Your Windows 2000-based computer may stop unexpectedly and you receive a STOP: 0x00000050 error message (843528)

CAUSE

This problem may occur if you have installed the hotfix that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

329826 Extending NTFS volume fails but appears to be successful

After the Ntfs.sys file is replaced by the 329826 hotfix, a nonpaged pool memory leak in the memory descriptor list (MDL) tag may occur. This leak occurs because the cleanup code that is included in the 329826 hotfix does not clean up the MDL.

RESOLUTION

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

Prerequisites

To install this hotfix, you must have Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3) or Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4) installed on your computer.

Restart requirement

You must restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix replaces the 329826 hotfix.

File information

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

  Date         Time   Version        Size     File name
  -----------------------------------------------------
  18-Jun-2004  17:50  5.0.2195.6942  513,104  Ntfs.sys

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how hotfix packages are named, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

816915 New file naming schema for Microsoft Windows software update packages

For additional information about the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates