Article ID: 170034
Article Last Modified on 9/30/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q170034
SYMPTOMS
A multiprocessor computer running Windows NT Server with Microsoft Exchange 4.0 Internet Mail Connector (IMC) service may give a bluescreen with the following error:
NOTE: The parameters in parenthesis will be the same.
CAUSE
Msexcimc.exe attempts to acquire a spin lock on a handle that has already been de-referenced. The first parameter in parenthesis is a flag from Object Manager indicating the object was de- referenced.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT versions 3.51 and 4.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
WORKAROUND
Although a fix is not yet available, you can work around this problem by upgrading to Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.0.
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