Re: Errors on Some Machines After Harware Inventory

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This sounds interesting. All SMS hardware inventory does is go off of WMI
and collect data and send an xml report. It doesnt even touch any software.
The only thing that HW inventory does that is even remotely connected to
software isntalled is to collect data for Add/Remove Programs from the
registry.

Is there anything else that is happening on the client before the apps stop
running. Any other thing that looks like a coincidence. HW inventory causing
it sounds remote.

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Hope this helps!
Sangeetha

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"Rick" <Rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:B8A992E2-5CC0-4E12-991E-FD37BDD9B79A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
>
> Mike ..you are not alone.
>
> We have the exact same error. Deploying to about 250 machines and we have
> had about 3 of these occurrences. No information as to why (apart from
> your
> input) and no solution other than to run msicleaner and re-install - (a
> REAL
> pain since we need to do the SP's as well.) - Interested in any replies.
>
> Rick
>
> "Mikecl" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> What happens is that on the client machines certain Apps installed using
>> msiexec e.g MS office fail to run with various error messages. The only
>> way
>> we have found to recover the client is to run the msicleaner and then
>> reinstall office or whatever fails to run. The event log on the client
>> shows
>> a lot of errors relating to unknown apps (long strings of numbers) It
>> may
>> be related to the hardware scan maybe not is there a way SMS is updating
>> or
>> changing the msiexec. I have only installed the client no other software
>> being deployed yet.
>>
>> Thanks Mike
>>
>>
>>


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