Microsoft has released a new hotfix for SQL Server 2000:

SQL Server 2000 Hotfix for Q317748: Handle leak with Shared Memory Network Library

This is a fix for the following problem.

When a service or an application quickly and repeatedly connects to and disconnects from a local Microsoft SQL Server 2000 database, a handle leak may occur in the SQL Server process.

These leaks only occur in the SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 2 (SP2) version of the shared memory network library (Dbmslpcn.dll version 2000.80.534.0).

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