SMS: Appstart Corrupts New Process Environment on Windows NT

ID: Q156784

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2

SYMPTOMS

A Systems Management Server shared application started with Appstart.exe (Appsta32.exe) may have problems where dependencies exist on environment variables within the new process. If the current environment variable size is greater than 1,146 bytes, the environment variables of the new process can become corrupt. This can cause problems for applications that depend on the environment variables.

CAUSE

A problem exists in the 32-bit APPSTART component of SMS which causes the new environment passed to a new PGC application process to be corrupted.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 1.2. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.2. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

SERVPACK

Additional query words: prodsms appsta32 appstart

Keywords : kbnetwork kbbug1.10 kbbug1.20 kbfix1.20.sp1 smspgc
Version : winnt:1.0,1.1,1.2
Platform : winnt
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