DOCUMENT:Q180718  09-AUG-2001  [winnt]
TITLE   :SFM: Disconnect Macintosh Clients before Dismounting Volume
PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows NT
PROD/VER:WinNT:4.0
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kberrmsg kbWinNT400sp4fix

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0, Terminal Server Edition 
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SYMPTOMS
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Dismounting a Macintosh volume while Macintosh clients are still connected to
that volume may result in a stop screen if the administrator immediately
attempts to disconnect those sessions through the Users option of the Macfile
application in Control Panel.

CAUSE
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When the remote client is in the process of disconnecting and the administrator
also starts disconnecting, there is an extremely small timing window where this
memory may get freed twice.


RESOLUTION
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To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or
Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. 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


For your convenience, the English version of this post-SP3 hotfix has been posted
to the following Internet location. However, Microsoft recommends that you
install Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 to correct this problem.

   ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/NT40/hotfixes-postSP3/sfm-fix/

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows NT
Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. This problem was first corrected in Windows
NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
Service Pack 4.


MORE INFORMATION
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For more information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q166571
   TITLE : Creating an SFM Volume on Large Partition Causes a Stop 0x24

   ARTICLE-ID: Q170956
   TITLE : SFM Time and Date Stamp Change Copying Between Volumes Locally

   ARTICLE-ID: Q172511
   TITLE : Stop 0x0000000A w/ Services for Macintosh & McAfee Anti-Virus

   ARTICLE-ID: Q177644
   TITLE : Commenting Macintosh File Changes Date and Time Stamp

   ARTICLE-ID: Q178364
   TITLE : Macintosh Clients See Files on WinNT Server Constantly Moving

   ARTICLE-ID: Q180622
   TITLE : STOP:0x0000001E with STATUS_INSUFFICIENT_RESOURCES in Sfmsrv.sys

   ARTICLE-ID: Q180716
   TITLE : SFM Fails to Accept Associations with Two-Character Extensions

   ARTICLE-ID: Q180717
   TITLE : SFM: File Date and Time Stamp Change with Get Info

   ARTICLE-ID: Q185722
   TITLE : SFM Rebuilds Indexes upon Restarting of Windows NT

Additional query words: AFP bluescreen blue stop bugcheck Mac mount connect Appleshare attach
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Keywords          : kberrmsg kbWinNT400sp4fix 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400 kbNTTermServ400 kbNTTermServSearch
Version           : WinNT:4.0
Hardware          : ALPHA x86
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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