SMS: Mandatory Advertisements That Require a User to Be Logged On May Not Run (256291)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0
  • Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 SP1
This article was previously published under Q256291

SYMPTOMS

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

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

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:

236325 How to Obtain the Latest Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack

STATUS

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..
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:6/14/2005
Keywords:kbBug kbfix kbsms200sp2fix KB256291
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