Memory Leak in Lsass.exe in Windows 2000 (258817)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
This article was previously published under Q258817

SYMPTOMS

Lsass.exe may continually take up private bytes on a Windows 2000-based domain controller until the computer is out of resources. In situations in which this problem occurs, all domain controllers in the domain experience the leak.

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 problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 1.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:6/5/2006
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbAppDev kbbug kbfix kbWin2000SP1Fix w2000apps KB258817
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