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Q130120: Event Error 2000 Logged Repeatedly Due to Illegal Command

Article: Q130120
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 3.50
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.5 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5 
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SYMPTOMS
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Windows NT file servers may log error 2000 in the event log with the following
data:

  0000: 00040000 00540001 00000000 c00007d0
  0010: 00000000 c000000d 00000000 00000000
  0020: 00000000 00000000 00000bcd

CAUSE
=====

If a user application request is submitted illegally by a client application,
the server logs the failure. The server is failing a
SrvQueryBasicAndStandardInformation() call, with an "Invalid Parameter" status.
The following commands result in the same error:

  dir \\servername\ipc$
  dir \\servername\pipe

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.5. This
problem was corrected in the latest US Service Pack for Windows NT. For
information on obtaining this update, query on the following word in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

  S E R V P A C K

SRV.SYS has been modified so that these messages are no longer logged and the
smbs are discarded resulting in an application error.

Additional query words: prodnt

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNT350search kbWinNTW350 kbWinNTW350search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS350 kbWinNTS350search
Version           : 3.50

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