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Q256291: SMS: Mandatory Advertisement Requiring Logged-On UserMay Not Run

Article: Q256291
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): winnt:2.0,2.0 SP1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbsms200 kbsms200bug kbsms200sp2fix
Last Modified: 25-JUN-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 2.0, 2.0 SP1 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you advertise a mandatory advertisement that requires a user to be logged
on to a Windows NT-based client computer with no user logged on, the
advertisement may not run when a user logs on to the client computer.

CAUSE
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Advertisement Program Manager (APM) checks to see if a user is logged on to the
client computer and returns a time-out value of 0 if no user is logged on. This
eventually causes the advertisement to time out. Therefore, the mandatory
advertisement does not run when a user logs on after this time-out period.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Systems Management
Server version 2.0. For additional information, click the following article
number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q236325 How to Obtain the Latest Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server
version 2.0. This problem was first corrected in Systems Management Server
version 2.0 Service Pack 2.

Additional query words: prodsms

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Keywords          : kbsms200 kbsms200bug kbsms200sp2fix 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS200 kbSMS200SP1
Version           : winnt:2.0,2.0 SP1
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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