Fax Driver Causes Problems with the Spooler Service (319038)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2

This article was previously published under Q319038

SYMPTOMS

The Spooler service may generate an access violation error message because of the Faxui.dll file. Note that this symptom is more likely to occur on a computer that is running Terminal Services and Metaframe.

CAUSE

This problem may occur if your printer name is long but is not being properly handled. This may cause a buffer overrun.

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
   ------------------------------------------------
   21-Mar-2002  12:30  0.3.0.0   15,120  Faxdrv.dll
   21-Mar-2002  12:30  0.2.0.0  138,000  Faxui.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 obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

For additional information about how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

296861 Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot


Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/27/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbenv kberrmsg kbfix kbprint kbWin2000PreSP3Fix kbWin2000sp3fix KB319038