Error when an application calls the NetLocalGroupGetMembers function in Microsoft Windows: "ERROR_NO_SYSTEM_RESOURCES"

When an application calls the NetLocalGroupGetMembers function in Microsoft Windows, you receive the following error message:

This problem occurs when the user account is using more than 2,048 concurrent connections, or handles, to the Security Accounts Manager (SAM) database.

When an application calls the NetLocalGroupGetMembers function, this function obtains data from the SAM database. Each user account, except for Administrator, is allowed a maximum of 2,048 active SAM handles. If a user account opens more than 2,048 handles, the NetLocalGroupGetMembers function returns an "ERROR_NO_SYSTEM_RESOURCES" error. When this error is returned, the application keeps calling the NetLocalGroupGetMembers function until the NERR_Success value is returned.

Note The NERR_Success value is returned when there is no more data available.

In the situation that is described in the "Symptoms" section, the excess handles are left to the Lsass.exe process.