DNS Admin Fails When Managing Large Number of Zones

• Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
• Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0, Terminal Server Edition

SYMPTOMS

When the Domain Name Service (DNS) Admin tool is used to configure DNS for a large number of DNS zones (over 1,000), you may experience one of the following:

• The following Dr. Watson error:

  The application, dnsadmin.exe/DNSadmin.dpg, generated an application error. It occurred on MM/DD. The exception generated was C00000005 at address XXXXXXXX (RTL destroy heap).

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• DNS Manager may hang or stop responding. When you select a zone name and then click Properties from the context menu the Properties dialog box does not open and the cursor remains an hourglass. You may also notice that the available system memory steadily decreases.
  
  A Performance Monitor log of your system shows that the private bytes counter, associated with the Dnsadmin.exe process, increases dramatically as available system memory dramatically decreases.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 4.

Additional query words: prodnt gui ui limit limitation ntdns lock spin freeze loss loose lose resources

Keywords : NT4SP4Fix kbbug4.00 nttcp kbfix4.00.sp4 NTSrv
Version : WinNT:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug