SMS: BIOS Manufacturer Field Is Limited to 25 Characters
Article ID: 164563
Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q164563
SYMPTOMS
For clients that show a PC BIOS group under their personal computer
properties, the BIOS Manufacturer field is limited to 25 characters.
However, many BIOS Manufacturer strings are longer than this, so the
reported value may be truncated.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server
version 1.2. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Systems
Management Server version 1.2 U.S. Service Pack. For information on
obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base (without the spaces):
Additional query words: prodsms cmos phoenix
Keywords: kbbug kbdatabase kbinventory kbnetwork KB164563