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STOP Message: 0x00000051... REGISTRY_ERROR

Article ID: 108647

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

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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):

SERVPACK


Additional query words: prodnt blue trap

Keywords: kbother KB108647


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