Microsoft KB Archive/897659

= Applications that use COM+ may not work correctly and Event ID 4230 is logged on a Windows 2000-based computer =

Article ID: 897659

Article Last Modified on 12/22/2006

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APPLIES TO

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

 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

 Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server 

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SYMPTOMS
When you run an application that uses COM+ on a Microsoft Windows 2000-based computer, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms:
 * The application stops responding.
 * The application closes unexpectedly.
 * You receive application-specific errors.

Note You may experience other symptoms. The symptoms may vary depending on the different applications that you use.

In addition, an event that resembles the following is logged in the Application log: Event Type: Error

Event Source: COM+

Event Category: TM

Event ID: 4230

Date:

Time:

User: N/A

Computer:

Description:

hr == S_OK

Server Application ID:

Server Application Name:

The serious nature of this error has caused the process to terminate.

Error Code = 0x8000ffff : Catastrophic failure

COM+ Services Internals Information:

File: .\assoc.cpp, Line: 528.

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CAUSE
This problem occurs because COM+ handles marshaling failures incorrectly.

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How to obtain the hotfix
This issue is fixed in the Windows 2000 Server COM+ 1.0 Hotfix Package 34. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

897697 Availability of Windows 2000 Post-Service Pack 4 COM+ 1.0 Hotfix Rollup Package 34

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

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MORE INFORMATION
For more 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 more information, 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

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbfix kbbug kbwin2000presp5fix kbpubtypekc KB897659

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