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Q183346: SMS: Windows 95 Page File Is Not Inventoried

Article: Q183346
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): winnt:1.2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbInventory smsinv
Last Modified: 25-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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When looking in the Systems Management Server Administrator program at the
Personal Computer Properties for a Windows 95 Client, PC Memory reports the
following page file information:

  Page File Name:           Not Available
  Page File Size (MBytes):  0

CAUSE
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The inventory agent (Invdos.exe) looks for the page file using the following key
in the System.ini file when performing a hardware inventory:

  [386enh]
  PagingFile=C:\xxx\WIN386.SWP

Because Windows 95 does not use this convention to maintain its paging file, the
paging file is not found and therefore not inventoried.

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

Additional query words: SMS PagingFile Page File Windows 95 win95 prodsms

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Keywords          : kbInventory smsinv 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS120
Version           : winnt:1.2
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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