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Q259681: SMS: Hardware Inventory Doesn’t Capture Variables on Win9x

Article: Q259681
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): winnt:2.0 SP2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbWBEM kbsms200 kbsms200bug
Last Modified: 02-JUL-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Systems Management Server version 2.0 SP2 
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SYMPTOMS
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Some environment variables that are seen on a Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft
Windows 98 client by a set command, are not reported during the hardware
inventory cycle even though the Sms_def.mof file has been modified to do so.

CAUSE
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Upon startup, Microsoft Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) reads the
global environment variables when it enumerates the Sms_def.mof. Any environment
variables added after that time (such as through logon scripts), are not
recognized because the Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) does not requery
the environment variables.

WORKAROUND
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To work around this issue, you need to set environment variables prior to the
start of WMI, such as in the Autoexec.bat file.

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

Additional query words: prodsms

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Keywords          : kbWBEM kbsms200 kbsms200bug 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS200SP2
Version           : winnt:2.0 SP2
Issue type        : kbprb

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