Microsoft KB Archive/265087

= Smart Card Certificate Propagation May Delay the Log Off Procedure =

Article ID: 265087

Article Last Modified on 2/24/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q265087



SYMPTOMS
When you try to log off of a workstation that has smart card installed, there may be up to a one minute delay.



CAUSE
This delay can occur if you log on to a workstation, lock the workstation and let a screen saver run for a few minutes, unlock the workstation, and then try to log off.

The delay occurs in the Winlogon process.



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-language version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:   Date        Time    Version        Size    File name ---  07/03/2000  03:13p  5.0.2195.2098  53,520  Wlnotify.dll



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, disable smart card certificate propagation.



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 2.



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

Additional query words: wlnotify

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbfile kbfix kbwin2000presp2fix KB265087

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