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Q276522: Server Stops TCP Session That Is Waiting on a Zero-Size Window

Article: Q276522
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 2000,4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork kbWinNT400PreSP7Fix kbWin2000sp3fix
Last Modified: 15-AUG-2002

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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 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition version 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server 
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SYMPTOMS
========

If a Line Printer Remote (LPR) printer is offline (because it is out of paper)
for about two hours, the print job that was being spooled to the printer when it
went offline becomes corrupted.

CAUSE
=====

If the printer remains offline for about two hours, the LPR server daemon times
out the session to the printer. This causes the last print job that was being
spooled to the printer to be truncated.

RESOLUTION
==========

Windows NT
----------

A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to
correct the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to
computers that are 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 about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

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

NOTE: In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls
may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific
update will resolve your problem. The usual 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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  11/29/2000   05:18   174,640   Tcpip.sys   Intel
  11/29/2000   05:16   308,688   Tcpip.sys   Alpha



Windows 2000
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To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For
additional information, click the following article number to view the article
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

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

 Date        Time       Version       Size       File name
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 12/5/2000   07:12p   5.0.2195.3055   118,704    Afd.sys
 2/1/2001    10:19a   5.0.2195.3207   104,720    Msafd.dll
 1/17/2001   04:43p   5.0.2195.3163   311,472    Tcpip.sys
 12/5/2000   07:11p   5.0.2195.3055    16,240    Tdi.sys
 2/1/2001    10:19a   5.0.2195.2104    17,680    Wshtcpip.dll


STATUS
======

Windows NT
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Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Windows NT 4.0.

Windows 2000
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Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in
Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.

Additional query words: kbNetworking

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Keywords          : kbnetwork kbWinNT400PreSP7Fix kbWin2000sp3fix 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT400search kbwin2000Serv kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTSEntSearch kbWinNTSEnt400 kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400 kbwin2000ServSearch kbwin2000Search
Version           : :2000,4.0
Hardware          : ALPHA x86
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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