SMS: Windows 95 Clients Are Put in the Wrong Systems Management Server Site with the Smsls.ini File
Article ID: 171765
Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q171765
SYMPTOMS
If a Windows 95 client computer has been upgraded from Windows for
Workgroups 3.11, it may be put into the wrong Systems Management Server
site if you are using the Smsls.ini file.
CAUSE
When the computer running Windows 95 is upgraded, the [Network] section of
the System.ini file is not removed. If the computer name or workgroup is
changed in Windows 95, the registry is updated, but the [Network] section
of the System.ini file is not. When the Smsls.ini file is used, the SETLS
program reads the [Network] section of the System.ini file, not the
registry. This may result in the client reporting its inventory to the
wrong Systems Management Server site.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, remove the [Network] section of the System.ini
file from the computers running Windows 95. Doing this allows the SETLS
program to obtain the correct information.
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 machine
Keywords: kbbug kbenv kbinventory KB171765