SMS: Error in Prodspec.ini in WinNT 4.0 (KOR and CHT Versions)

ID: Q182145

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.2 Service Pack 3
Korean Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
Korean Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
Traditional Chinese Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
Traditional Chinese Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

A computer running inventory on the Korean (KOR) or Traditional Chinese (CHT) versions of Windows NT and Systems Management Server cannot differentiate between Windows NT Workstation and Windows NT Server. Specifically, the inventory rule in the NT40srv.pdf and NT40wks.pdf files cannot tell the difference between a computer running Windows NT Workstation 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0.

CAUSE

Windows NT 4.0 includes a file named Prodspec.ini. This file is used for Systems Management Server inventory to identify Windows NT 4.0 and differentiate between Windows NT Server and Windows NT Workstation. However, Korean and Traditional Chinese versions of Windows NT 4.0 include the same Prodspec.ini file (specifically, the Windows NT Workstation 4.0 version of Prodspec.ini is used for both). Therefore, the inventory rule in the NT40srv.pdf and NT40wks.pdf files cannot tell the difference between a computer running Windows NT Workstation 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, perform the following steps:

1. Locate the Prodspec.ini file in the Smssetup\Common\<Langdir> directory,

   where <Langdir> is Korean or TChinese, depending on whether you are
   using the Korean or Traditional Chinese version of Systems Management
   Server 1.2 Service Pack 3.

2. Create a job to distribute this file to your computers running Windows

   NT Server 4.0 (using other hardware inventory data for the query). Make
   sure the file is placed in the %Winroot%\System32 directory.

At this point, the software inventory rule in the NT40srv.pdf file that comes with Systems Management Server 1.2 Service Pack 3 will be able to correctly detect Korean or Traditional Chinese Windows NT Server 4.0 computers.

MORE INFORMATION

The correct version of the Prodspec.ini file will be included in the next service pack update to Windows NT.

Additional query words: prodsms TChinese sp sp3 HW

Keywords          : smsinv 
Version           : WINNT:1.2
Platform          : winnt
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: March 7, 1998