Microsoft KB Archive/256291

= SMS: Mandatory Advertisements That Require a User to Be Logged On May Not Run =

Article ID: 256291

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 1

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This article was previously published under Q256291



SYMPTOMS
When you advertise a mandatory advertisement that requires a user to be logged on to a Windows NT-based client computer with no user logged on, the advertisement may not run when a user logs on to the client computer.



CAUSE
Advertisement Program Manager (APM) checks to see if a user is logged on to the client computer and returns a time-out value of 0 if no user is logged on. This eventually causes the advertisement to time out. Therefore, the mandatory advertisement does not run when a user logs on after this time-out period.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Systems Management Server version 2.0. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

236325 How to Obtain the Latest Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 2.0 This problem was first corrected in Systems Management Server version 2.0 Service Pack 2..

Additional query words: prodsms

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbsms200sp2fix KB256291

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