SMS Software Inventory Fails to Find Office 95 or Word 95

• Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 1.0, 1.1, and 1.2
• Microsoft Office for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

Software inventory does not find Microsoft Office version 7.0 or Microsoft Word version 7.0 installations when you use the .PDF file included on the CD-ROM.

CAUSE

Software inventory does not find Microsoft Office installation because the TIME setting in the OFF95STD.PDF file does not match the "STF_TIME" = "0" setting in the OFF95STD.INF file.

Software inventory does not find Microsoft Word installation because the WRD95.PDF file on the Word for Windows 95 CD-ROM contains FILE = WORD.EXE instead of FILE = WINWORD.EXE.

RESOLUTION

To correct this problem for Microsoft Office:

1. Use a text editor such as Notepad to edit the OFF95STD.PDF text file.

2. Change TIME=12, 00 to TIME=00, 00.

1. Use a text editor such as Notepad to edit the WRD95.PDF text file.

2. Change FILE = WORD.EXE to FILE = WINWORD.EXE.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Office for Windows 95, version 7.0 and Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.