Proccon Allows You to Use Illegal Characters (293644)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
This article was previously published under Q293644

SYMPTOMS

When a leading wildcard character such as an asterisk (*) is used to define a new Process Alias rule in Process Control, all processes will be matched, even if there is additional string information after the leading asterisk. This may cause the computer to become unstable or even stop responding (hang) because all the processing on the computer will be performed by a single processor even though other processors are available. The field in which this string is matched is titled Match String. You can find more information about this field in the Process Control Help file.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later: 
   Date        Time     Version     Size    File name
   ----------------------------------------------------
   4/19/2001  04:48p   1.0.1.23    417,040 Proccon.dll

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

For additional information about how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

296861 Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes


The error message that is displayed does not explicitly state that an asterisk cannot be used. Instead, it reads as follows:
The name can be up to 63 characters in length but cannot include leading or trailing spaces. Comma(,), double quote(""), and backslash(\) characters are not allowed.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/26/2005
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