Microsoft KB Archive/160583

= Windows NT 4.0 with More Than 4 Processors May Stall & Reboot =

Article ID: 160583

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q160583



SYMPTOMS
Windows NT Server 4.0 with more than 4 processors may stall and reboot after running for several hours.



CAUSE
The algorithm to determine the number of processors for licensing calculates the number of processors incorrectly, resulting in a license violation.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Windows NT 4.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodnt hung hang multi ntmp

Keywords: kbenv KB160583

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