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The computer automatically restarts, you receive an error message or a Stop error message, or an event is logged in the system event log when you try to connect to a remote Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer by using a Terminal Services session


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Symptoms

You may experience one or more of the following symptoms when you try to connect to a remote Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer by using a Terminal Services session:
  • The computer automatically restarts.
  • After you log on, you receive the following error message:
    Microsoft Windows
    The system has recovered from a serious error.
    A log of this error has been created.
    Please tell Microsoft about this problem.
    We have created an error report that you can send to help us improve Microsoft Windows. We will treat this report as confidential and anonymous.
    To see what data this error report contains, click here.
    If you click the click here link at the bottom of the message, you see error signature information that may be similar to the following:
    BCCode : 0000008E BCP1 : 0xc0000005 BCP2 : 0xbf8fb0ba BCP3 : 0x8ddf79f4 
    BCP4 : 0x00000000 OSVer : 5_2_3718 SP : 0_0 Product : 272_3
  • You receive the following Stop error message on a blue screen:
    A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to the computer...
    Technical information:

    *** STOP: 0x0000008E (0xc0000005, 0xbf8fb0ba, 0x8ddf79f4, 0x00000000)
    Bug Check Symbolic Name
  • When you view the system log in Event Viewer, you may notice an event ID 1003 entry with information that is similar to the following:
    Date: date
    Source: System
    Error Time: time
    Category: (102)
    Type: Error
    Event ID: 1003
    User: N/A
    Computer: COMPUTER
    Description: Error code 0000008E, parameter1 c0000005, parameter2 bf8fb0ba, parameter3 8ddf79f4, parameter4 00000000. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://support.microsoft.com. Data: 0000: 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 45 System E 0008: 72 72 6f 72 20 20 45 72 rror Er 0010: 72 6f 72 20 63 6f 64 65 ror code 0018: 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 35 000008E 0020: 30 20 20 50 61 72 61 6d 0 Param 0028: 65 74 65 72 73 20 66 66 eters ff 0030: 66 66 66 66 64 31 2c

Notes

  • The actions that Windows takes when a Stop error occurs may vary according to the computer system failure options. For more information about how to configure system failure options, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
    307973� How to configure recovery options in Windows
  • The four parameters that are inside the parentheses of the technical information for the Stop error may vary according to the computer's configuration.

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Cause

This issue occurs because of the NULL pointer dereference in win32k.sys.

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Resolution

Service pack information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
889100� How to obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section. This bug was corrected in Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1.

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Keywords: KB894061, kbfix, kberrmsg, kbbug, kbqfe, kbhotfixserver, kbautohotfix

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Article Info
Article ID : 894061
Revision : 3
Created on : 5/1/2009
Published on : 5/1/2009
Exists online : False
Views : 284