SMS: OSR2 and Internet Explorer 4.0 Inventoried as Windows 98

ID: Q188880

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.2

SYMPTOMS

On systems installed with Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2) and Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 (build 4.03.1212), Systems Management Server inventories the operating system as Windows 98.

WORKAROUND

To resolve this problem, obtain the hotfix mentioned in the STATUS section of this article, or wait for the next Systems Management Server service pack. The hotfix should have the following timestamp:

   Intel
   -----

   5/18/98   6:11pm   110,560   Invproc.dll

   Additional supporting inventory files:

   3/30/98   12:45pm  149,632   Dbcnv12a.exe
   3/10/98   7:56pm    19,444   Getcomp.exe
   2/19/98   1:34pm   282,560   Inv32cli.exe
   2/19/98   1:34pm   295,312   Invwin32.exe
   8/06/98   4:15pm   536,608   Base4.dll

   Alpha
   -----

   5/18/98   6:10pm   227,328   Invproc.dll

   Additional supporting inventory files:

   3/30/98   12:45pm  578,320   Dbcnv12a.exe
   2/19/98   1:33pm   866,064   Inv32cli.exe
   2/19/98   1:33pm   881,936   Invwin32.exe
   8/06/98   4:13pm   917,264   Base4.dll

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 1.2. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. service pack for Systems Management Server version 1.2. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

   S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: invdos invdos.exe win95 win98 prodsms IE

Keywords          : smsinv kbfix1.20.sp4 kbbug1.20 
Version           : WINNT:1.2
Platform          : winnt
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

Last Reviewed: September 9, 1998