Microsoft KB Archive/138829

= SMS Incorrectly Identifies Windows Clients as MS-DOS Clients =

Article ID: 138829

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

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This article was previously published under Q138829





SYMPTOMS
Systems Management Server client Setup incorrectly identifies a Windows Workstation as an MS-DOS client. (The [SMS] section in the SMS.INI file indicates "OS=1" for an MS-DOS client instead of "OS=2" for the Windows client.)



CAUSE
There are two possible causes:

 Systems Management Server Setup cannot find the WIN.COM file in the path.

Setup cannot find WIN.COM in the PATH if the subdirectory for Windows is located to far down the path. For example, a system with the following path is detected as an MS-DOS client:

PATH C:\;C:\DOS;C:\UTIL\PATH;C:\APPS\ORACLE;C:\APPS\PCTOOLS;C:\WFW311

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 The Systems Management Server batch process runs out of environment space.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem (Do not change the SMS.INI file manually):

 If your Windows directory is listed far down your path statement, move the Windows subdirectory closer to the beginning of the path statement. For example:

PATH C:\;C:\DOS;C:\WFW311;C:\UTIL\PATH;C:\APPS\ORACLE;C:\APPS\PCTOOLS

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  If the batch process is running out of environment space, place the following setting in the SYSTEM.INI of the Windows client: [NonWindowsApp] CommandEnvSize=1024 For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

105668 Windows Err Msg: Not Enough Environment Space

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 1.1. This problem has been corrected in Systems Management Server version 1.2.

Additional query words: prodsms sms

Keywords: kbsetup KB138829

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