Microsoft KB Archive/296815

= Snmp.exe Leaks Memory When Querying Printer Objects in Lmmib2.mib If Spooler Is Stopped =

Article ID: 296815

Article Last Modified on 2/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2

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This article was previously published under Q296815



SYMPTOMS
When you are querying printer-related objects in Lmmib2.mib with the Spooler service stopped, Snmp.exe may leak large amounts of memory.



CAUSE
This issue occurs because the agent DLL allocates memory for the query even though the initial printer function that is called returns an error.



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 version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:   Date         Time     Version         Size    File name --  4/24/2001    07:24p   5.0.2195.3545   29,968  Lmmib2.dll



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, avoid querying SNMP data for printing while the service is stopped. You can also restart the SNMP service if you notice high memory usage.



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

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

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