Err Msg: No More Internal File Identifiers Available

ID: Q172222

The information in this article applies to:

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

SYMPTOMS

When you try to view files on a network share after a few hours of using your Windows NT 4.0-based computer, you may receive the following error message:

No More Internal File Identifiers Available

-or-

You may receive the following event in the system event log:

Event Id: 2009
Source: Srv
Description: The server could not expand a table because the table reached the maximum size.

With the 11th DWORD at 0x28 equal to 0x3e9 (SRV_TABLE_FILE). This indicates that no more file IDs (FIDs) can be allocated to process the various open file server message blocks (SMBs) because of a shortage of available FIDs.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if a third-party program has leaked memory and/or resources.

NOTE: One such program is Acrobat Distiller (Distasst.exe) version 3.0 which is part of Acrobat Exchange.

RESOLUTION

To work around this issue, end the offending task.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the Event 2009 errors, please see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

Q165815 How To Troubleshoot Event ID 2009 Errors

The third-party product discussed in this article is manufactured by a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.

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Keywords : kb3rdparty kberrmsg ntgeneral ntfilesys NTSrvWkst ntui
Version : WinNT:4.00
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbprb