Systems Management Server 2.0
  When you use the Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2.0 Setup program to change the SMS service account from a resource domain account to a master domain account, the SMS Site Component Manager component may not be able to change the account. The...
• SMS: Login Script Support (Bootstrap) Files Not Copied After Applying SP1
  In Systems Management Server (SMS) 2.0, if you do not select the option, SMS Windows NT Logon Server Manager still copies all of the files in the primary domain controller's Repl$\Scripts (Repl\Export\Scripts) folder to the Netlogon share...
• SMS: Site Component Manager Reinstalls Component Servers
  If a remote Systems Management Server (SMS) component server is offline or otherwise unreachable over the network when the SMS Site Component Manager service attempts to contact it, Site Component Manager flags the SMS components to be reinstalled....
• SMS: Calls to GetKeyboardType() May Not Work
  Programs that call the GetKeyboardType function on Microsoft Windows 2000-based computers may not return the correct keyboard information, even if a standard keyboard is in use. This issue may cause a variety of symptoms to occur. The symptoms depend...
• SMS: Buffer Overrun Problem in Several Network Monitor Parsers
  Buffer overruns may cause security problems in the Network Monitor tool.
• SMS Service Manager may not connect
  You may not be able to connect to a site with Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) Service Manager unless your user name is added to the SMS security database with site administer rights, even though the group to which you belong has been granted...
• SMS: Slow Response from Administrator Console When Browsing for Collections
  During the process of creating a collection, it may be necessary to browse the current collection list to define the limits of the new collection. Browsing the current collections may be slow, particularly if many collections exist.
• SMS: APM Does Not Install Software on BDCs Using a Software Installation Account
  Smsapm32 may not run an advertisement on backup domain controllers (BDCs) when a program is configured to use the client software installation account. Advertised Programs Manager (APM) is trying to add the Microsoft Windows NT client software...
• SMS: Advertisement and Site System Status Summarizers Have Performance Problems in Large Hierarchies
  When the Offer or Site System Summarizers generate or receive large numbers of replication files, they may become backlogged.
• SMS: Slow Response When You Link Collections
  When you link a collection to another collection in the Systems Management Server (SMS) Administrator console, there may be a long delay before the populated Browse Collection window appears.
• SMS: Systems Management Server 2.0 Client Hotfix Bundle
  Microsoft has released various hotfixes to correct specific issues for Systems Management Server 2.0 clients. Microsoft has packaged these hotfixes into a single client hotfix bundle to simplify application of these hotfixes to a Systems Management...
• SMS: Access Violation with the Preinst During /DELSITE Command
  The current version of the Preinst.exe utility (Build 1519) shipped with the SMS 2.0 Recovery Tools can access violate during the /DELSITE operation.
• SMS: You Cannot Type a Share Name That is Longer Than 64 Characters When You Create Packages
  When you create a new package in the Systems Management Server (SMS) Administrator console, you cannot type more than 64 characters in the box on the Data Access tab. Note that you type a share name in the box when you want to create a package share on...
• A Distribution Point Does Not Appear on the Parent If You Add a Distribution Point to a Child Site Again from the Child Site
  If you add a distribution point to a child site, remove the distribution point, and then add the distribution point to the child site again from the child site, the distribution point may not appear in the console on a parent site.
• SMS: Assigned Programs Are Not Started After the SMS Client Installation Procedure
  After you initial System Management Server (SMS), installation pending advertisements are not run until one of the following events occurs: If the user logs off and then logs back on. -or- If the user opens the Advertised Programs tool in Control...
• SMS: "Insert Disk in Drive A:" Message During Hardware Inventory
  During a hardware inventory cycle of Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows 95, or Microsoft Windows 98 clients, you may receive the following prompt: If you examine the client's Hinv32.log file, hardware inventory was enumerating the Windows...
• SMS: Substitute Command "Subst" Locks Out SMSCliToknAcct& and SMSCCMBootAcct& Accounts
  When you use the command to assign a drive letter to a third-tier directory on a Microsoft Windows NT computer (see "Example" in this section of the article), the local Systems Management Server accounts SMSCliToknAcct& and SMSCCMBootAcct& do not...
• Large .tmp File Is Created When You Install or Upgrade an SMS 2.0-based Client
  When you install or upgrade a client computer that is running Systems Management Server (SMS) 2.0, a large temporary (.tmp) file may be created in the \MS\SMS\Core\Bin folder on the client. Typically, this file is named ~GLH000*.tmp. When this issue...