Article ID: 247240
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 5
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 5
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a
This article was previously published under Q247240
SYMPTOMS
In a high-stress environment, you may receive a "Stop 0x1e in Win32k.sys" error message with the following call stack:
kd>!kv
ChildEBP RetAddr Args to Child
fb172dd8 a01178ca e1d54f48 00000467 a01934d4 win32k!HMMarkObjectDestroy+0x18
fb172dec a0075bdc e1d54f48 e1ae0848 a00392b4 win32k!FreeDdeConv+0xc6
fb172df8 a00392b4 a01934d4 e1ae08e8 e1ae0848 win32k!HMDestroyUnlockedObject_162+0x7
fb172e0c a0039448 fb172e38 80628d10 00000000 win32k!DestroyThreadsObjects+0x8f
fb172e24 a0038258 80628d10 00000001 a003830a win32k!xxxDestroyThreadInfo+0xbd
fb172e38 a00381ed e1ae0848 00000001 e1ae0848 win32k!UserThreadCallout+0x58
fb172e4c 80196993 e1ae0848 00000001 8061b970 win32k!W32pThreadCallout+0x1d
fb172ed0 8019652c 00000000 fb172f04 0012fe64 ntoskrnl!PspExitThread+0x24f
fb172ef4 8013dc14 ffffffff 00000000 00000000 ntoskrnl!NtTerminateProcess+0x13c
fb172ef4 77f681bf ffffffff 00000000 00000000 ntoskrnl!KiSystemService+0xc4
0012ff1c 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ntdll!NtTerminateProcess+0xb
CAUSE
This error occurs if the Window property is deleted while the pointer to the property list is set to Null. This behavior occurs only in a high-stress environment.
RESOLUTION
A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to computers that are experiencing this specific problem.
To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
NOTE: In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.
The English-language version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
Date Time Size File name Platform
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11/02/1999 1:56 pm 1,250,896 Win32k.sys x86
11/02/1999 1:55 pm 2,049,904 Win32k.sys Alpha
10/18/1999 6:54 pm 166,110 Gdi32.dll x86
10/18/1999 6:52 pm 307,984 Gdi32.dll Alpha
10/18/1999 6:54 pm 335,120 User32.dll x86
10/18/1999 6:52 pm 577,296 User32.dll Alpha
10/25/1999 4:14 pm 175,376 Winsrv.dll x86
10/25/1999 4:13 pm 314,128 Winsrv.dll Alpha
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
Additional query words: Rockwell VB application DDE bugcheck
Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe kbhotfixserver KB247240
