Spooler Rollup Fix to Address Memory Leaks (225095)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP4
This article was previously published under Q225095

SYMPTOMS

The spooler service may leak private bytes and handles.

CAUSE

This rollup fix was backported from fixes made in the Windows NT 4.0 version. For additional information about Win32spl.dll, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

224345 Spooler Service May Leak Private Bytes Attempting to Close a Remote Printer

For additional information about Lprmon.dll, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

223791 Spooler Service LPR Monitor Leaks Memory With Each Event 2004 Error

For additional information about Localspl.dll, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

223863 Spooler Service May Leak Memory Attempting to Close Print Processor

RESOLUTION

Service pack information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0. 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

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Windows NT 4.0. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a.

MORE INFORMATION

The following article refers to an RPC hotfix that is not specific to the Spooler service, but should should also be considered.

225094 RPC Named Pipe Server Application Encounters Invalid Handle Exceptions

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/23/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix kbQFE KB225095
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