LDAP Errors Are Returned Under Combination of Load and Duration (300408)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1

This article was previously published under Q300408

SYMPTOMS

When you are using multiple-threaded programs that have open, outstanding LDAP requests, the client may incorrectly halt an LDAP request on one of the threads and return one of the following status messages:

Error 0x800705b4, which is ERROR_TIMEOUT

Error 0x8007203f, which is ERROR_DS_PARAM_ERROR

Error 0x8007200f, which is ERROR_DS_UNAVAILABLE

CAUSE

This problem is typically associated with the client performing multiple LDAP requests across numerous threads with long durations.

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

   --------------------------------------------------------------
   6/25/2001   04:08p     5.0.2195.3774  123,664    Wldap32.dll

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 kbDirServices kbfix kbWin2000PreSP3Fix kbWin2000sp3fix KB300408