Microsoft KB Archive/157077

= Netstat Slow to List Large Numbers of Connections =

Article ID: 157077

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q157077



SYMPTOMS
When there are a large number (hundreds or thousands) of TCP connections to a computer running Windows NT, the netstat command takes a long time to return the list. The actual time varies on each computer.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodnt

Keywords: kbbug kbnetwork KB157077

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