Article ID: 271384
Article Last Modified on 2/28/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
This article was previously published under Q271384
SYMPTOMS
Benchmark testing may indicate a minor performance bottleneck in Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), which might potentially use a portion of processor time or generate slightly lower throughput on a TCP/IP connection.
CAUSE
This problem occurs because a method that converts multiple-fragment buffers to a single flat buffer is called, even on one-fragment frames; this causes a minimal performance problem with TCP/IP.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack
The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
Date Time Version Size File name
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9/15/00 8:01PM 5.0.2195.2252 310,384 Tcpip.sys
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Windows 2000.
MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes
Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbfix kbnetwork kbperformance kbqfe kbwin2000presp2fix KB271384
