Microsoft KB Archive/910907

= You may receive error messages when you run a 32-bit program on a 64-bit Windows Server 2003-based computer =

Article ID: 910907

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition for Itanium-Based Systems
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based Systems
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter x64 Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (32-bit x86)
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition

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SYMPTOMS
When you run a 32-bit program on a 64-bit Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer, you may receive one of the following error messages:

Exception Details: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: The transaction has already been implicitly or explicitly committed or aborted

Exception Details: Communication with the underlying transaction manager has failed. (System. Transactions)

Exception Details: Unhandled Exception: System.InvalidOperationException: The Promote method returned an invalid value for the distributed transaction.

Exception Details: COM+ was unable to talk to the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8004E00F)



CAUSE
This problem occurs if a lightweight remote procedure call (LRPC) association contains an incorrect Service Principal Name (SPN) in its authentication information structure because of the Winspool.drv file. Therefore, the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC) service cannot be initialized. An example of this is when a process uses the printing functionality and COM+.



Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

889100 How to obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003

Prerequisites
No prerequisites are required.

Restart requirement
You must restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

Windows Server 2003, x86-based versions


STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section. This problem was first corrected in Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2.



MORE INFORMATION
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: kbbug kbfix kbqfe kbpubtypekc kbhotfixserver kbwinserv2003presp2fix kbwinserv2003sp2fix KB910907

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