Microsoft KB Archive/835520

= Software Update Services Feature Pack scan tools incorrectly detect the client language in Systems Management Server 2.0 =

Article ID: 835520

Article Last Modified on 10/25/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Standard Edition

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SYMPTOMS
The scan tools in the Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2.0 Software Update Services (SUS) Feature Pack may incorrectly report the language version of Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 clients.

For example, if you use Control Panel to change the regional settings of a client computer that is running Windows NT from English (1033) to German (1031), and then you click to select the Set as system default locale check box, the SMS 2.0 SUS scan tools may detect the client as German.

The SMS 2.0 SUS scan tools may report fixes that do not belong to the correct language. Also, SMS 2.0 SUS scan tools may not install the correct updates.

Note You may also experience this problem with the software scanning tools in SMS 2003. An SMS 2003 hotfix is not available. This problem is fixed in SMS 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1).



CAUSE
This problem occurs because the API that the SMS 2.0 SUS scan tools uses returns the regional settings that are set in Control Panel on computers that are running Windows NT 4.0.



Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

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

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

Prerequisites
You must have the Software Update Service Feature Pack for Microsoft SMS 2.0 that was released on April 15, 2004 to install this hotfix.

Restart requirement
You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) 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 27-Apr-2004 13:15  1.0.200.153     2,469,888  Officepatch_enu.exe 08-Apr-2004 13:05  1.0.200.151     1,523,712  Patchwiz_enu.exe 27-Apr-2004 13:15  1.0.200.153     2,822,144  Securitypatch_enu.exe This hotfix adds an additional detection method for Windows NT 4.0 and earlier computers. After this hotfix is applied, the SMS 2.0 SUS scan tools read the Ntdll.dll file to obtain the language version of the file.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about standard terminology used to describe software updates, 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: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbclient kblocalization kbsoftwaredist kbsecurity kbmisctools kbqfe kbfix kbbug KB835520

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