Microsoft KB Archive/268237

= Excessive Thread Handle Leak Causes &quot;Stop 0x0000003b&quot; Error Message =

Article ID: 268237

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft BackOffice Server 4.0, when used with:
 * the hardware: DEC Alpha

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This article was previously published under Q268237



SYMPTOMS
You may receive the following error message on a blue screen on an Alpha-based computer:

STOP 0000003b 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000

SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if the computer runs low on non-paged pool because a service or process is not cleaning up after its terminated threads, causing a handle leak.

Keywords: kb3rdparty kberrmsg kbprb KB268237

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