Microsoft KB Archive/293385

= Pcmcia Driver Problems Occur If a Filter Driver Is Attached =

Article ID: 293385

Article Last Modified on 2/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q293385



SYMPTOMS
Any upper filter that is attached to the Pcmcia driver can cause error code 44 on a blue screen if you disable and then re-enable a PC Card device.



CAUSE
The Pcmcia driver does not handle interrupt request packets (IRPs) correctly when a filter driver is attached.



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

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:   Date         Time     Version         Size     File name --  5/28/2001   09:24p     -             34,756    Ntdetect.com 5/29/2001  09:28a   5.0.2195.3649   58,992    Pci.sys 6/1/2001   03:35p   5.0.2195.3664  109,232    Pcmcia.sys



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.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

Additional query words: kbBaseOS

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbfix kboswin2000fix kbwin2000presp3fix kbwin2000sp3fix KB293385

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