Applications May Appear Hung or Unresponsive on Windows NT 4.0 (185736)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Terminal Server Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition 4.0
This article was previously published under Q185736 SYMPTOMS
An application running on Windows NT 4.0 may appear to be in an
unresponsive state, yet no apparent error has occurred.
CAUSE
A multithreaded application may use critical sections for thread
synchronization. Failure by the application to release the critical section
cleanly, or correctly handle a failed release, may result in it retaining a
lock on this section. Windows NT will continue to retain this critical
section lock because it has never been properly informed to release by the
thread owner.
RESOLUTIONTo resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 4.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 9/23/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix kbQFE KB185736 |
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