Microsoft KB Archive/293646

= FIX: Memory Leak When Security Is Enabled on COM+ Component =

Article ID: 293646

Article Last Modified on 7/8/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft COM+ 1.0, when used with:
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q293646



SYMPTOMS
If security is enabled on a COM+ server program, when methods of a component's different instances in the program are repeatedly accessed, the Dllhost.exe process may leak memory (private bytes).



CAUSE
The problem occurs because allocated memory is never released or reused when it is repeatedly being accessed by the COM+ program, causing private bytes to increase.



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 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.

Additional query words:

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbsecurity kbwin2000sp3fix KB293646

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