SMS: NAL May Search Mapped Drives for Network DLLs

• Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 1.2, 2.0

SYMPTOMS

If your path contains network drives, the Network Abstraction Layer (NAL) may search those network drives for network DLLs. This may lead to increased network traffic. To work around this problem, remove network drives from the path.

CAUSE

NAL uses the Win32 API LoadLibrary() to load network DLLs. NAL calls LoadLibrary() without specifying a path for the network DLLs. LoadLibrary() searches for the network DLLs in the following sequence:

1. The directory from which the application loaded.



2. The current directory.



3. Windows 95/98: The Windows System directory. Use the GetSystemDirectory function to get the path of this directory.
   
   Windows NT/2000: The 32-bit Windows system directory. Use the GetSystemDirectory function to get the path of this directory. The name of this directory is System32.



4. Windows NT/2000: The 16-bit Windows system directory. There is no function that obtains the path of this directory, but it is searched. The name of this directory is System.



5. The Windows directory. Use the GetWindowsDirectory function to get the path of this directory.



6. The directories that are listed in the PATH environment variable.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Systems Management Server 2.0. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q236325 How to Obtain the Latest Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server 2.0. This problem was first corrected in Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 1.

Additional query words: prodsms NAL

Keywords : kbnetwork kbSMS200 kbSMS200bug kbSMS120 kbSMS120bug
Version : winnt:1.2,2.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug