Microsoft KB Archive/260293

= SMS: Advertised Programs Monitor Settings Do Not Take Affect for Existing Clients =

Article ID: 260293

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


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

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This article was previously published under Q260293



SYMPTOMS
When making changes to the Notifications tab in the properties dialog of the Available Programs Client Agent in Systems Management Server (SMS) 2.0, the settings are not propagated to existing clients. These settings are also not updated on the clients even after they complete their next 23-hour ccim32 cycle.

To verify this, you can open the Advertised Programs Monitor applet within Control Panel on the client, and select Options... from the System menu. This problem does not affect new clients. New clients reflect the current site settings when they are installed.



CAUSE
This can occur if the Client cannot change settings option is not enabled. To verify the status of this setting, view the General tab of the Available Programs Client Agent Properties dialog within the Client Agents node of the SMS Administrator Console.



WORKAROUND
To force the settings in the SMS Administrator Console to take effect for existing clients, enable the Clients cannot change agent settings check box in the Advertised Programs Client Agent properties.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 2.0.

Additional query words: prodsms

Keywords: kbadvertisement kbbug kbclient kbconfig kbserver kbsmsadmin kbsoftwaredist KB260293

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