Restarting Cluster Service Causes Services.exe to Crash (185051)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Terminal Server Edition
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition 4.0
  • Microsoft Cluster Server

This article was previously published under Q185051

SYMPTOMS

If the cluster service on one or more nodes of a cluster environment is stopped and restarted quickly, events may be written to the event log of one or more nodes. If enough entries are written to the event log to fill them up, Services.exe on that node may crash.

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


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.

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:1/5/2006
Keywords:kbbug kbfix KB185051