Microsoft KB Archive/896667

= You may be unable to open any console-based applications on a Windows Server 2003-based computer =

Article ID: 896667

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based Systems

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SYMPTOMS
When you use a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer, you may be unable to open any console-based applications if you are logged on as an administrator. For example, you cannot open the Cmd.exe application and the Ping.exe application. Additionally, you may receive an error message that resembles the following:

The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000142). Click on OK to terminate the application.



CAUSE
When you open a console-based application, the system assumes that the OEM_CHARSET value appears before other kinds of values when fonts are enumerated. However, this assumption is not always correct.



Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

889100 How to obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003

Prerequisites
No prerequisites are required.

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

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 item in Control Panel.

Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Itanium-based versions


STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section. This problem was first corrected in Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information, 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

Additional query words: C0000142

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe kbpubtypekc kbhotfixserver kbwinserv2003presp2fix kbwinserv2003sp2fix KB896667

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