Microsoft KB Archive/290701

= Heap Damage in Netdde.exe =

Article ID: 290701

Article Last Modified on 2/22/2007

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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 Q290701



SYMPTOMS
Heap damage can occur in Netdde.exe. When this occurs, there may be an access violation in RtlAllocateHeap and there may be an &quot;eventvwr&quot; message similar to the following message associated with this error:

Unable to add 3e5 to DDE msg queue. Conversation terminated.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because there is a race condition occurring in the NetDDE termination routine.



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    Size     File name ---  10/02/2000  05:56p  115,984  Netdde.exe



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: av

Keywords: kbbug kberrmsg kbfix kbwin2000presp2fix KB290701

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