Does Q319740 apply to XPE image with Themes service disabled?

[Bob Rafuse]

Our product runs Windows XP Embedded. We have all the latest XPE hotfixes
applied. One of our MFC product application periodically exhibits GDI handle
leaks. While investigating the issue, we found the following MSDN Knowledge
Base article:

"Q319740 MFC applications leak GDI objects on computers that are running
Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319740

Since the article applied to XP, I assume it also applied to XPE. There
does not appear to be an XPE patch that contains this fix. The KB article
implies that the problem will only occur if the Themes service is running:
"This problem also occurs on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003
when the Themes service is started. By default, the Themes service is
disabled on Windows Server 2003." The article does NOT explicitly state
whether simply disabling the Themes service will also eliminate the problem
on XP or XPE.

The XPE image for our product uses a modified "Windows Classic" theme and
has the Themes service is disabled. Does anyone know whether or not the
issue mentioned in the KB article would apply to our XPE image?

 

[rocktx]

No it will not. I had the same situation with my image and I ran some tests with and without the fix and there was no difference in performance or GDI objects count.

 

[Mike Warren]

Our product runs Windows XP Embedded. We have all the latest XPE
hotfixes applied. One of our MFC product application periodically
exhibits GDI handle leaks. While investigating the issue, we found
the following MSDN Knowledge Base article:

"Q319740 MFC applications leak GDI objects on computers that are
running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319740

Since the article applied to XP, I assume it also applied to XPE.
There does not appear to be an XPE patch that contains this fix. The
KB article implies that the problem will only occur if the Themes
service is running: "This problem also occurs on a computer that is
running Windows Server 2003 when the Themes service is started. By
default, the Themes service is disabled on Windows Server 2003." The
article does NOT explicitly state whether simply disabling the Themes
service will also eliminate the problem on XP or XPE.

The XPE image for our product uses a modified "Windows Classic" theme
and has the Themes service is disabled. Does anyone know whether or
not the issue mentioned in the KB article would apply to our XPE
image?

I just read that article and interpret it to say that the problem
discussed will not occur if the theme service is not running.

Not much help, sorry.