You may encounter a slow performance issue that causes any program to stop responding for several minutes on a computer that is running Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003

On a computer that is running Microsoft Windows 2000 or Microsoft Windows Server 2003, you may encounter a slow performance issue when Message Queuing is updating data files. This issue causes any program to stop responding for several minutes, only if the program is using Message Queuing.

This issue occurs because Message Queuing generates too many disk I/O requests in some specific conditions.

Windows Server 2003

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:

Windows 2000

Hotfix information

Prerequisites

You must have Windows 2000 SP3 or Windows 2000 SP4 installed to apply this hotfix.

Restart requirement

You must restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File 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 item in Control Panel.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2.

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