Article ID: 822849
Article Last Modified on 10/26/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
SYMPTOMS
A Microsoft Windows 2000-based domain controller may experience a memory leak in the Wmiw paged pool tag in the kernel mode memory. This symptom occurs if the following conditions are true:
- The domain controller is running a DNS server that is pointed to itself as either the preferred or the alternate DNS server.
- The domain controller is replicating with at least one other domain controller in the domain.
- Windows Management Interface (WMI) event tracing APIs are turned on in the domain controller.
Note All components of Windows 2000 Server mark allocated memory blocks with unique tags. The tags are used for monitoring allocated memory. The Wmiw tag identifies a paged pool buffer that is used for event notification. The leak in the paged pool may be at the rate of one allocation per three hours. The size of the allocation is 4,096 bytes.
RESOLUTION
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.
Prerequisites
No prerequisites are required.
Restart requirement
You must restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.
Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.
File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) 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 ----------------------------------------------------------- 10-Feb-2004 19:47 5.0.2195.6897 30,160 Mountmgr.sys 14-Sep-2004 13:00 5.0.2195.6974 1,704,128 Ntkrnlmp.exe 14-Sep-2004 13:00 5.0.2195.6974 1,703,808 Ntkrnlpa.exe 14-Sep-2004 13:00 5.0.2195.6974 1,725,568 Ntkrpamp.exe 14-Sep-2004 13:00 5.0.2195.6974 1,680,896 Ntoskrnl.exe
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how hotfix packages are named, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
816915 New file naming schema for Microsoft Windows software update packages
For additional information about the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates, 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
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