Microsoft KB Archive/310499

= SMS: Cannot Install the SMS Client on Windows XP Home Edition =

Article ID: 310499

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q310499



SYMPTOMS
When you try to install the Systems Management Server (SMS) client on a Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition-based computer, you may receive a &quot;Unsupported OS version or Platform&quot; error message. Note that the error message is generated after you run SMSLS or SMSMAN. You may also see the following entry in the Wnmanual.log file:

Unsupported OS version or Platform; exiting



CAUSE
This by design behavior occurs because Windows XP Home Edition is not a supported operating system for use with SMS. Before SMS 2.0 Service Pack 4 (SP4), installations on Windows XP Home Edition-based computers were not blocked. However, SMS 2.0 SP4 no longer permits the installation of the SMS client on Windows XP Home Edition-based computers.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about support for Windows XP-based computers, please visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/smserver/techinfo/deployment/20/deployosapps/newsupport.asp

Additional query words: prodsms

Keywords: kbenv kberrmsg kbprb kbqfe kbsetup kbsms200presp4fix KB310499

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