Microsoft KB Archive/834287

= Your Windows 2000-based computer randomly restarts or stops responding with a STOP 0x50 error =

Article ID: 834287

Article Last Modified on 10/26/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

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SYMPTOMS
Your Microsoft Windows 2000-based computer may randomly restart or stop responding, and then you may receive an error message that is similar to the following:

STOP 0x00000050 PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA



CAUSE
This problem may occur when a buffer that is sent to the RtlInitUnicodeString function during the logoff process does not contain a NULL termination. In this scenario, an access violation occurs on the Windows 2000-based computer, and this may generate the error that is described in the &quot;Symptoms&quot; section.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.Microsoft is researching this problem and will post more information in this article when the information becomes available.

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