Article ID: 831409
Article Last Modified on 10/26/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
SYMPTOMS
Your Microsoft Windows 2000-based computer stops responding after the computer runs without interruption for more than one year. If your computer uses a hardware abstraction layer (HAL) that is included with Windows 2000, your computer may stop responding after 497 days. If your computer uses a third-party custom HAL, your computer may stop responding after a longer time.
CAUSE
This problem occurs because the NtGetTickCount function returns a large gap when the KeTickCount function wraps from an address of 0xffffffff to an address of 0x00000001 0x00000000. The tick count produces a large gap because of 64-bit to 32-bit conversions.
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
This hotfix requires Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3) or later.
Restart requirement
You must restart the 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 21-Sep-2003 00:36 5.0.2195.6824 29,712 Mountmgr.sys 05-Dec-2003 18:12 5.0.2195.6880 1,699,264 Ntkrnlmp.exe 05-Dec-2003 18:13 5.0.2195.6880 1,698,560 Ntkrnlpa.exe 05-Dec-2003 18:13 5.0.2195.6880 1,719,360 Ntkrpamp.exe 05-Dec-2003 18:12 5.0.2195.6880 1,676,928 Ntoskrnl.exe
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
REFERENCES
For more information about other problems on systems that run longer than 497 days, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
322913 WM_TIMER messages may stop being delivered to programs in Windows 2000
For more information about how hotfix packages are named, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
816915 New naming schema for Microsoft Windows hotfix packages
824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates
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