What Bugs are Fixed in SP5?

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Contributed By: Cliff Hobbs [MVP SMS]
To find out what's fixed in SP5 check out Knowledge Base Article 816549 'List of Bugs Fixed in Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 5'.  But wait, this is different.  Rather than just provide a longggggggg list of Knowledge Base Articles fixed by SP5 Microsoft have now split the list of fixes into the following categories with there being a KB article for each:

IMPORTANT: You must have either SMS SP2 or SP3 loaded before you can load SP5.

Here's the full list from Knowledge Base Article 816549 'List of Bugs Fixed in Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 5' in case you need it:

245579 SMS: Secondary Site Does Not Decompress Package

266232 Windows 9x Clients Hang When Remote Control Agent Is Installed

268169 SMS: Audit of Successful Use of User Rights May Create Multiple Entries in NT Security Log

276564 SMS: SMS Client Service Stops Responding (Hangs) During Startup

287409 SMS: The Last Hardware Scan Date Is Incremented by One Month After the Site Attachment Process

287990 Large .tmp File Is Created When You Install or Upgrade an SMS 2.0-based Client

295441 SMS: Logon Discovery Agent Creates Multiple Connections When it Passes DDRs to Site Servers

303397 Cannot View Subcollections on Child Sites

303848 SMS: You Cannot Type a Share Name That is Longer Than 64 Characters When You Create Packages

305096 SMS: Low-Rights User Is Unable to Browse Criteria 'Values' Without Class Rights

305164 SMS: Remote Control Clients That Are Configured for NetBIOS May Not Be Contacted by the Administrator Console

305209 Cannot Upgrade to SMS 2.0 If Any Component Uses the LANDesk Registry Key

306315 Deleted Aged Status Messages Can Leave Orphaned Database Entries

306521 SMS: SMS Service Manager May Not Connect

306974 Software-Metering Agent Heap Operation Fault

307026 SMS: Duplicate Resources Appear in Collections

307434 SMS: The SMSCliToknAcct& Account Is Locked Out If You Use a Software Installation Account

308238 SMS Rchelp.sys File Prevents Chkdsk.exe from Running

308646 SMS: Screen-Redraw Issues and GDI Object Leaks When Programs Are Set to Use Custom Icons

309381 A Distribution Point Does Not Appear on the Parent If You Add a Distribution Point to a Child Site Again from the Child Site

309387 SMS: "Invalid Collection Name" Error Message After You Browse for Valid Collections

309437 SMS: SMS 2.0 Clients Do Not Work on Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server SP4 Through SP6

309644 The Mandatory Countdown Timer Maximum Value Has Been Increased

310127 SMS: Operating System Appears as "Windows 9x" at Parent Site

310317 SMS: Access Violation in the SMS_LICENSE_SERVER Service (Remodbc.exe)

311085 SMS: The Distribution Point Wizard Does Not Delete a Package from All Distribution Points

311127 High CPU Utilization in LSASS on Primary Domain Controller Emulator When SMS Client Is Installed to BDCs

311212 SMS: Missing Advertisement Status Messages

311400 Problem with the Keyboard in a Remote Control Session

311462 SMS: User or User Group Advertisements Do Not Run Immediately After a User Logs On

312512 SMS: Network Discovery Cannot Connect Anonymously to Client After Remote Client Installation

313660 SMS: DDM May Assign Clients Incorrectly in a Multi-Tiered Hierarchy

314271 SMS: Windows Explorer May Consume CPU Resources When the Remote Control Agent Stops

314342 SMS: Advertisements May Not Run If the Screen Saver Runs

315715 SMS: Cannot Reinstall Inventory Components on Windows XP

316021 SMS: SMSAPM32 Does Not Remove Software or Generate Status Messages for Software Uninstall

316132 SMS: Collection Replication Does Not Work if Collection Comment Has a Carriage Return

316258 Connection to SMS Provider Without Impersonation May Cause the Wrong User Groups to Be Retrieved

316316 SMS: Distribution Manager Does Not Work and You Receive Error 998 During Package Compression

316868 SMS: Advertisements Do Not Start When a User Logs On

317061 Software Distribution May Not Work If the SMS Site Server Is Installed with Exchange 2000 Server

317112 SMS: A Site Server Enumerates the Group Membership of the SMS Service Account Too Often

317423 SMS: Software Inventory Agent Generates an Invalid Page Fault

317795 SMS: The Remote Control Console Displays a Gray Screen

317893 SMS: Sender Does Not Respond to Schedule or Rate Limit Changes

318163 SMS: Client Service Does Not Quit During Shutdown

318232 SMS: The "BROWSTAT.EXE STATUS" Command Does Not Return a Server List

318834 SMS Package Source Versions May Be Reported Incorrectly

319189 SMS: Distribution Manager Continuously Processes .pkg Files for Nonexistent Sites

319207 SMS: Retrying a Package Update May Create Many Jobs

319427 SMS: File Time Stamp Is Changed During Software Distribution Across Time Zones

319462 SMS: Travel Mode Discovery Property May Not Be Reported in Client DDRs

320066 SMS: A Large .tmp File Is Created When You Install a Client

320276 SMS: SMS_EXECUTIVE Service Stops Unexpectedly If You Use an %n Combination in a Program Command Line

320459 SMS: Advertisements May Run When No User Is Logged On

320692 SMS: Transaction History Files Increase in Size

320797 SMS: Windows 98 Client Hangs When the Wuser32.exe SMS Remote Control Agent Starts

321168 SMS: Advertisements for a User or User Group Can Run Again

321310 SMS: Systems Management Server May Inaccurately Detect Link Speed

321580 SMS: Distributions to Windows XP Clients May Not Work Because the Platform Is Not Supported

322922 Program Removal Is Unsuccessful If "Remove Software" Check Box Is Selected After Software Installation

323206 SMS: List of Bugs Fixed in the Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 4 Hotfix Rollup Package

323614 SMS: Increasing Number of Zero-Byte Files in the Replmgr.box\Incoming Folder

323627 Status Message Is Missing on Large Distributions

323911 SMS: Slow Resynchronization Request Processing After Site Attachment

324142 SMS: Software Inventory Agent Generates Exception If Damaged History File Is Processed

324204 SMS: Collections That Are Based on Complex Queries Do Not Update

325585 SMS: Software Inventory May Be Discarded from Clients That Have Been Offline

325766 SMS: Nothing Appears in the Administrator Console If the Provider Is on a Separate Windows Server 2003 Server

325911 SMS: Smsapm32 Flags All Jobs in a Chain with "LastRunStatus = 0xb" After the Second Program

327210 SMS: Error Code 1112017020 in Statview.exe

327344 SMS: Too Much Network Traffic Between Clients and CAPs

327636 SMS: SMS License Metering Is Not Installed on a Member Server

327999 SMS: Client Logging Improvements in APM and ODP to Help with Troubleshooting

328599 SMS: Optional Client Component Installation or Upgrade Does Not Work If CCIM Is Cycled During the Installation or Upgrade

328937 SMS: Site Server Processes Management Information Format Files Slowly

329190 SMS: Advertisements Containing "%" Character in the Program Name Are Run Again

330791 SMS: Sender Intermittently Does Not Send Data and Sender.log File Contains Win32 Error Messages

810465 SMS: SMS_EXECUTIVE Exceptions Occur When Refreshing the Stored Procedure Cache

810694 SMS: Distribution Manager Does Not Use Compressed Package Drive to Decompress Packages

811378 SMS: Client Issues If Hotfix Is Not Installed on All Sites That Share Logon Points

816292 Windows Logon Installation Requires Domain Administrator Permissions to Create Logon Points

816293 Inter-Site Communication Is Available in SMS 2.0 SP5

816295 SMS Client Service Accounts on Domain Controllers Are Deleted by CCM Account Cleanup Cycle

816296 SMSCliSvcAcct& Password Is Reset Every 30 Days

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