Article ID: 198478
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
APPLIES TO
- 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 Q198478
SYMPTOMS
WMI will go into an infinite loop when an attempt is made to connect to an
HP-UX 9.x system running DCE. The customer will be unaware of this loop
except that WMI will hang, and that there is constant network traffic
between the systems until the Windows NT system is restarted.
CAUSE
The implementation of RPC used in HP-UX 9.x does not handle connections
correctly. In the endless loop case, the remote server returns
NCA_STATUS_UNK_IF(0x1C010003). HP-UX 9.x's RPC implementation is incorrect.
Specifically they are not byte-swapping the TimeHiAndVersion field of the
Activity UUID. Because of this, MSRPC does not recognize the datagram
reject packet. This has been resolved in HP-UX 10.
RESOLUTION
A supported fix that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft,
but has not been fully regression tested and should be applied only to
systems experiencing this specific problem. If you are not severely
affected by this specific problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for
the next Windows NT service pack that contains this fix.
To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support
Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product
Support Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go
to the following address on the World Wide Web:
The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes
or later:
Date Time Size File Name Platform
-------------------------------------------------------------
12/02/98 01:54p 330,000 Rpcrt4.dll (x86)
12/02/98 01:54p 582,928 Rpcrt4.dll (Alpha)
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0.
Additional query words: 4.00
Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbfix kbqfe KB198478