SFM: Disconnect Macintosh Clients before Dismounting Volume (180718)

SYMPTOMS

Dismounting a Macintosh volume while Macintosh clients are still connected to that volume may result in a stop screen if the administrator immediately attempts to disconnect those sessions through the Users option of the Macfile application in Control Panel.

CAUSE

When the remote client is in the process of disconnecting and the administrator also starts disconnecting, there is an extremely small timing window where this memory may get freed twice.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. 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

For your convenience, the English version of this post-SP3 hotfix has been posted to the following Internet location. However, Microsoft recommends that you install Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 to correct this problem.

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/NT40/hotfixes-postSP3/sfm-fix/

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 4.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: 166571
TITLE : Creating an SFM Volume on Large Partition Causes a Stop 0x24

ARTICLE-ID: 170956
TITLE : SFM Time and Date Stamp Change Copying Between Volumes Locally

ARTICLE-ID: 172511
TITLE : Stop 0x0000000A w/ Services for Macintosh & McAfee Anti-Virus

ARTICLE-ID: 177644
TITLE : Commenting Macintosh File Changes Date and Time Stamp

ARTICLE-ID: 178364
TITLE : Macintosh Clients See Files on WinNT Server Constantly Moving

ARTICLE-ID: 180622
TITLE : STOP:0x0000001E with STATUS_INSUFFICIENT_RESOURCES in Sfmsrv.sys

ARTICLE-ID: 180716
TITLE : SFM Fails to Accept Associations with Two-Character Extensions

ARTICLE-ID: 180717
TITLE : SFM: File Date and Time Stamp Change with Get Info

ARTICLE-ID: 185722
TITLE : SFM Rebuilds Indexes upon Restarting of Windows NT