Microsoft KB Archive/157211

= SMS: INVWIN32 Does Not Always Detect Network Card(s) =

Article ID: 157211

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q157211





SYMPTOMS
The Windows NT inventory agent is sometimes unable to inventory the network card(s).



CAUSE
This problem arises when network cards are added and/or removed.

To detect the installed network cards, the Windows NT inventory agent reads the following registry path:   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\ However, the inventory agent expects to find the first NIC as NIC number "1".



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 1.2. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.2. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodsms

Keywords: kbinventory kbnetwork KB157211

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