The hot fix for Windows 2003 and XP64 is now available from Microsoft. If you have an OpenAFS client installed please consider this critical
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969289 Jeffrey Altman Jeffrey Altman wrote: > Next week Microsoft will be posting Knowledge Base article KB969289 > which describes a flaw in the Microsoft SMB Redirector on Windows Server > 2003. A public hot fix will be available for download once this KB > article is posted. All users of Windows 2003 that have an OpenAFS for > Windows client installed on the system *should* upgrade to SP2 and > install this hot fix. The issue in question can result in machine > performance degradation over time with loss of access to file systems > accessed via the SMB redirector (Windows File Shares, Dfs, AFS, etc.) > and eventually loss of console access. > > Administrators are strongly encouraged to install OpenAFS for Windows > 1.5.59 at the same time they install the KB969289 hot fix. If 2003 SP2 > and the KB969289 hot fix cannot installed, it is imperative that OAFW > 1.5.59 be installed. Prior releases of OAFW are more likely to tickle > the condition that results in the performance degradation. > > It is suspected that the Windows XP version of the SMB redirector > contains the same issue. As XP will reach the end of its mainstream > support next Tuesday and hard evidence of the issue has yet to be > submitted to Microsoft by a paying PSS customer, it is unlikely that a > fix will be made available. > > Jeffrey Altman >
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