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- BUG: GP Fault in KRNL286 When Run EXE on 286 or w/ NT on MIPs
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Standard and Professional Editions of Microsoft Visual Basic for
- Windows, version 3.0
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- Summary:
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- SYMPTOMS
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- You may encounter a general protection (GP) fault in KRNL286 at 0001:259F
- when you try to run a Visual Basic executable (.EXE) file in Windows on
- a 286 computer or in Windows NT on a MIPs computer.
-
- This problem will not occur when running a Visual Basic application from
- the Visual Basic design environment on a 286 or MIPs computer.
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- RESOLUTION
- ----------
- This problem has been fixed in a post-release version of VBRUN300.DLL.
- The post-release version of VBRUN300.DLL can be downloaded as a
- self-extracting .ZIP file, BTR110.EXE from the Microsoft Software Library (MSL)
- accessable from the following services:
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- - Microsoft Software Library (MSL) on CompuServe (GO MSL).
-
- - Microsoft Software Library on Internet (ftp.microsoft.com cd softlib)
-
- - Microsoft Download Service (206)936-MSDL.
-
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- STATUS
- ------
- Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft Visual Basic
- programming system for Windows, version 3.0. To correct the problem,
- obtain the post-release version of VBRUN300.DLL on the MSBASIC forum
- of CompuServe.
-
- More Information:
-
- This bug occurs because of a problem with VBRUN300.DLL. The date,
- time, size and version number of the VBRUN300.DLL file that leads to
- this problem is as follows:
-
- Date: 04-APR-1993
- Time: 12:00 a.m.
- Size: 394384
- Version: 03.00.0537
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- The date, time, size and version number of the VBRUN300.DLL file that
- fixes this problem is as follows:
-
- Date: 12-MAY-1993
- Time: 12:00 a.m.
- Size: 398416
- Version: 03.00.0538
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- Steps to Reproduce Problem
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- 1. Start Visual Basic or from the File menu, choose New Project (ALT, F, N)
- if Visual Basic is already running. Form1 is created by default.
-
- 2. From the File menu, choose Make EXE File (ALT, F, k) and use the
- default name of PROJECT1.EXE.
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- 3. Copy PROJECT1.EXE and VBRUN300.DLL to a 286 computer running Windows or
- a MIPs computer running Windows NT.
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- 4. Run PROJECT1.EXE.
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- A GP fault occurs in KRNL286 at 0001:259F.
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