A Windows 2000-based computer that is running COM or COM+ may stop responding when any client computers are running Windows 95 or Windows 98 (321745)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft COM+ 1.0
  • Microsoft Windows 98
  • Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
This article was previously published under Q321745

SYMPTOMS

Microsoft Windows 2000-based computers that are running Microsoft COM+ or Microsoft COM server-side applications may stop responding to any remote procedure call (RPC) request if any client computers are running Microsoft Windows 98.

CAUSE

A bug in DCOM 1.3 on Windows 98-based computers can cause Windows 2000 Server to stop responding to any RPC requests. RPC threads on the Windows 2000 Server computer that try to contact the Windows 98 client computer are indefinitely blocked, and the RPC threads cannot handle any more RPC client requests.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this bug, you must install a hotfix on all Windows 98 client machines. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

315575 DCOM Program Hangs After Server Reboot Creating DCOM Object

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section of this article.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:12/21/2004
Keywords:kbfix kbBug KB321745 kbAudDeveloper
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