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Q263384: SMS: PCBIOS Date Reported Incorrectly in Hardware Inventory

Article: Q263384
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): winnt:2.0,2.0 SP1,2.0 SP2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbClient kbWBEM kbsms200 kbsms200bug kbInventory kbsms200preSP3
Last Modified: 02-JUL-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 2.0, 2.0 SP1, 2.0 SP2 
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SYMPTOMS
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The PCBIOS date information in the Systems Management Server PCBIOS hardware
inventory section will report the incorrect year for any system that has a BIOS
dated 01/01/00 and later.

CAUSE
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The System BIOS Date is read on the client from the following registry key:

  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosDate

Windows Management Instrumentation reads this entry and reports the PCBIOS date
in the form of dd/mm/yy. However, the Systems Management Server hardware
inventory reads this as dd/mm/19xx starting at 1980. For example, a PCBIOS date
of 07/07/00 is reported in the hardware inventory as 07/07/1980. This behavior
occurs on Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 9x operating systems.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: prodsms

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Keywords          : kbClient kbWBEM kbsms200 kbsms200bug kbInventory kbsms200preSP3 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS200 kbSMS200SP1 kbSMS200SP2
Version           : winnt:2.0,2.0 SP1,2.0 SP2
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbnofix

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