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Q153648: Cannot Delete Secondary Site After Installing Admin Tools

Article: Q153648
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): winnt:1.0,1.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbsetup kbsmsAdmin smsadmin smssetup
Last Modified: 27-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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After you install the Systems Management Server Administrator Tool and remove a
secondary site for the site hierachy, the secondary site continues to function
with the its services still running.

WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, manually remove the Systems Management Server
components. For additional information on how to remove the Systems Management
Server components, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:

  Q139627 How to Manually Remove Systems Management Server

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

MORE INFORMATION
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If the Systems Management Server Administrator Tool is installed on a secondary
site server, the following registry subkey in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subtree is
overwritten:

  \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SMS\Setup

The registry key now includes information that only the Systems Management Server
Administrator Tool is installed. If the Tool is de-installed, all of the
registry entries are removed.


Additional query words: prodsms regedt32 registry

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Keywords          : kbsetup kbsmsAdmin smsadmin smssetup 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS100 kbSMS110
Version           : winnt:1.0,1.1

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