Inetmib1.dll Causes Memory Leak in Winlogon.exe Process

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

SYMPTOMS

If you use utilities such as srvinfo.exe to repeatedly query a remote system for process information, doing so may cause the memory used by the Winlogin process on the remote computer to slowly increase without decreasing again.

CAUSE

This is caused in inetmib1.dll, where memory is allocated during initialization, but not de-allocated during clean-up.

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: nt4sp4fix leak perfmon

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