Q302508: Duplicate Queries Appear in the Administrator Console

Article: Q302508
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): 2.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbenv kbtool kbsms200preSP4fix
Last Modified: 09-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Systems Management Server version 2.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you use the Systems Management Server (SMS) Administrator console to view
available queries, multiple instances of a given query may be displayed. For
example, the "All Client Systems" query may appear two or more times. Note that
users that have Class-level rights for queries do not have this problem.

CAUSE
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This problem can be caused by either of the following conditions:

- A user is a member of multiple groups with Read-Instance rights on a given
  object.

- A user has explicit read instance rights to a given object, and the user is
  also a member of one or more groups with Read-Instance rights.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Systems Management
Server version 2.0. For additional information, please see the following article
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q236325 How to Obtain the Latest Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack



WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, assign class-level Read rights to queries.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in
Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 4.


Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbenv kbtool kbsms200preSP4fix 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS200
Version           : :2.0
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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