Microsoft KB Archive/900257

= After you click Next on the &quot;Identify the SMS Package&quot; page in the Distribute Software Updates Wizard, you may experience a long delay in SMS 2003 =

Article ID: 900257

Article Last Modified on 7/24/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003

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SYMPTOMS
You are using the Distribute Software Updates Wizard in the Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Administrator Console to deploy software updates. When you deploy software updates that are 200 megabytes (MB) or larger, you experience one or more of the following symptoms:
 * A long delay occurs after you click Next on the Identify the SMS Package page in the Distribute Software Updates Wizard. The delay may last for several minutes.
 * The Distribute Software Updates Wizard shows duplicate entries for the same update. The properties of the updates are the same.
 * When you import updates that have file names that are longer than 64 characters, the long file names are truncated. The Windows Update Service (WUS) cannot verify the truncated file names. Therefore, the updates that have long file names are not installed.



Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Systems Management Server 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

885643 How to obtain the latest Systems Management Server 2003 service pack

Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451

Note If additional issues occur or any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. To create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Prerequisites
No prerequisites are required.

Restart requirement
You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this software update.

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace any other software updates.

File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.   Date         Time   Version            Size    File name --  25-Oct-2004  14:00  2.50.3174.1161    151,552  Patchdownloader.dll 25-Oct-2004 14:00  2.50.3174.1161    200,704  Pwiz_res.dll 25-Dec-2003 13:30  2.50.2726.154      40,960  Smsse.dll 25-Oct-2004 14:00  2.50.3174.1161    135,168  Sms_nptc.dll 25-Oct-2004 14:00  2.50.3174.1161    618,496  Sms_pdw.dll 03-Aug-2005 21:17                        514  Smsconfig.inf 25-Dec-2003 13:30  2.50.2726.154      40,960  Smsse.dll

Installation instructions
You must install this hotfix on all computers that are running the SMS 2003 Administrator Console. To install this hotfix, follow these steps:
 * 1) Create a new folder, and then copy the SMS2003-SP1-KB900257-v2-x86- .exe file to the new folder.

Note  is ENU, ICP1, or ICP2.
 * 1) Share the new folder that you created in step 1, and then make sure that the computers that are running the SMS 2003 Administrator Console can access the new folder.
 * 2) On each computer that is running the SMS 2003 Administrator Console, log on as an administrator, and then connect to the folder that you created in step 1.
 * 3) Quit the SMS Administrator Console if it is running.
 * 4) Run the SMS2003-SP1-KB900257-v2-x86- .exe file, and then follow the instructions in the wizard.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section. This problem was first corrected in Systems Management Server 2003 Service Pack 2.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

Keywords: kbqfe kbhotfixserver kbfix kbexpertiseinter kbsms2003spfix kbsms200sp2fix KB900257

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