Microsoft KB Archive/283282

= SMS: Hardware Inventory Reports Wrong Disk Size in Windows 95/Windows 98 =

Article ID: 283282

Article Last Modified on 10/25/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 2

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This article was previously published under Q283282



SYMPTOMS
When you use Systems Management Server (SMS) 2.0 Hardware Inventory to obtain hard disk parameters on clients that are running Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98 and have a hard disk that is larger than 8 gigabytes (GB), the size is reported as 8 GB regardless of the actual disk size.



CAUSE
SMS 2.0 clients are installed with Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) version 698 by default. This version of WMI uses standard INT13 calls to query the disk size. INT13 calls have a known limitation of 7.8 GB.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, install WMI version 1.5 (build 1085) on the clients that are running Windows 95 or Windows 98. WMI 1.5 uses INT13 Extensions to query the disk parameters and reports the disk size correctly.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about WMI 1.5, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

262317 SMS: Windows Management Instrumentation 1.5 Support in Systems Management Server 2.0 SP2

Additional query words: prodsms

Keywords: kbbug kbprb KB283282

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