FIX: Memory Leak in Remote Procedure Call Server Service (RPCSS) (325748)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2

This article was previously published under Q325748

SYMPTOMS

The Svchost.exe that hosts Remote Procedure Call Server Service (RPCSS) may leak memory. This behavior appears in Performance Monitor (PerfMon) as an increase in the private bytes counter.

CAUSE

A COM call, GetProcessInfo, does not free an array that was allocated from the heap.

RESOLUTION

Service Pack Information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft 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

Hotfix Information

To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft COM+ Rollup Hotfix 22. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

328924 INFO: Availability of Windows 2000 Post-Service Pack 3 COM+ Hotfix Rollup Package 22

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 Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4.

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 restart, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	6/5/2003
Keywords:	kbWin2kSP4fix kbbug kbfix kbWin2000PreSP3Fix KB325748 kbAudDeveloper