Symptoms
This article describes the following about this hotfix release:The issues that are fixed by this hotfix package.The prerequisites for installing the hotfix package.Whether you must restart the computer after you install the hotfix package.Whether the hotfix package is replaced by any other hotfix package.Whether you must make any registry changes. The files that are contained in the hotfix package.
Resolution
In Microsoft SQL Server 2000, when you run a query that generates many floating point exception errors, you may experience slow performance and query timeouts when you run other queries. This problem typically occurs when more than 1,000 floating point exceptions are generated.
Additionally, 17883 error reports that are similar to the following may be written to the SQL Server 2000 error log:

Error: 17883, Severity: 1, State: 0
Process 51:0 (dbc) UMS Context 0×018DA930 appears to be non-yielding on Scheduler 0. You may also receive one or more error messages that are similar to the following on a computer where a 64-bit version of SQL Server 2000 is installed:

Server: Msg 3628, Level 16, State 1, Line 2
A floating point exception occurred in the user process. Current transaction is canceledFor a list of all publicly released SQL Server 2000 Post-Service Pack 3a hotfixes, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
810185?(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810185/) SQL Server 2000 hotfix update for SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3 and 3a