Article ID: 321771
Article Last Modified on 2/20/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
This article was previously published under Q321771
SYMPTOMS
You may receive the following "Stop 0x00000051 (REGISTRY_ERROR)" error message during a registry operation:
The first two parameters are always the same. The last two parameters vary.
CAUSE
This problem is caused by a race condition on the input user-mode buffer for a registry function call.
RESOLUTION
Service Pack Information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft 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
Hotfix Information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Windows 2000 service pack that contains this hotfix.
To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone 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. The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
Date Time Version Size File name
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06-May-2002 13:12 5.0.2195.5265 42,256 Basesrv.dll
06-May-2002 13:12 5.0.2195.4928 708,880 Kernel32.dll
06-May-2002 13:01 5.0.2195.5740 1,687,424 Ntkrnlmp.exe
06-May-2002 13:03 5.0.2195.5740 1,687,296 Ntkrnlpa.exe
06-May-2002 13:03 5.0.2195.5740 1,707,776 Ntkrpamp.exe
06-May-2002 13:01 5.0.2195.5740 1,665,152 Ntoskrnl.exe
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4.
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