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NetBT (tag=Nbt8) Corrupts Pool with WinNT 4.0 SP2 Installed

Article ID: 163883

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q163883

SYMPTOMS

A computer running Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 2 installed, will crash if the NetBT component receives six or more IP addresses from the WINS Server during the name resolution process.

The following STOP error message appears on the computer that is running Windows NT:

STOP 0x0000000A (0x00000000,0x00000002,0x00000000,0x8010a607)

NOTE: The first and fourth parameters may vary depending on you system configuration.

CAUSE

NetBT doesn't allocate enough memory to hold all the IP address that the WINS Server is returning.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: 0xa netbt tcp

Keywords: kbbug kbnetwork KB163883