CAUSE
If a package property is changed for a shared network application, the
network applications database (NAD) timestamp for that shared network
application is updated as well.
When Program Group Control (PGC) runs on the client, it resets the package
status in the client registry from "Status=Success" to "Status=Configure."
This forces the application to run the one-time installation again.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server
versions 1.0, 1.1, and 1.2. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft
Systems Management Server 1.2 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining
the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base
(without the spaces):
MORE INFORMATION
The package property may have been updated by the administrator, or it may
have been updated as the result of a NAD update triggered by a Systems
Management Server utility (the ones provided in the Support or PSSTools
directories of the Systems Management Server compact disc).
Minimizing changes to the packages reduces the frequency of having to
reinstall any shared network applications.