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Q138935: Using Socket Handle with Writefile() API Causes STOP Message

Article: Q138935
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork kbAPI kbSDKPlatform kbWinsock kbGrpDSNet
Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.51 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.51 
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SYMPTOMS
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If a sockets program uses a socket handle with the Writefile() application
programming interface (API) for overlapped input/output (I/O), a STOP message
appears in Windows NT 3.51 after about 20 to 40 megabytes (MB) of data are
transferred.

CAUSE
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This problem occurs due to AFD.SYS using non-paged memory and not releasing the
memory.


WORKAROUND
==========

To work around this problem, use the SETSOCKOPT function to set the send buffer
size (SO_SNDBUF option) to zero.


STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.51. We are
researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: prodnt Winsock Socket Sock

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Keywords          : kbnetwork kbAPI kbSDKPlatform kbWinsock kbGrpDSNet 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNT351search kbWinNTW351search kbWinNTW351 kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS351 kbWinNTS351search

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