Application popup: lsass.exe - Application Error : The instruction at 0x77f86cc8 referenced memory (NETIQKB37764)

fact
Domain Migration Administrator 7.x

symptom
Application popup: lsass.exe - Application Error : The instruction at "0x77f86cc8" referenced memory at "0x00000000". The memory could not be "read".

symptom
The Domain Migration Administrator console crashes.

cause

This is caused by an issue in Windows 2000. Please refer to the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article for more information:

827648 - You Receive an Error or Your Computer Stops Responding When You Use Active Directory Migration Tool 2.0 to Migrate Users
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;827648&Product=win2000

fix

Contact Microsoft to obtain Hotfix KB 827648.

note
The patch prescribed above has been lightly tested to run successfully with DMA on Windows 2000 SP3 and SP4

Formerly known as NETIQKB37764