Windows NT Runs Out of Memory Accessing Many OLE Servers

Last reviewed: March 21, 1997
Article ID: Q136623

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.51

SYMPTOMS

If your application, running on Windows NT, uses many in-proc OLE servers, Windows NT runs out of resources (memory).

CAUSE

The Win32 OLE API, CoFreeUnusedLibraries, does not functioning properly.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.51. This problem was corrected in the latest Windows NT 3.51 U.S. Service Pack. 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

Additional query words: prodnt control library
Keywords : kbbug3.51 kbfix3.51.sp2 nt16ap nt32ap kbole
Version : 3.51
Platform : WinNT

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Last reviewed: March 21, 1997
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