Pcmcia Driver Problems Occur If a Filter Driver Is Attached (293385)

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 Q293385

SYMPTOMS

Any upper filter that is attached to the Pcmcia driver can cause error code 44 on a blue screen if you disable and then re-enable a PC Card device.

CAUSE

The Pcmcia driver does not handle interrupt request packets (IRPs) correctly when a filter driver is attached.

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 version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date         Time     Version         Size     File name
   ----------------------------------------------------------
   5/28/2001   09:24p     -             34,756    Ntdetect.com
   5/29/2001   09:28a   5.0.2195.3649   58,992    Pci.sys
   6/1/2001    03:35p   5.0.2195.3664  109,232    Pcmcia.sys

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 3.

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:	9/26/2005
Keywords:	kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix kbOSWin2000fix kbWin2000PreSP3Fix kbWin2000sp3fix KB293385