A handle leak may occur in the Windows Management Instrumentation provider after you apply Host Integration Server 2000 Service Pack 1

After you apply Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000, a handle leak may occur on systems that run applications that use the Host Integration Server 2000 Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) provider. If you use a tool such as Task Manager to monitor the handle count of the system WMI process (WinMgmt.exe), you may notice a steady increase in handles over a period of hours or days.

This problem occurs because an earlier fix causes a regression. Specifically, the fix for the Host Integration Server 2000 WMI provider that is included in Host Integration Server 2000 Service Pack 1 causes the regression. For additional information about the original WMI provider fix, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Service pack information

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

Hotfix information

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.
Note Because of file dependencies, the most recent fix that contains the previous files may also contain additional files.

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

This problem was corrected in Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000 Service Pack 2.