RasEnumEntries Return Incorrect Number of Phonebook Entries

• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
• Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

The Win32 API, RasEnumEntries() may return an incorrect number of phonebook entries.

CAUSE

One of the parameters returned in RasEnumEntries() is the number of entries for the specified phonebook. When one or more processes, or threads within the same process are executing and concurrently calling other Remote Access APIs that update the specified phonebook, they may temporarily block RasEnumEntries from reading the complete phonebook.

RESOLUTION

Obtain the hotfix mentioned below.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 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 Remote Access RAS

Keywords : kbnetwork ntras kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00 kbAPI kbRAS kbSDKPlatform kbbug4.00.sp3 kbfix4.00.sp2 NTSrvWkst kbGrpNet
Version : 4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug