Smart Card Certificate Propagation May Delay the Log Off Procedure (265087)

The information in this article applies to:

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

This article was previously published under Q265087

SYMPTOMS

When you try to log off of a workstation that has smart card installed, there may be up to a one minute delay.

CAUSE

This delay can occur if you log on to a workstation, lock the workstation and let a screen saver run for a few minutes, unlock the workstation, and then try to log off.

The delay occurs in the Winlogon process.

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-language version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date        Time    Version        Size    File name
   -------------------------------------------------------
   07/03/2000  03:13p  5.0.2195.2098  53,520  Wlnotify.dll

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, disable smart card certificate propagation.

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 2.

MORE INFORMATION

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:	9/23/2005
Keywords:	kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfile kbfix kbWin2000PreSP2Fix KB265087