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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:
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.
RESOLUTION
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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:
- Microsoft Software Library (MSL) on CompuServe (GO MSL).
- Microsoft Software Library on Internet (ftp.microsoft.com cd softlib)
- Microsoft Download Service (206)936-MSDL.
STATUS
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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
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
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.
3. Copy PROJECT1.EXE and VBRUN300.DLL to a 286 computer running Windows or
a MIPs computer running Windows NT.
4. Run PROJECT1.EXE.
A GP fault occurs in KRNL286 at 0001:259F.