Duplicate Queries Appear in the Administrator Console (302508)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0

This article was previously published under Q302508

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Systems Management Server (SMS) Administrator console to view available queries, multiple instances of a given query may be displayed. For example, the "All Client Systems" query may appear two or more times. Note that users that have Class-level rights for queries do not have this problem.

CAUSE

This problem can be caused by either of the following conditions:
  • A user is a member of multiple groups with Read-Instance rights on a given object.
  • A user has explicit read instance rights to a given object, and the user is also a member of one or more groups with Read-Instance rights.

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

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, assign class-level Read rights to queries.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 4.

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/26/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbenv kbfix kbsms200preSP4fix KB302508