STOP Message: 0x00000051... REGISTRY_ERROR

Last reviewed: May 13, 1997
Article ID: Q108647

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1

SYMPTOMS

After you have been running Windows NT for a while, your computer stops responding (hangs) with a STOP message:

   ***STOP: 0x00000051 (0x00000002, 0x000000001, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
      REGISTRY_ERROR   0x00000000, 0x00000000

CAUSE

The above message appears when memory was freed in Windows NT, but was not allocated.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. This problem was corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server. For information on obtaining this update, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

   S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodnt blue trap
Keywords : kbbug3.10 kbother ntstop
Version : 3.1
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kberrmsg

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Last reviewed: May 13, 1997
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