Microsoft KB Archive/269615

= SMS: Mixed Languages Occur in SMS 2.0 Sites That Share the Same Domain =

Article ID: 269615

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 Q269615



SUMMARY
When multiple Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2.0 sites share the same domain, and Microsoft Windows NT Logon Installation or Windows NT Logon Discovery is enabled, if the sites are installed with different languages, for example, U.S. English and French, the senior site updates the logon points. All subsequent client installations are written in the language of the senior site. This behavior is expected and occurs because the senior site maintains the logon points.



MORE INFORMATION
In SMS, the International Client Pack (ICP) allows you to install clients with different languages within SMS, and maintain separate language components for multiple languages. When you install an ICP to all sites within a domain, it adds additional language support to the product. During installation, the ICP prompts the client components to perform a language evaluation based on the client's regional settings.

ICPs are specific to each service pack revision. For example, the ICP for an SMS Service Pack 1 (SP1) site does not function correctly in an SMS Service Pack 2 (SP2) site. In addition, components from all sites must be at the same software revision level for the ICP to function. Any &quot;hot fixes&quot; applied to one site must be applied to all sites.

