Microsoft KB Archive/235803

= SMS: SMS Resource Explorer Doesn't Function When Added As a Snap-in to Custom MMC Console =

Article ID: 235803

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 Q235803



SYMPTOMS
Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) Resource Explorer doesn't function as expected when it is added as a snap-in to a custom MMC Console. In the Add/Remove Snap-In option box on the Console menu in a custom MMC console, you can see two choices listed for SMS:
 * SMS Administrator Console
 * SMS Resource Explorer

If you select the SMS Resource Explorer and add it to the MMC, and then select that SMS Resource Explorer node, you receive a "Connection Failed" message in the console.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 2.0.



MORE INFORMATION
Do not add the SMS Resource Explorer as a snap-in on a custom console, because it is dependent upon the SMS Administrator Console to function.

If the snap-in is thereafter removed from MMC 1.1, you receive a series of error messages similar to the following:

_com_error exception in MMC Admin UI!

COM Error : Invalid pointer

Source :

Description :

Entry Point : CComponentDataImp::tm_SetDefaultVerb

Operation :

Command Line: "D:\WINNT\System32\mmc.exe"

Trace :

This error message is not displayed when you use MMC 1.2. The snap-in is gracefully removed.

Additional query words: prodsms snapin problem res

Keywords: kbbug kbconfig kbnofix kbresx kbsmsadmin kbsmsutil KB235803

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