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Q164563: SMS: BIOS Manufacturer Field Is Limited to 25 Characters

Article: Q164563
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): 1.2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork kbDatabase kbInventory smsinv smsdatabasekbfixlist
Last Modified: 20-FEB-2002

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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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For clients that show a PC BIOS group under their personal computer properties,
the BIOS Manufacturer field is limited to 25 characters. However, many BIOS
Manufacturer strings are longer than this, so the reported value may be
truncated.


STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version
1.2. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Systems Management
Server version 1.2 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service
pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the
spaces):

  S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodsms cmos phoenix

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Keywords          : kbnetwork kbDatabase kbInventory smsinv smsdatabase kbfixlist
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS120
Version           : :1.2
Issue type        : kbbug

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