Lsass.exe Causes an Access Violation (269135)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

This article was previously published under Q269135

SYMPTOMS

Domain controllers in parent and child domains in Windows 2000 may become slow and eventually restart because there is heap damage which forces an access violation in Lsass.exe.

CAUSE

This issue can occur when there is heap damage because there is an invalid pointer allocation.

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

The English-language version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date       Time    Version        Size     File name
   -----------------------------------------------------
   7/21/2000  5:12pm  5.0.2195.2103  906,000  Ntdsa.dll
   7/19/2000  7:08pm  5.0.2195.2103  378,640  Samsrv.dll

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Windows 2000. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	9/23/2005
Keywords:	kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfile kbfix kbWin2000PreSP2Fix KB269135