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Q241211: List of Bugs Fixed in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6/6a (Part 1)

Article: Q241211
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 4.0 SP6,4.0 SP6a
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbbuglist
Last Modified: 10-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 4.0 SP6, 4.0 SP6a 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition versions 4.0 SP6, 4.0 SP6a 
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 4.0 SP6, 4.0 SP6a 
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SUMMARY
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This article is part one of a categorized listing of article numbers for bugs
that were fixed in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6/6a. Service packs are
cumulative. This means that the bugs fixed in a service pack are also fixed in
subsequent service packs. Click the Qxxxxxx number that precedes the title of
the bug fix to view the article about that bug.

  Q244690 List of Bugs Fixed in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6/6a (Part 2)

  Q240331 List of Bugs Fixed in Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 5

  Q225037 List of Bugs Fixed in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 5

  Q150734 List of Bugs Fixed in Windows NT 4.0 and Terminal Server Edition
  Service Pack 4 (Part 1)

  Q194834 List of Bugs Fixed in Windows NT 4.0 and Terminal Server Edition
  Service Pack 4 (Part 2)

  Q224793 List of Bugs Fixed in Windows NT 4.0 and Terminal Server Edition
  Service Pack 4 (Part 3)

In addition to the bugs listed below, the latest service pack for Windows NT
Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition, fixes the following problems:

  Q222970 List of Bugs Fixed in Terminal Server Edition

For more information about bugs fixed in Windows NT 4.0 Service Packs 1, 2, and
3, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q224792 List of Bugs Fixed in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 1, 2, and 3

For information about obtaining the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 and
Terminal Server Edition, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack


MORE INFORMATION
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Differences Between Service Pack 6a and Service Pack 6
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Windows NT Service Pack 6a was released to fix specific issues in Service Pack 6.
For additional information, click the article number below to view the article
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q246009 Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a Available

Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a also contains the SP6 fixes described below.

Base Operating System
---------------------

  Q173191 Inserting an Excel Worksheet Object May Fail Under Windows NT
  Q184232 DCOMCNFG Saves Incorrect Display Name in Services
  Q215367 Win32 API Function GetEffectiveRightsFromAcl() Returns Incorrect
  Access Mask Value
  Q216051 FIX: DCOMCNFG NT 4.0 SP4 Does Not Write .exe Name under HKCR\APPID
  Q216913 BIOS Date Value Does Not Immediately Update on January 1, 2000
  Q222515 WIN16 API GetFreeSpace Returns Zero on a Computer with More than 2 GB
  of Memory
  Q223275 Computer Stops or Hangs Due to Large System Environment Variable
  Values
  Q224345 Spooler Service May Leak Private Bytes Attempting to Close a Remote
  Printer
  Q224837 DCOM Clients Ping Server After Client Program Has Shut Down
  Q224982 Err Msg: STOP 0x0000001e {0xc000005, 0xa1000aa7, 0x0, 0x00440194} in
  Win32k.sys
  Q225251 MS-DOS Application May Cause STOP: 0x0000001E
  Q225333 FIX: Clussvc.exe Hits 100% CPU Utilization When Doing a Group
  Failover
  Q226535 Access Denied Error Occurs if the Roaming Profile Is Saved to a
  NetWare Server
  Q228792 Stop 0x1e in NTFS After Changing Disk On Removable Drive
  Q229607 File Corruption Occurs on an NTFS Volume with More Than 4 Million
  Files
  Q229650 STOP 0x0000001E in Win32k.sys When Running Findfast.exe
  Q230784 NTVDM May Stop Responding After Quitting 16-Bit Programs
  Q231622 Long Names of Local or Global Groups Truncated in Group Memberships
  Dialog Box


  Q231944 NumLock Key State Is Not Saved When You Log Off
  Q231949 AMD CPUID Check for the AMD Athlon Chip Now Allows Write-Combining
  Feature
  Q231976 Disk Full Broadcast When Accessing Virtual CD-ROM Folder
  Q232225 Winmsd.exe May Cause an Access Violation if Path Is Greater Than 517
  Characters


  Q232230 Jobs Not Printed When Print Server Is Busy
  Q232275 Multithreaded Write Routine May Cause Data Corruption on FAT
  Partition
  Q232733 Process Working Set Trimmed Below Minimum Unnecessarily
  Q233349 Cluster Service Issues Event 1015 Every Four Hours After Applying SP5
  Q234339 Volume Lock Request Does Not Release Volume After File Operation
  Q234359 Structured Storage Code Can Go into an Infinite Loop
  Q234655 Err Msg: Unable to Log You on Because the Netlogon Service Is Not
  Running
  Q234658 STOP 0xC000021A in CSRSS After Attempting to Free an Already Freed
  Screen Buffer
  Q235250 I/O May Be Performed at the Wrong Offset with Files Larger than 4 GB
  Q235409 SCSI Port Driver Logical Unit Number Count Not Updated Correctly
  Q235445 Seven Fonts Not Supporting the Euro Currency Symbol


  Q235519 ASP Performance Monitor Chart Settings Not Read Properly From PMC
  File
  Q235614 Windows NT 4.0 SP6 Includes Fixes for Stress-Induced Issues
  Q235700 ActiveX Property Pages May Appear Erased and Hang Program
  Q235999 Savedump Does Not Write Event Log Message with Event ID 1000


  Q236360 Cluster Server Slows Down or Hangs When Running Resource Monitor
  Q236466 Computer Hangs After Installing Checked Service Pack 5
  Q236595 NTFS Deadlock During Writethrough Caching
  Q236813 %HOMEPATH% and %HOMESHARE% Are Resolved Incorrectly
  Q236944 Write Protect Error Occurs After Program Is Run from Floppy Disk
  Q236964 Delayed Return of Paged Pool Causes Error 1450 "Insufficient
  Resources"
  Q236981 STOP 0x0000000A Involving Scsiport.sys in Windows NT 4.0 SP5
  Q237706 Memory Leak May Lead to Loss of User Profile
  Q237780 GDI Subsystem Stops Responding (Hangs) and Returns Error Message in
  VGA Mode
  Q237842 NTVDM May Switch to Uppercase After Running a 32-Bit Program
  Q237955 STOP 0x0000001e in Win32k.sys
  Q238009 Loss of Connection with Node Persists Until Node Is Restarted
  Q238173 Quorum Checkpoint File May Be Corrupted at Shutdown
  Q238244 Partition Utilities Do Not Recognize Hard Drive Partitions


  Q238891 Service Pack 6 Updates Windows NT Kernel to Support Future Processors


  Q239789 Access Violation Error Message with Program that Uses the DdeAddData()
  Function
  Q239929 Compaq HALs (Including Revision G) for Alpha with Windows NT 4.0
  Q240076 Windows NT 4.0 Client Not Receiving New Policy in Windows 2000 Domain
  Q240740 Overflow from NtGdiAddFontResourceW Returning Uninitialized Pool
  Q241040 Daylight Saving Time Change Not Applied Immediately on Some
  Multiple-Processor Computers
  Q241387 Error Message: "STOP 0x0000001E: KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED" with
  Accessible Event Watcher
  Q241393 Page Heap Enhancements for Advanced Debugging in Windows NT4.0
  Q241535 Updated Support for MSAA Features in Windows NT 4.0 SP6
  Q242013 Non-Administrators Can Modify Profile Locations in Windows NT
  Registry
  Q242176 Error Message: A Chain of Certs Didn't Chain as They Should in a
  Certain Application of Chaining
  Q242283 16-Bit Programs Hang Using Dynamic Data Exchange
  Q242386 Cluster Does Not Log Event on Resource Monitor Failure
  Q242510 Calling the SetEntriesInAcl() Function Generates Error Message 87
  ("ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER")
  Q242583 Resrcmon Leaks Handles When a Generic Program Resource Is Taken Online
  or Offline

Internet Authentication Service (IAS)
-------------------------------------

  


  Q193490 Cannot Set Radius DSN on Alpha Computer
  Q194956 Forward Slash (/) Incorrectly Rejected by IAS Profile Tab
  Q194957 Internet Authentication Service (IAS) Vendor-Specific Attributes Do
  Not Work
  Q195051 IAS Does Not Log Ascend Attribute 255 Correctly
  Q197506 IAS Incorrectly Validates User Accounts


  Q221196 Radius Cannot Re-Establish a Connection to ODBC Data Source
  Q241400 IAS Hangs When Configured as Radius Client for Windows 2000

Internet Information Services (IIS)
-----------------------------------

  Q188352 ASP Caching May Cause "Server Too Busy" Errors and Blank Pages
  Q193612 Log Files Rolled Over According to GMT, Not Local Time Zone
  Q217763 File Access Vulnerability in Personal Web Server
  Q218880 ASP Request.BinaryRead Method Causes 100 Percent CPU Utilization
  Q221514 HSE_REQ_GET_CERT_INFO_EX Is Not Exposed in ISAPI
  ServerSupportFunction()
  Q223137 IIS 4.0 Log Field May Contain Invalid Constant Time Field
  Q224298 HTML Page Sent to a Browser May Be Truncated
  Q230335 Dates May Be Displayed Improperly Using Configuration Back-Up Option
  in IIS 4.0 HTML Administrator
  Q233162 Err Msg: The System Could Not Find the File Specified
  Q233168 Err Msg: The System Could Not Find the File Specified
  Q233335 Page Contents Visible When Certain Characters are at End of URL
  Q234905 Improperly Formatted HTTP Request May Cause INETINFO Process to Fail
  Q236565 TCP Connections Not Released by IIS
  Q236936 Removing SSL Key Leaves Behind Undeletable Port
  Q236947 Status 200 Log Entries for Non-Existent SSI File Requests
  Q237873 Err Msg: Overlapped I/O Error
  Q238606 Page Contents Visible When Certain Dot Extensions Present in the
  Virtual Directory Name
  Q238631 NTLM Password Change Fails When Password Contains an Ampersand
  Q239543 VBScript Error Message Browsing with Internet Explorer 5 in ISM
  (HTML)
  Q241112 ISAPI Filter Cannot be Removed Using HTMLA
  Q242001 Error 53 Error Message When You Try to Connect to a Windows 2000
  Domain-Based DFS Share

Microsoft Message Queue Server (MSMQ)
-------------------------------------

  Q241525 Duplicate Transactional Messages Sent by MSMQ


  Q241744 FIX: Journal Property for Private Queues Cannot be Updated from MSMQ
  ActiveX Components


  Q241749 FIX: MSMQ ActiveX Component Receive Fails When Receiving a Message
  Q241751 FIX: MSMQ AttachCurrentSecurityContext Calls May Leak Memory
  Q241755 FIX: MSMQ: GetStreamedObject and GetStoredObject Return Error with
  VT_UNKNOWN


  Q241765 FIX: MSMQ ActiveX Receive Fails Due To Bad SenderID Length


  Q241771 FIX: IsWorldReadable and MSMQ Window Handle Leaks
  Q241772 FIX: MSMQ LookupQueue returns MQ_ERROR_ILLEGAL_PROPERTY


Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS)
----------------------------------

  


  Q232330 FIX: MTS Explorer Crashes When Configured the Machine Uses Remote DTC
  Q232343 FIX: XA Transaction Monitors May Show Inconsistent Outcome
  Q232348 FIX: DTC's XA RM Incorrectly Returns No More Transaction to Recover
  Q232351 FIX: Repeated Load and Unload of Mtxdm.dll Causes 1MB Virtual Memory
  Leak
  Q232533 FIX: DTC Log Notification Problem Leaves Transactions Incomplete


Other
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  Q226369 Windows NT Does Not Detect Media Change on ATAPI PD CD-ROM Drive
  Q228734 Windows NT Does Not Boot with Highly Fragmented MFT
  Q229722 German Compound Word Not Found if Part of the Word Is in the Noise
  Word List
  Q231855 Wordpad.exe May Delete a File With Read Only Permissions While Saving
  a File With Save As
  Q231930 Non-US Locales Cause Index Server Queries to Not Work
  Q235284 MPPE Keys Not Handled Correctly for a 128-Bit MS-CHAP Request
  Q236610 DirectPlay 6.1a Launches Stable Multiplayer Game Connections
  Q236940 Problems with ATAPI Multiple-LUN Devices
  Q237373 In Page I/O Error Message When Attempting to Install Service Pack 4
  Q239655 Event ID 4224 Jet Errors in WINS
  Q239715 Radius Does Not Proxy Digital Signatures, MS-CHAP v2 Requests or Allow
  Cross-Forest Authentication
  Q240087 Restoring NTBackup Sets Generated by Faulty SP4 Tandqic.sys
  Q241042 Access to ProfileList Key Restricted with Service Pack 6


  Q242521 Error Message: SetPrivilege on Account Failed

Printing
--------

  Q102721 Err Msg: Windows NT Could Not Start Because the Following File Is
  Missing or Corrupt: \%Winnt%\System32\Config\SystemHardware Profile/Last
  Known Good Menu
  Q223791 Spooler Service LPR Monitor Leaks Memory with Each Event 2004 Error
  Q223863 Spooler Service May Leak Memory Attempting to Close Print Processor
  Q230157 Margins Not Correct with HP 4si Printer in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack
  4
  Q237181 Some LPD Print Servers Reject an LPD Connection from Windows NT
  Q237420 LPR Command to Remote Printer on RAS Connection Does Not Work
  Q238330 Add Printer Wizard Offers More Printer Selections in SP6
  Q239070 Print Output Takes More Space After Installing Windows NT SP4


  Q241311 Text After an Embedded Object May Be Printed with Some Blank
  Characters
  Q241863 Lexmark 4226 Model 302 Printer Driver Included in Service Pack 6
  Q242034 Error Message on a Blue Screen When Printing to Lexmark Optra with Far
  East Versions of Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 5
  Q242035 Printer Pooling Improvements in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6
  Q242587 Narrow Font Printing from Access with Japanese Windows NT 4.0 Service
  Pack 4 or 5

  Q244690 List of Bugs Fixed in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6 (Part 2)

Additional query words: nt4sp6fixlist sp6fixlist nt4sp6afixlist sp6afixlist

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Keywords          :  kbbuglist
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTSEntSearch kbWinNTSEnt400sp6 kbWinNTS400sp6 kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTW400sp6 kbWinNTSEnt400SP6a kbWinNTW400SP6a
Version           : :4.0 SP6,4.0 SP6a
Issue type        : kbinfo

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