Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 Fixes for Stress-Induced Issues (266420)

SYMPTOMS

Microsoft testing of Windows 2000 products includes automated tests that specifically stress the operating system beyond its normal limits. This article lists the files that have been changed in Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 (SP1) to correct issues that are not reliably reproducible without these test tools. Customers may also encounter these problems, but it is difficult to be certain.

Windows 2000 SP1 includes fixes of this type in the following binary files:

Aspperf.dll
Cidaemon.exe
Cisvc.exe
Clusres.dll
Cmdial32.dll
Fscfg.dll
Ftpsvc2.dll
Gdi32.dll
Gflags.exe
Inetpp.dll
Idq.dll
Ipnat.sys
Jscript.dll
Nt*krnl*.exe
Ntdll.dll
Ntdsa.dll
Ntfs.sys
Ntkrnlmp.exe
Ntkrpamp.exe
Ntkrnlpa.exe
Ntoskrnl.exe
Ntsdexts.dll
Nwlnkipx.sys
Pageheap.exe
Query.dll
Query.dll
Scsiport.sys
Vga.dll
Wam.dll
Webhits.dll
Win32k.sys

RESOLUTION

Windows 2000 Professional, Server, and Advanced Server

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

For information about obtaining an individual software update, contact Microsoft Product Support Services. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

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.