Applications May Appear Hung or Unresponsive on Windows NT 4.0
Article ID: 185736
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
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition
This article was previously published under Q185736
SYMPTOMS
An application running on Windows NT 4.0 may appear to be in an
unresponsive state, yet no apparent error has occurred.
CAUSE
A multithreaded application may use critical sections for thread
synchronization. Failure by the application to release the critical section
cleanly, or correctly handle a failed release, may result in it retaining a
lock on this section. Windows NT will continue to retain this critical
section lock because it has never been properly informed to release by the
thread owner.
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.
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