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Q246541: Memory Leak in Tcpsvcs.exe When the LPD Service Is Stressed

Article: Q246541
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): winnt:4.0 SP6
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbWinNT400PreSP7Fix
Last Modified: 08-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 SP6 
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SYMPTOMS
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When the LPD service is stressed, Tcpsvcs.exe may leak memory. If you monitor
Working Set and Private Bytes for the Tcpsvcs.exe process in Performance
Monitor, both of these items may show a gradually increase (which may cause the
LPD service to not respond).

NOTE: You must restart the LPD service to clear the condition.


RESOLUTION
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A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to
correct the problem described in this article and should be applied only to
systems experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the
fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and
information on support costs, please go to the following address on the World
Wide Web:

  http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

NOTE: In special cases, charges that are normally incurred for support calls may
be canceled, if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific
update will resolve your problem. Normal support costs will apply to additional
support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in
question.

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or
later:

  Date        Time     Size     File name    Platform
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  11/17/1999  03:14p   38,160   Lpdsvc.dll   Alpha
  11/17/1999  03:14p   23,312   Lpdsvc.dll   I386



STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT 4.0.

Additional query words: Perfmon

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Keywords          : kbWinNT400PreSP7Fix 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400sp6 kbWinNTS400search
Version           : winnt:4.0 SP6
Hardware          : ALPHA x86
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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