SMS: Secondary Sites Do Not Get Windows NT 4.0 Only Video Drivers

• Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.2

SYMPTOMS

Systems Management Server primary site servers which have Service Pack 3 (SP3) installed do not transmit the new Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 ONLY video drivers for "Accelerated Screen Transfer on Windows NT Clients" to their secondary site servers.

WORKAROUND

Add the additional video drivers by editing the Secondary Site Properties using the Systems Management Server Administrator User Interface:

   Clients\Proposed Properties\Options\Compatible Video Drivers.

   <ART (NT 4.0 only)>
   <FRAMEBUF (NT 4.0 only)>
   <MGA (NT 4.0 only)>
   <QV (NT 4.0 only)>
   <S3 (NT 4.0 only)>
   <TGA (NT 4.0 only)>
   <VGA (NT 4.0 only)>
   <VGA256 (NT 4.0 only)>
   <VGA64K (NT 4.0 only)>
   <W32 (NT 4.0 only)>
   <WEITEKP9 (NT 4.0 only)>
   <XGA (NT 4.0 only)> 

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 Systems Management Server version 1.2. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodsms video remote control

Keywords : smssetup kbfix1.20.sp4 kbbug1.20
Version : winnt:1.2
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug