Microsoft KB Archive/322504

= SMS: An &quot;Invalid Pointer&quot; COM Exception Occurs When You Create an Advertisement =

Article ID: 322504

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003

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This article was previously published under Q322504



SYMPTOMS
You may receive the following error message when you create an advertisement:

SMS could not provide the data that you requested.

Please refer to the SMS documentation for troubleshooting information.

_com_error exception in MMC Admin UI!

COM Error : Invalid pointer

Source :

Description :

Entry Point : CWnd::WindowProc

Operation : WM_NOTIFY

Command Line: C:\WINNT\system32\mmc.exe &quot;C:\SMS\bin\i386\sms.msc&quot;

Trace : MMF Build Info : SMS 2.50 SP0 (2726)



CAUSE
This problem may occur when you create an advertisement if the SQL Server service is not running.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, start the SQL Server service, and then re-create the advertisement.

Additional query words: mmc ui

Keywords: kbsmsadmin kbprb KB322504

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