STOP 0x00000079 After Applying Windows NT 4.0 Post-SP2 KRNL Fix
Article ID: 162804
Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q162804
SYMPTOMS
On a multiprocessor system, after you apply the Windows NT 4.0 Post-SP2
(Service Pack 2) KRNL-FIX (Krnl40x.exe, where x is the processor type) the
system will display a STOP error message:
STOP: 0x00000079 (0x00000002 0x00000002 0x00000000 0x00000000)
CAUSE
This error is a mismatched HAL STOP error message. It is caused by applying
the single processor Ntoskrnl.exe, rather than using the Ntkrnlmp.exe file,
which needs to be renamed to Ntoskrnl.exe before the fix is applied.
The README file from the fix includes this information:
Note: If the target computer is a multiprocessor system, then perform
the following command in order to replace the uniprocessor version of
the kernel with the multiprocessor version. This step must not be done
if the target computer is a uniprocessor system.
Copy NTKRNLMP.EXE NTOSKRNL.EXE
To install this hotfix, put the new Ntoskrnl.exe, hotfix.exe, and
hotfix.ini in the same (temporary) directory, and then type:
hotfix /install
After installation, type hotfix to verify that it was installed
correctly, then perform a reboot the system.
RESOLUTION
To correct this problem, do one of the following:
- If Windows NT is installed on a FAT partition, replace Ntoskrnl.exe in
the %SystemRoot%\System32 directory with the Ntkrnlmp.exe from the
Post-SP2 KRNL-FIX. In the %SystemRoot%\System32 directory, rename
Ntkrnlmp.exe to Ntoskrnl.exe.
Reboot the computer and restart Windows NT.
-OR-
- Use the following KB article to modify your ERD diskette to replace the
Single processor kernel with the Muliprocessor kernel.
ARTICLE ID: 164471
TITLED : Replacing System Files Using a Modified Emergency Repair Disk
- If Windows NT is installed on an NTFS partition, re-install Windows NT
to a separate directory (parallel installation). Boot into this new
installation. Go to the original Windows NT %SystemRoot%\System32
directory and replace Ntoskrnl.exe with the Ntkrnlmp.exe from the Post-
SP2 KRNL-FIX. In the %SystemRoot%\System32 directory, rename
Ntkrnlmp.exe to Ntoskrnl.exe.
Reboot the computer and restart Windows NT, starting into the original
version of Windows NT. If the original version now starts properly, the
"parallel installation" can be deleted. This can be done using Explorer,
File Manager or My Computer.
WARNING: Use caution when deleting operating system subdirectories or
modifying the Boot.ini.
Delete ONLY the Windows NT directory that was created for the parallel
installation; do NOT delete the original installation.
In addition, the Boot.ini can be modified to remove references to this
now non-existent version of Windows NT. If the parallel installation was
installed to a directory called Winnt.bak, delete only those lines in
Boot.ini that have Winnt.bak. Also, make sure that the "DEFAULT=" entry
is directed back to the ARC path and directory for the original
installation of Windows NT.
For additional information on the Boot.ini file, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: 102873
TITLE : BOOT.INI and ARC Path Naming Conventions and Usage
Additional query words: 0x79 SP2 hotfix
Keywords: KB162804