Error Message: "SMS.EXE - Application Error"

Last reviewed: April 24, 1997
Article ID: Q153153

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.1

SYMPTOMS

When you configure the Default Network to be Multi-protocol on the SQL Server Client Configuration Utility, the following error message will occur when you close the SMS Administrator application:

   SMS.EXE - Application Error
   The instruction at "0x77f8d67f" referenced memory at
   "0x00000010".  The memory
   could not be "read".
   Click on OK to terminate the application

WORKAROUND

Run the SQL Server Client Configuration Utility and select Named Pipes as the Default Network. After Named Pipes is configured, use the SQL Service Manager to stop and restart the SQL service.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 1.1. This problem has been corrected in Systems Management Server version 1.2.

Additional query words: prodsms
Keywords : kbbug1.10 kbfix1.20 kbnetwork smsadmin smsgeneral
Version : 1.1
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: April 24, 1997
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