The Systems Management Server 2003 Advanced Client displays incorrect Last Run Status in the Run Advertised Programs tool (837373)

SYMPTOMS

After executing an advertised program and restarting an Advanced Client, the Run Advertised Programs tool in Control Panel may incorrectly display the Last Run Status setting for the program, if the program has its After running property set to SMS restarts computer or Program restarts computer. Even if the program ran successfully, Last Run Status can be incorrectly stated or blank.

CAUSE

After a program runs, its execution history is stored in the registry of each Advanced Client. This problem occurs because the Run Advertised Programs tool reads Last Run Status from an incorrect location in the registry. However, the correct advertisement status is returned to the SMS database in the form of Advertisement status messages.

RESOLUTION

This issue has been fixed in Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1). You can upgrade to SMS 2003 SP1 to resolve this problem.

For additional information about how to obtain the latest Systems Management Server 2003 service pack, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

885643 How to obtain the latest Systems Management Server 2003 service pack

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, you can use the SMS Status Message Viewer to query the SMS database to view the correct advertisement status:

Click Start, point to Programs, point to Systems Management Server, and then click SMS Administrator Console.
In the SMS Administrator Console, expand Site Database, expand System Status, expand Advertisement Status, and then click the advertisement that you want to view.
In the right-pane of the SMS Administrator console, right-click SiteCode-SiteName, point to Show Messages, and then click All.
In the SMS Status Message Viewer, you can view the detailed status messages for the advertisement to make sure that the program was installed successfully on the SMS 2003 client.