--- server\mpm\winnt\mpm_winnt.c_orig	2007-12-31 00:41:06.000000000 -0500
+++ server\mpm\winnt\mpm_winnt.c	2008-01-05 21:26:08.653332500 -0500
@@ -680,12 +680,11 @@
     }
 
     /* httpd-2.0/2.2 specific to work around apr_proc_create bugs */
-    if (((rv = apr_file_open_stdout(&child_out, p))
-            != APR_SUCCESS) ||
-        ((rv = apr_procattr_child_out_set(attr, child_out, NULL))
-            != APR_SUCCESS)) {
-        ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, rv, ap_server_conf,
-                     "Parent: Could not set child process stdout");
+   /* Always pass a "NUL" stdout to child process */
+    if (apr_file_open(&child_out, "NUL", APR_READ | APR_WRITE, APR_OS_DEFAULT, ptemp)
+        || apr_procattr_child_out_set(attr, child_out, NULL) ) {
+        ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_CRIT, rv, ap_server_conf,
+                     "Parent: Could not set child process stdout to NUL");
     }
     if (((rv = apr_file_open_stderr(&child_err, p))
             != APR_SUCCESS) ||
@@ -1285,8 +1284,6 @@
          */
         if (osver.dwPlatformId == VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT)
         {
-            apr_file_t *nullfile;
-
             if (!errout) {
                 mpm_nt_eventlog_stderr_open(service_name, process->pool);
             }
@@ -1295,21 +1292,6 @@
             if (service_to_start_success == APR_SUCCESS) {
                 service_set = APR_SUCCESS;
             }
-
-            /* Open a null handle to soak stdout in this process.
-             * Windows service processes are missing any file handle
-             * usable for stdin/out/err.  This was the cause of later 
-             * trouble with invocations of apr_file_open_stdout()
-             */
-            if ((rv = apr_file_open(&nullfile, "NUL",
-                                    APR_READ | APR_WRITE, APR_OS_DEFAULT,
-                                    process->pool)) == APR_SUCCESS) {
-                apr_file_t *nullstdout;
-                if (apr_file_open_stdout(&nullstdout, process->pool)
-                        == APR_SUCCESS)
-                    apr_file_dup2(nullstdout, nullfile, process->pool);
-                apr_file_close(nullfile);
-            }
         }
     }