EnumServicesStatus() Results in Services.exe Memory Leak

 Last reviewed: August 13, 1997
Article ID: Q152271
3.51 WINDOWS

The information in this article applies to:

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

SYMPTOMS

Applications that repeatedly use the Win 32 call EnumServicesStatus() may result in a memory leak in Services.exe.

CAUSE

Under certain situations a call to EnumServicesStatus() would result in Services.exe setting a heap block pointer to NULL without freeing the block first; the heap pointer that is not freed is the memory leak.

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

KBCategory: kbnetwork
KBSubcategory: nt32app NTSrvWkst
Additional reference words: 3.51 prodnt
Keywords : nt32ap NTSrvWkst kbnetwork
Version : 3.51
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: August 13, 1997
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