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SYMPTOMS
When starting the Browser Service, your computer may appear to stop
responding (hang) and the following error message may occur:
When you attempt to stop the Browser Service using the Services utility in Control Panel, the Stop button may be unavailable. CAUSEThis problem is caused by a race condition in the startup code in the browser. The Browser service has two tasks trying to report status to the Service Control Manager. The result is that the status of the Browser service gets set to an incorrect value. RESOLUTIONTo 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 STATUSMicrosoft 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.
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