Cannot Delete Secondary Site After Installing Admin Tools

 Last reviewed: April 24, 1997
Article ID: Q153648

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 1.0 and 1.1

SYMPTOMS

After you install the Systems Management Server Administrator Tool and remove a secondary site for the site hierachy, the secondary site continues to function with the its services still running.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, manually remove the Systems Management Server components. For additional information on how to remove the Systems Management Server components, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q139627
   TITLE     : How to Manually Remove Systems Management Server

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.

MORE INFORMATION

If the Systems Management Server Administrator Tool is installed on a secondary site server, the following registry subkey in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subtree is overwritten: 

   \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SMS\Setup
The registry key now includes information that only the Systems Management Server Administrator Tool is installed. If the Tool is de-installed, all of the registry entries are removed.

Additional query words: prodsms regedt32 registry
Keywords : kbbug1.10 kbfix1.20 kbsetup smsadmin smssetup
Version : 1.1
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: April 24, 1997
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