Microsoft KB Archive/263378

= SMS: Software Distribution 'Stop Program' Option Does Not Work Properly =

Article ID: 263378

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

-

APPLIES TO


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

-



This article was previously published under Q263378



SYMPTOMS
The Software Distribution Stop Program option may not stop the program completely. The program stops but the Windows NT Virtual DOS Machine (NTVDM) process and its subprocesses are left running. In Systems Management Server (SMS) 2.0 Service Pack 2 (SP2), this behavior does not occur for all 32-bit programs.

In Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0, the program seems to quit, but Advertised Programs Manager (APM) still reports the program as running.



CAUSE
When you use the Stop Program option in SMS, you cannot stop a 16-bit program that has exceeded its allotted time by 15 minutes.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, manually stop the Ntvdm.exe process.

Additional query words: prodsms APM

Keywords: kbnofix kbprb kbsms200presp3 KB263378

-

[mailto:TECHNET@MICROSOFT.COM Send feedback to Microsoft]

© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.