Microsoft KB Archive/248294

= Invalid Font File Can Cause Error Message on Blue Screen =

Article ID: 248294

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition

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This article was previously published under Q248294



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to view a font in Fontview.exe or to add a font to a document, the following error message may be displayed on a blue screen:

Page fault in nonpaged area (0x00000050)

When this occurs, your computer stops responding (hangs).



CAUSE
Even though the font may be displayed properly in Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98, the font file is invalid, damaged, or not in the proper format.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Keywords: kb3rdparty kberrmsg kbprb KB248294

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