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Q153243: Audit16 Stops on OS/2 Client with a System Error: 3176

Article: Q153243
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): winnt:1.0,1.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork kbAudit smsaudit
Last Modified: 31-JUL-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 1.0, 1.1 
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SYMPTOMS
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Audit16 stops on an OS/2 client with a System Error. The error message is:

  SYS3176: A program in this session encountered a problem and cannot continue.

The Audit16.log is not created.

CAUSE
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An illegal instruction exception is generated when an attempt is made to carry
out an instruction, the operation of which is not defined for the host
computer's architecture.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server
versions 1.0 and 1.1. This problem has been corrected in Systems Management
Server version 1.2.

OS/2 is manufactured by International Business Machines Corporation, a vendor
independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding
this product's performance or reliability.

Additional query words: prodsms

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Keywords          : kbnetwork kbAudit smsaudit 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS100 kbSMS110
Version           : winnt:1.0,1.1

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