SMS: Remote Reboot Fails on Clients Running Windows NT 4.0
Article ID: 155507
Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q155507
SYMPTOMS
The Remote Reboot option under Help Desk does not work with clients running
Windows NT 4.0 when nobody is logged on to the system.
When you first try to use Remote Reboot, only the "Begin Logon...Press Ctrl
+ Alt + Delete to log on" screen might disappear on the client. If you try
to use Remote Reboot again, the client is shut down but not restarted.
Remote Reboot works under Windows NT 4.0 if at least one person is logged
on to the client computer.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use Remote Control to log the client on,
before using Remote Reboot. Then close the Remote Control session, and use
Remote Reboot.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server
version 1.2. We are researching this problem and will post new information
here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
Additional query words: prodsms boot shutdown
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