Microsoft KB Archive/320232

= Access Violation in Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator When You Begin New Transaction =

Article ID: 320232

Article Last Modified on 6/5/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft COM+ 1.0, when used with:
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q320232



SYMPTOMS
When the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC) proxy dispenses a new connection for the BeginTransaction operation, you may receive an access violation. The following entries appear at the top of the call stack:

MSDTCPRX!CImpIConnectionDispenser__RequestConnectionInternal+0x1a MSDTCPRX!CImpIConnectionDispenser__RequestConnection+0x3e MSDTCPRX!CITransaction__InitForBegin+0xa2 MSDTCPRX!CITransactionDispenser__BeginTransaction+0x9d



CAUSE
This problem occurs because the MS DTC proxy performs an extra release on a name object when multiple threads compete to create a new MS DTC session.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft COM+ Hotfix Rollup 17. For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

311158 INFO: Availability of Windows 2000 Post-Service Pack 2 COM+ Hotfix Rollup Package 17

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



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

Additional query words: kbIISCom kbWin2000preSP3COMRollup17Fix

Keywords: kbbug kbdtc kbfix kbwin2000presp3fix kbwin2000sp3fix KB320232

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