WinNT RPC Client May Fail Against DCE Server

ID: Q151714

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51

SYMPTOMS

Your Windows NT client computer fails with Remote Procedure Call (RPC) errors.

CAUSE

An application using context handles in multiple threads against DCE RPC servers may have the context handles time-out, and the connections will close suddenly. Subsequent RPC calls in the application will fail.

RESOLUTION

Use the hotfix mentioned below.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT versions 3.5 and 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

Keywords : NTSrvWkst
Version : 3.50 3.51
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type :