Contributed By: Cliff Hobbs [MVP SMS]
If after you've installed Windows XP SP2 you're having problems connecting to the SMS 2003 Administrator Console various problems and their solutions are documented in the "Windows XP SP2" section of SMS 2003 Client FAQ:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sms/sms2003/techfaq/tfaq03.mspx#EABAA
 

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