SMS: Specifying Long File Name for Status MIF Causes Error

ID: Q232240

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Systems Management Server version 2.0
Microsoft Systems Management Server Installer versions 1.0, 2.0

SYMPTOMS

If you specify a file name longer than the MS-DOS convention of eight characters plus the extension for the MIF file generated by Systems Management Server Installer during an installation or uninstallation of a 16-bit executable (.exe) file, and then you try to run that .exe, an application error similar to the following will occur:

SMSISTUB caused a General Protection Fault in module ~GLC387E.TMP at 0003:89FC.

Click Close; SMSISTUB will close.

WORKAROUND

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 SMS: 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 Service Pack 1.

Additional query words: prodsms installer smsins gpf gp fault general protection err error LFN filename

Keywords : kbSMS200 kbSMS200bug kbSMS120 kbSMS120bug smsinst
Version : WINDOWS:1.0,2.0; winnt:2.0
Platform : WINDOWS winnt
Issue type : kbbug