Microsoft KB Archive/186345

= STOP 0x00000044 When Running Wait.Exe =

Article ID: 186345

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

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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 Q186345



SYMPTOMS
Running several instances of Wait.exe from the Windows NT Resource Kit may cause a blue screen error message in Beep.sys with following STOP error message:

0x00000044 (0x80c52ba8)



CAUSE
Beep.sys is not multiprocessor safe.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

To work around this problem, do not run several instances of Wait.exe, or, instead, use Sleep.exe.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 4.

Additional query words: multi-processor

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB186345

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