Article ID: 184072
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition
This article was previously published under Q184072
SYMPTOMS
After an application (such as Microsoft SQL Server) issues asynchronous I/O to the hard disk, HasOverlappedIoCompleted returns TRUE and GetOverlappedResult() returns 0 bytes transferred.
NOTE: After a few microseconds, GetOverlappedResult() returns the correct value.
CAUSE
This problem has primarily been observed on symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) computers, where I/O completion updates fields in the OVERLAPPED structure in the wrong order.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. 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 Windows NT 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 4.
Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbfix KB184072
