Article ID: 828748
Article Last Modified on 8/28/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft COM+ 1.0, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
SUMMARY
This article lists the Microsoft COM+ bugs that are fixed in the Microsoft Windows 2000 Post-Service Pack 4 (SP4) COM+ 1.0 Rollup Package 28. Each package contains all the fixes that were released in the previous Windows 2000 COM+ 1.0 rollup packages.
Issues that are fixed in the hotfix package
The following issues are fixed in this hotfix package:
829211 MiniJIT allows just-in-time activated COM+ components to join the context of caller
828743 FIX: You receive an access violation when you try to queue work on a thread that has exited
829212 A memory leak occurs in COM+ when you try to marshal user-defined types from one thread to another
829202 The IRunningObjectTable::EnumRunning method returns a null IEnumMoniker variable
829201 The Dllhost.exe process crashes if you pass by value a user-defined type that contains a BSTR type
829181 The Component Services MMC snap-in may crash when it tries to import COM+ components that are already registered
829180 A race condition in the COM+ Event System can cause the detection of a corrupted IEventSubscription object
829179 The Microsoft Distributed Transaction Service crashes when DTS is used to transfer data between SQL Server and Oracle Database
829178 Microsoft Distributed Transaction Service crash can cause the loss of COM+ Queued Component messages
829159 FIX: The Mtxoci.dll module of the MSDTC XA Transaction Manager may leak threads
The following issues were also fixed in this hotfix package but were not previously documented in Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:
- Msdtcprx.dll leaks a lock in the session list and causes Msdtc.exe to stop responding (hang).
- Mtxoci.dll blocks new transactions in the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Service (MSDTC) because Mtxoci.dll waiting on an abort request.
To enable this hotfix, you must manually enter the QueueOciWork registry entry. To do this, following these steps:- Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
- Locate and then click the following subkey in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\MSDTC - On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
- Type QueueOciWork, and then press ENTER.
- On the Edit menu, click Modify.
- Click Decimal, type 1 in the Value data box, and then click OK.
- Queued Components (QCs) cannot process messages.
- Comsvcs.dll causes a Microsoft Visual Basic .NET console application to stop responding (hang).
- A race condition causes COM Load Balancing to activate an object on the wrong server.
- The CTransactionVoter class incorrectly ignores a Transaction Abort notification.
- In-doubt transactions are not correctly removed from the in-doubt transactions list.
MORE INFORMATION
Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.
To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone 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.
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Prerequisites
To install this hotfix, you must have Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4) or later installed on your computer.
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Restart information
You must restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.
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Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix is not replaced by any later hotfix.
Resolutions for problems that are fixed in the Windows 2000 COM+ 1.0 rollup packages are cumulative. The following Microsoft Knowledge Base article contains a list of the problems that are fixed in the previous rollup package:
822618 INFO: Availability of Windows 2000 Post-Service Pack 4 COM+ Hotfix Rollup Package 27
Registry information
You do not have to create or to modify any registry keys to open any hotfixes that are contained in this package.
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Hotfix file information
This hotfix contains only those files that you must have to correct the issues that this article lists. This hotfix may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build.
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.
Date Time Version Size File name ------------------------------------------------------------ 26-Jan-2004 18:21 2000.2.3510.0 169,232 Catsrv.dll 26-Jan-2004 18:21 2000.2.3510.0 595,728 Catsrvut.dll 26-Jan-2004 18:21 2000.2.3510.0 96,528 Clbcatex.dll 26-Jan-2004 18:21 2000.2.3510.0 552,720 Clbcatq.dll 26-Jan-2004 18:21 2000.2.3510.0 41,744 Colbact.dll 26-Jan-2004 18:21 2000.2.3510.0 198,416 Comadmin.dll 26-Jan-2004 18:21 2000.2.3510.0 97,552 Comrepl.dll 26-Jan-2004 18:21 2000.2.3421.351 342,288 Comsetup.dll 26-Jan-2004 18:21 2000.2.3510.0 1,467,664 Comsvcs.dll 26-Jan-2004 18:21 2000.2.3510.0 625,936 Comuid.dll 23-Jan-2004 00:04 2000.2.3510.0 1,812,968 Dtcsetup.exe 26-Jan-2004 18:21 2000.2.3510.0 239,888 Es.dll 26-Jan-2004 18:21 2000.2.3510.0 96,016 Msdtclog.dll 26-Jan-2004 18:21 2000.2.3510.0 716,560 Msdtcprx.dll 26-Jan-2004 18:21 2000.2.3510.0 1,139,984 Msdtctm.dll 26-Jan-2004 18:21 2000.2.3510.0 153,872 Msdtcui.dll 23-Jan-2004 00:20 2000.2.3510.0 155,408 Mtstocom.exe 26-Jan-2004 18:21 2000.2.3510.0 52,496 Mtxclu.dll 26-Jan-2004 18:21 2000.2.3510.0 26,896 Mtxdm.dll 26-Jan-2004 18:21 2000.2.3510.0 35,600 Mtxlegih.dll 26-Jan-2004 18:21 2000.2.3510.0 120,592 Mtxoci.dll 26-Jan-2004 18:21 5.0.2195.6892 953,616 Ole32.dll 26-Jan-2004 18:21 5.0.2195.6890 435,472 Rpcrt4.dll 26-Jan-2004 18:21 5.0.2195.6892 211,216 Rpcss.dll 26-Jan-2004 18:21 2000.2.3510.0 398,608 Txfaux.dll 26-Jan-2004 18:21 2000.2.3510.0 18,704 Xolehlp.dll
REFERENCES
For additional information about the terminology that Microsoft uses when it corrects software after it is released, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates
828741 MS04-012: Cumulative Update for Microsoft RPC/DCOM
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