Article ID: 195169
Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft SNA Server 3.0 Service Pack 4
- Microsoft SNA Server 4.0
- Microsoft SNA Server 3.0 Service Pack 2
- Microsoft SNA Server 3.0 Service Pack 3
- Microsoft SNA Server 4.0
- Microsoft SNA Server 4.0 Service Pack 1
This article was previously published under Q195169
SYMPTOMS
NvRunCmd may stop responding (hang) when it receives a certain amount of data.
This was observed when a Type (for example, type c:\Test.txt) was issued, where the file length to be typed was 242 bytes in total.
CAUSE
In certain situations, the NvRunCmd service reads beyond the end of a receive buffer, when it gets data of a certain length.
RESOLUTION
SNA Server 3.0
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for SNA Server version 3.0. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
184307 How to Obtain the Latest SNA Server Version 3.0 Service Pack
SNA Server 4.0
This problem was corrected in the latest SNA Server version 4.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining this Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):
S E R V P A C K
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft SNA Server version 3.0, 3.0 Service Pack 1, 3.0 Service Pack 2, 3.0 Service Pack 3, 4.0, and 4.0 Service Pack 1. This problem was first corrected in SNA Server 3.0 Service Pack 4.
Additional query words: NetView NvRunCmd
Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB195169
