Q156476: SMS: Documentation Error in the SMS 1.2 Release Notes

Article: Q156476
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): winnt:1.2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbsetup kbdocerr smssetup smsdocerr
Last Modified: 27-JUL-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.2 
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SYMPTOMS
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The Systems Management Server 1.2 Release Notes contains the following
information in the Upgrade Information section:

  Before you upgrade a Systems Management Server (SMS) system, Microsoft
  strongly recommends that you read Systems Management Server Installation and
  Configuration, Chapter 4, section Adding Clients. Specifically, make sure you
  understand the effects of:

  The Permitted Viewers list in the registry.

  The rights required on computers running Windows NT Workstation to allow
  inventory and client setup to work correctly.

  Copyright 1993-1996 Microsoft Corporation

This information sends the reader to another chapter and section for more
information. However, the information is not found at that location.

WORKAROUND
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Information about "The rights required on computers running Windows NT
Workstation to allow inventory and client setup to work correctly" exists in
Chapter 3, Giving Administrator Privilege to the SMS Service Account, of the
Adding Clients section of the Installation and Configuration Guide,

Information about "The Permitted Viewers list in the registry" exists in Chapter
10, Configuring Client Remote Control, of the Remote Troubleshooting section of
the Administrators Guide.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Systems Management Server
version 1.2 documentation. We are researching this problem and will post new
information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: prodsms

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Keywords          : kbsetup kbdocerr smssetup smsdocerr 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS120
Version           : winnt:1.2

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