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SearchIndexer.exe crashing with the exception code of 0xc00000fd

Brad Rutkowski — Thu, 15 May 2008 02:16:00 GMT

This is an FYI post so others on the intertubes can find the answer quickly.

If you get this error:

Log Name: Application

Source: Application Error

Date: 4.11.2008 07:20:41

Event ID: 1000 Task Category: (100)

Level: Error

Keywords: Classic

User: N/A Computer: xxxxxxx

Description: Faulting application SearchIndexer.exe, version 6.0.6000.16386, time stamp 0x4549b667, faulting module mssrch.dll, version 6.0.6000.16386, time stamp 0x4549bd4b, exception code 0xc00000fd, fault offset 0x00003f8f...

Open up Wercon and if it looks like this:

Product

Microsoft Windows Search Indexer

Problem

Stopped working

Date

4/21/2008 8:30 AM

Status

Report Sent

Problem signature

Problem Event Name: APPCRASH

Application Name: SearchIndexer.exe

Application Version: 6.0.6000.16386

Application Timestamp: 4549b667

Fault Module Name: mssrch.dll

Fault Module Version: 6.0.6000.16386

Fault Module Timestamp: 4549bd4b

Exception Code: c00000fd

Exception Offset: 00007c4c

OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.4

Locale ID: 1033

Additional Information 1: f790

Additional Information 2: 174183f92d554d49550d71425f227859

Additional Information 3: efdd

Additional Information 4: 9c7dda392c8f13823238fe93325e6861

Extra information about the problem

Bucket ID: 349776197

Then you might be able to resolve this by:

A) Upgrading to Vista SP1

B) Install Windows Search 4 (which has now released): http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/desktopsearch/choose/windowssearch4.mspx

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Windows 2003 KB Released: Slow network communication from Vista RTM (6000) to Windows 2003 SP2

Brad Rutkowski — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:10:00 GMT

This was one issue I worked on for quite some time a few months ago. We found that Vista clients were taking forever to download group policies from domain controllers in the regions while Vista SP1 and XP clients did not see the issue. If the local DC was running LH or Windows 2003 SP1, we didn't see any issue. If the server was running Windows 2003 SP2 though and had a certain type of hardware we would see the latency.

Based on customer reports, Windows Dev learned of more widespread devices in the network that don’t understand greater window scale factors. So, they improved the heuristics in SP1 for when to limit or disable auto-tuning, which is why we only saw in in Vista RTM and not SP1.

The bug is in Windows 2003 SP2 and the details can be found here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947773

So if you find that you have vista clients experiencing network latency when hitting a Windows 2003 SP2 server (File server, DC, Exchange, etc) then you should look into this hotfix.

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Performance update for Vista RTM released today

Brad Rutkowski — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:20:03 GMT

Saw this on the Windows Vista team blog today.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943899

This update improves performance, responsiveness, and reliability of Windows Vista in various scenarios. This update resolves the following issues on a Windows Vista-based computer:

•You receive a "Stop 0x000000A0" error when you try to switch the computer to the hibernate state.

•You receive a "Stop 0x0000009f" error when you switch the computer to the hibernate state or to the standby state. Or, you receive this Stop error when you resume the computer from the hibernate state or from the standby state. This problem occurs on a computer that has a wireless network connection.

•The disk does not spin down after a specified time of inactivity.

Additionally, this update can help improve performance when you perform operations that are related to large disk I/O. After you apply this update, you may notice up to a 15 percent performance improvement in some copying operations and when moving some large files.

Vista: Two hotfixes now released to improve performance, compatibility, and reliability.

Brad Rutkowski — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:24:00 GMT

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938194

This update resolves some compatibility issues and reliability issues in Windows Vista. By applying this update, you can achieve better reliability and hardware compatibility in various scenarios.
This update resolves the following issues:

•The screen may go blank when you try to upgrade the video driver. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

932539 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932539/) The screen may go blank when you try to upgrade the video driver on a Windows Vista-based computer

•The computer stops responding, and you receive a "Display driver stopped responding and has recovered" error message. You can restart the computer only by pressing the computer's power button.

•The computer stops responding or restarts unexpectedly when you play video games or perform desktop operations.

•The Diagnostic Policy Service (DPS) stops responding when the computer is under heavy load or when very little memory is available. This problem prevents diagnostics from working.

•The screen goes blank after an external display device that is connected to the computer is turned off. For example, this problem may occur when a projector is turned off during a presentation.

•A computer that has NVIDIA G80 series graphic drivers installed stops responding.

•Visual appearance issues occur when you play graphics-intensive games.

•You experience poor playback quality when you play HD DVD disks or Blu-ray disks on a large monitor.

•Applications that load the Netcfgx.dll component exit unexpectedly.

•Windows Calendar exits unexpectedly after you create a new appointment, create a new task, and then restart the computer.

•Internet Connection Sharing stops responding after you upgrade a computer that is running Microsoft Windows XP to Windows Vista and then restart the computer.

•The Printer Spooler service stops unexpectedly.

•You receive a "Stop 0x0000009F" error when you put the computer to sleep while a Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) connection is active. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

931671 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931671/) Error message when you put a Windows Vista-based computer to sleep while a PPP connection is active: "STOP 0x0000009F"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938979

This update resolves issues that may affect some Windows Vista-based computers. These issues have been reported by customers who are using the Error Reporting service or Microsoft Customer Support Services.
By applying this update, you can achieve better performance and responsiveness in various scenarios. This update also improves the reliability of Windows Vista.
This update resolves the following issues on a Windows Vista-based computer:

•You experience a long delay when you try to exit the Photos screen saver.

•A memory leak occurs when you use the Windows Energy screen saver.

•If User Account Control is disabled on the computer, you cannot install a network printer successfully. This problem occurs if the network printer is hosted by a Windows XP-based or a Windows Server 2003-based computer.

•When you write data to an AVI file by using the AVIStreamWrite function, the file header of the AVI file is corrupted.

•When you copy or move a large file, the "estimated time remaining" takes a long time to be calculated and displayed.

•After you resume the computer from hibernation, it takes a long time to display the logon screen.

•When you synchronize an offline file to a server, the offline file is corrupted.

•If you edit an image file that uses the RAW image format, data loss occurs in the image file. This problem occurs if the RAW image is from any of the following digital SLR camera models:

•Canon EOS 1D

•Canon EOS 1DS

•After you resume the computer from hibernation, the computer loses its default gateway address.

•Poor memory management performance occurs.

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Storport update rolls a lot of changes into one package for Win2k3

Brad Rutkowski — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 05:34:24 GMT

KB 932755 was released recently and contains many changes to the Storport driver for better reliability and performance. If you've been seeing issues with Storport it might not be a bad idea to check out this article and see if your symptoms match up and if they do download the package. This is a post-SP2 package so if you are running PS2 these changes are not on your system.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932755

If you're not testing SP2 right now either, shame on you.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/bb229701.aspx

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