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SMS: Rservice.exe for Alpha Does Not Process All Computers in Machine List

Article ID: 182060

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.1 Standard Edition
Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q182060

SYMPTOMS

The Alpha version of Rservice.exe does not process every computer listed in the [Machine List] section of the initialization file.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 1.2. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. service pack for Systems Management Server version 1.2. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, do any one of the following:

Use the version of Rservice.exe that runs on the Intel platform.
Obtain the hotfix mentioned in the STATUS section of this article. The hotfix should have the following timestamp:
```
      3/2/98      8:00pm      591,632 Rservice.exe
					
```
Wait for the next Systems Management Server service pack.

Additional query words: prodsms

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbfix kbqfe kbsmsutil KB182060