SMS: Mixed Languages Occur in SMS 2.0 Sites That Share the Same Domain (269615)

SUMMARY

When multiple Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2.0 sites share the same domain, and Microsoft Windows NT Logon Installation or Windows NT Logon Discovery is enabled, if the sites are installed with different languages, for example, U.S. English and French, the senior site updates the logon points. All subsequent client installations are written in the language of the senior site. This behavior is expected and occurs because the senior site maintains the logon points.

MORE INFORMATION

In SMS, the International Client Pack (ICP) allows you to install clients with different languages within SMS, and maintain separate language components for multiple languages. When you install an ICP to all sites within a domain, it adds additional language support to the product. During installation, the ICP prompts the client components to perform a language evaluation based on the client's regional settings.

ICPs are specific to each service pack revision. For example, the ICP for an SMS Service Pack 1 (SP1) site does not function correctly in an SMS Service Pack 2 (SP2) site. In addition, components from all sites must be at the same software revision level for the ICP to function. Any "hot fixes" applied to one site must be applied to all sites.

REFERENCES

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

235726 Specifying Senior Site for Windows NT Logon Point Management

202941 Systems Management Server International Client Packs

You can also learn more about ICPs (and SMS) by referring to the following sources:

The Microsoft BackOffice Resource Kit, Chapter 3, "Using SMS 2.0 in a Multilingual Environment"
The ICP Release Notes for a specific ICP.