Article ID: 225024
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
This article was previously published under Q225024
SYMPTOMS
The "PING -T" command stops functioning after running continuously for 49.7 days.
CAUSE
This behavior occurs because the ICMPTIMER value does not roll over correctly from 0xffffffff to 0x00000000.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0. 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
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 5.
Additional query words: hang SP5
Keywords: kbprb KB225024
