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Q214980: SMS: Mouse Not Reported in Hardware Inventory on 16-Bit Clients

Article: Q214980
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): winnt:2.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbenv kbhw kbsms200 kbHardware
Last Modified: 25-JUL-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Systems Management Server version 2.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you check the hardware inventory on a 16-bit client computer using Systems
Management Server 2.0, a mouse driver may not be displayed or you may see the
following message in the Pointing Devices inventory group:

  No Mouse Installed

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version
2.0.

Additional query words: prodsms hwinv16

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Keywords          : kbenv kbhw kbsms200 kbHardware 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS200
Version           : winnt:2.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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