Microsoft KB Archive/231437

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This article discusses a beta test product not yet announced by Microsoft. Please feel free to familiarize yourself with this product, test it, and report problems to Microsoft.

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
 * Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions, version 6.0

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SYMPTOMS
Running Visual C++ 6.0 on Windows 2000 beta 3, you may receive an access violation error message after a few minutes of regular use. The error message is similar to the following:

Msdev.exe - Application Error

The instruction at "0x77fc60de" referenced memory at "5004d8f6".

The memory could not be "written".

Regular use includes editing or compiling code, building, debugging, or clicking Go.

CAUSE
This behavior occurs if a pointer is freed twice.

RESOLUTION
A supported fix that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft, but it has not been fully regression tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem. If you are not severely affected by this specific problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Windows 2000 release that contains this fix.

Please refer to your Beta documentation for information on how to obtain support and fixes for Windows 2000 Beta 3.

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

Alpha version: 6.1.8481.0

x86 version: 6.1.8482.0

  Date      Time      Size      File name    Platform -  05/03/99   11:39a   294,965   Msvcrt.dll   x86 05/06/99  11:59a     9,774   Qfeb3.cat    x86

05/05/99  05:50p   612,431   Msvcrt.dll  Alpha 05/06/99  11:59a     9,178   Qfeb3.cat   Alpha

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 2000.

Additional query words:

Keywords         : kberrmsg kbprg kbWinOS2000bug kbVC600bug kbVS600 kbPowerPC Version          : WINDOWS:2000; winnt:6.0 Platform         : WINDOWS winnt Issue type       : kbprb
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