Problem in Client Program May Cause a Server Thread to Wait Forever in the RPC Pipe Model (293829)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1

This article was previously published under Q293829

SYMPTOMS

In the RPC pipe model, when a problem occurs in a client program, the server thread that is performing the push and pull operations may not recognize that a problem has occurred. If client program quits because of an error, the server thread may wait forever. Each time you run the client program, the thread count on the server is increased by one.

CAUSE

This problem may occur because a server pipe thread is not waking up after the client has stopped working and quit.

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
   -------------------------------------------------------
   6/27/2001   12:15a   5.0.2195.3761   940,304   Ole32.dll
   6/27/2001   12:15a   5.0.2195.3784   427,280   Rpcrt4.dll
   6/27/2001   12:15a   5.0.2195.3761   185,104   Rpcss.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

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	9/26/2005
Keywords:	kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix kbnetwork kbWin2000PreSP3Fix kbWin2000sp3fix KB293829