FIX: Access Violation When COM+ Shared Property Manager Is Under Stress (282845)

SYMPTOMS

A component that uses the COM+ Shared Property Manager (SPM) extensively may generate the following error message when under stress:

COM+ Internal Error. Please contact Microsoft Product Support Services to report this error.

Assertion Failure: hr == S_OK
Server Application ID: {guid}
Server Application Name: "COM+ application name"
The serious nature of this error has caused the process to terminate. COM+ Services Internals Information:
File: .\spgobj.cpp, Line: 268

This problem only occurs on a computer that has multiple processors and is running Microsoft Windows 2000.

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

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.