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DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION Stop error occurs randomly when you use Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012

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Symptoms

This issue occurs when Hyper-V virtual machines are running on a computer that is running Windows 8, Windows RT, or Windows Server 2012. You receive the DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION Stop error message randomly. 

Note Not all DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION Stop errors are caused by this issue. 

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Cause

This issue occurs because a potential race condition occurs when the KeDelayExecutionThread routine is called at DISPATCH_LEVEL.

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Resolution

To resolve this issue, install update rollup 2975331. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
2975331 August 2014 update rollup for Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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More Information

For more information about the KeDelayExecutionThread function, go to the following Microsoft website:
General information about the KeDelayExecutionThread routine
For more information about DISPATCH_LEVEL, go to the following Microsoft website:
General information about DISPATCH_LEVEL
For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

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Article Info
Article ID : 2980751
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 8/12/2014
Exists online : False
Views : 299