Microsoft KB Archive/892394

= Error message that you receive when you start NetMeeting or a third-party conference program that was built by using the NetMeeting SDK: &quot;CONF.EXE has generated errors and will be closed by Windows&quot; =

Article ID: 892394

Article Last Modified on 10/26/2006

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APPLIES TO

 Microsoft NetMeeting 1.0 Standard Edition, when used with:  Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

 Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

 Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server 

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SYMPTOMS
When you start Microsoft NetMeeting, or when you start any third-party conference program that was built by using the Microsoft NetMeeting software development kit (SDK), you receive an error message that is similar to the following:

CONF.EXE has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will need to restart the program.

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Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[LN;CNTACTMS]

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

Prerequisites
You must have Windows Server 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4) installed on the computer.

Restart requirement
You must restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix replaces the hotfix that is described in Microsoft Knowledge base article 872812.

File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

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MORE INFORMATION
For more information about how hotfix packages are named, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

816915 New file naming schema for Microsoft Windows software update packages

For more information about the description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

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