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Q229739: Dllhost.exe Shutdown Causes SQL Server to Hang

Article: Q229739
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): winnt:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbWinNT400sp5fix
Last Modified: 17-NOV-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you use Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 to gain access to data from an OLE DB
provider, if the provider is configured to run out-of-process (that is, in a
separate process than the SQL Server process), running successive distributed
queries against the provider may cause your computer to stop responding (hang).

CAUSE
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This behavior occurs because Dllhost.exe shutdown may prematurely stop the
thread running the OLE DB provider, which never returns a call from SQL Server.
This causes SQL Server to wait indefinitely.

RESOLUTION
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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
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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 5.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbWinNT400sp5fix 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT400xsearch kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400xsearch kbWinNTS400
Version           : winnt:4.0
Hardware          : ALPHA x86
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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