Microsoft KB Archive/290517

= FIX: RPCSS Stops Responding When You Run a COM+ Application on a Dual Processor Computer =

Article ID: 290517

Article Last Modified on 5/8/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft COM+ 1.0

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This article was previously published under Q290517



SYMPTOMS
When you run a COM+ application on a dual processor computer, the RPCSS layer may stop responding (crash). This problem occurs on a computer that is running Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 or earlier.



CAUSE
Internally, a numeric data type is used within this section of RPCSS code, which is subject to overflow on a dual processor computer.



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



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.

Additional query words: crash crashes

Keywords: kberrmsg kbbug kbfix kbwin2000presp2fix KB290517

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