KB153648 - Cannot Delete Secondary Site After Installing Admin Tools

Article ID: 153648

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.1 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q153648

SYMPTOMS

After you install the Systems Management Server Administrator Tool and remove a secondary site for the site hierachy, the secondary site continues to function with the its services still running.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, manually remove the Systems Management Server components. For additional information on how to remove the Systems Management Server components, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

139627 How to Manually Remove Systems Management Server

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

If the Systems Management Server Administrator Tool is installed on a secondary site server, the following registry subkey in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subtree is overwritten:

   \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SMS\Setup

The registry key now includes information that only the Systems Management Server Administrator Tool is installed. If the Tool is de-installed, all of the registry entries are removed.

Additional query words: prodsms regedt32 registry

Keywords: kbsetup kbsmsadmin KB153648