LSASS May Use a Large Amount of Memory on a Domain Controller
Article ID: 174205
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q174205
SYMPTOMS
When a large number of trusted users and groups are imported to local
groups within a resource domain, memory usage by Lsass.exe may be
excessive, possibly causing system performance degradation. Memory usage
for a process can be seen using Perfmon.exe.
CAUSE
The problem occurs when the Netlogon service is starting and fails to
deallocate memory needed to process the imported accounts.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 4.
Additional query words: 4.00 lsass leak
Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbfix KB174205