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CLOCK Hangs and Consumes 90% CPU When Set to Digital Display

Article ID: 163936

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 Q163936

SYMPTOMS

Clock.exe may cause the computer to stop responding (hang) and then consume 90 percent of the CPU time when set to Digital Display under specific circumstances.

CAUSE

The array for the New Title was too small to hold the contents of the Short Date Format of dddd/MMMM DD/yyyy.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, use a different Short Date style that is not as long.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Windows NT 4.0.

Additional query words: dhcp 4.00

Keywords: kbbug kbnetwork kbnofix KB163936