Err Msg: STOP Message in DLC.SYS

 Last reviewed: February 24, 1995
Article ID: Q123447
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.5
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5

SYMPTOMS

When your computer system running the DLC protocol is operating under stress, a STOP Message may occur.

CAUSE

On a heavily-used system, an attempt to allocate a packet from non-paged pool fails. During the failure handling process, an incorrect deallocation referencing a null pointer is performed.

RESOLUTION

DLC.SYS has been corrected. The memory allocation failure is handled and deallocation is performed correctly.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT Workstation and Windows NT Server version 3.5. This problem was corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT version 3.5. 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

KBCategory: kbnetwork kberrmsg kbbug3.50 kbfix3.50.sp2
KBSubcategory: ntprotocol ntstop
Additional reference words: prodnt 3.50

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Last reviewed: February 24, 1995
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