Microsoft KB Archive/183699

= Winsdmp.exe Inefficiently Dumps WINS Databases with Large ID =

Article ID: 183699

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition

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This article was previously published under Q183699



SYMPTOMS
Winsdmp.exe performance is not acceptable when trying to dump the WINS database of a WINS server with large version ID. An example of a large version ID would look like the following:

Hex: 0x1d88100000000

Converting the value to decimal would be:

5.195235390915e+14

Winsdmp.exe would start counting in intervals of hexadecimal 0x7cf or 1999 decimal. Even when dumping at these intervals, it would take years to reach the high version ID listed above.



CAUSE
Winsdmp.exe was designed to start from record 0 and serially count up until the highest version ID was reached.



RESOLUTION
A supported fix that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft, but has not been fully regression-tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following address on the World Wide Web:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0.



MORE INFORMATION
This fix now seeks to cells that actually have records instead of serially starting from record 0.

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbfix KB183699

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