STOP 0x0000000A on SMP Computers

ID: Q192765

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

A Windows NT Server may show a blue screen STOP error with the following message:

STOP 0x0000000A (0xBAD0B0E4, 0x00000002, 0x00000001, 0x800032EA)

NOTE: The first parameter in parentheses is always the same. The fourth parameter address falls within the Hal.dll.

CAUSE

Windows NT is trying to free an object that has already been freed.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0. 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. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.

Additional query words: kbDSupport 0xa 4.00

Keywords : NT4SP4Fix ntstop kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00
Version : winnt:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug