Setup Reports Success when it Fails to Add Invalid Components

Last reviewed: April 23, 1997
Article ID: Q137894

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 1.0 and 1.1

SYMPTOMS

When you run Systems Management Server Setup, it fails to generate an error message when you try to add a list of non-existent components that includes at least one existent (valid) component. Instead, Systems Management Server Setup generates a message that it added all components successfully, even though the list contains non-existent components that Setup fails to add.

CAUSE

Setup fails to check if the individual components are added successfully.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server versions 1.0 and 1.1. We are researching this problem and will post new information in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: prodsms sms
Keywords : kbbug1.00 kbbug1.10 kbsetup smssetup
Version : 1.0 1.1
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: April 23, 1997
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