SMS: Documentation Error in the SMS 1.2 Release Notes

ID: Q156476

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.2

SYMPTOMS

The Systems Management Server 1.2 Release Notes contains the following information in the Upgrade Information section:

Before you upgrade a Systems Management Server (SMS) system, Microsoft strongly recommends that you read Systems Management Server Installation and Configuration, Chapter 4, section Adding Clients. Specifically, make sure you understand the effects of:

The Permitted Viewers list in the registry.

The rights required on computers running Windows NT Workstation to allow inventory and client setup to work correctly.

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This information sends the reader to another chapter and section for more information. However, the information is not found at that location.

WORKAROUND

Information about "The rights required on computers running Windows NT Workstation to allow inventory and client setup to work correctly" exists in Chapter 3, Giving Administrator Privilege to the SMS Service Account, of the Adding Clients section of the Installation and Configuration Guide,

Information about "The Permitted Viewers list in the registry" exists in Chapter 10, Configuring Client Remote Control, of the Remote Troubleshooting section of the Administrators Guide.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Systems Management Server version 1.2 documentation. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: prodsms

Keywords : smssetup kbbug1.20 smsdocerr
Version : winnt:1.2
Platform : winnt
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