Windows NT 4.0 Tcpip.sys Hotfixes Dated 4/28/99 to 6/4/99 Replaced (243878)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q243878

SYMPTOMS

Hotfixes after Service Pack 5 (SP5) dated June 4, 1999, for the Tcpip.sys driver contain a regression that could cause any of the following problems:
  • A socket recv call returns an incorrect number of bytes and the subsequent call hangs.
  • Windows NT stops with a "Stop 0x0000000A" error message.

CAUSE

The Tcpip.sys driver attempts to free the same spinlock twice.

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

This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6.Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/23/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix kbQFE KB243878
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