Microsoft KB Archive/203043

= Windows NT Diagnostics Does Not Locate a Client Computer =

Article ID: 203043

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q203043



SYMPTOMS
Windows NT Diagnostics in the Systems Management Server (SMS) Administrator console relies solely on name resolution to locate an SMS client. The following error message is displayed if a computer that is running the SMS Administrator console is not able to locate an SMS client through name resolution:

A Windows NT system named \\ could not be found on the network



CAUSE
Windows NT Diagnostics in the SMS Administrator console does not use the client's IP address from the SMS database. It uses only name resolution to locate the SMS client.



WORKAROUND
As a workaround, run the following command to invoke Windows NT Diagnostics using the client's IP address:

winmsd.exe \\

Additional query words: prodsms RC32 help desk

Keywords: kbhelpdesk kbprb KB203043

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