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by mluck

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Greetings, I appologize for not having all details, but I thought someone may have a clue or has run into this.

OS: NT 4.0 server, SP 6a. PC Anywhere 8, Quota Server 5.1
Problem: Seemingly random appearance (though increasing in frequency)of "Invalid_Process_Attach_Attempt" on the screen. No BSOD, No apparent event log enteries. Machine needs a reboot to clear.

Suspects: Key suspect is Quota Server - (just gut feel) and PC Anywhere.

These machnes are not my direct responsibility(just trying to help) so I don't have more details, but was wondering if anyone has run into this in a similar environment.

Thanks!

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by donaldsimpson.co.uk

Howdy,

Based on the info given, it's kinda tricky; do you know if this is this a multi processor machine? I have seen some problems with SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) boxes that can cause the error you describe.

Other things that can do this include duff RAM, and drivers (you checked for updates/conflicts?)trying to access incorrect IRQ Levels... doesn't narrow it down much I know, but hope it gives you something to think about.

I agree with your list of suspects - any chance of disabling those progs for a while to see if the error stops?
Good luck to yah,
Don

by mluck

Hi Don.
Thanks for your input. Sorry for the delay in responding. All was corrected by the ime I got involved again. Turns out the problem was with Quota Server. These boxes had just been upgraded to this ver of Quota Server and that's whenthe issues started. Quota was either remved or downgraded to earlier version and all is fixed. Obviously some kind of underlying issue is here.

Thanks again!

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