Err Msg: SMS.EXE - Application Error

Article ID: Q153124
Creation Date: 28-JUN-1996
Revision Date: 14-AUG-1996

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.1

SYMPTOMS

When you configure the Default Network to be Multi-protocol on the SQL Server Client Configuration Utility, the following error message will occur when closing the SMS Administrator application:

   SMS.EXE - Application Error
   The instruction at "0x77f8d67f" referenced memory at
   "0x00000010".  The memory
   could not be "read".
   Click on OK to terminate the application

WORKAROUND

Run the SQL Server Client Configuration Utility and select Named Pipes as the Default Network. After Named Pipes is configured, use the SQL Service Manager to stop and restart the SQL service.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server 1.1. This problem is fixed in version 1.2.

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