Microsoft KB Archive/173836

= Learn VB Now Hangs With IE 4.0 Platform Preview =

Article ID: 173836

Article Last Modified on 8/12/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Learning Edition

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This article was previously published under Q173836



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This article discusses a Beta release of a Microsoft product. The information in this article is provided as is    and is subject to change without notice.

No formal product support is available from Microsoft for this Beta product. For information about obtaining support for a Beta release, please see the documentation included with the Beta product files, or check the Web location from which you downloaded the release.

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SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to run "Learn Visual Basic Now" on a computer with Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 Platform Preview installed, you may encounter the following error:

Access Violation.

"Learn Visual Basic Now" will then close.



CAUSE
This error message is caused by a problem in the Platform Preview of Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0. This problem has been corrected in later builds of Internet Explorer 4.0.



WORKAROUND
To use "Learn Visual Basic Now," uninstall the Platform Preview of Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 by using the following steps:
 * 1) Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
 * 2) Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
 * 3) Click to select the first "Internet Explorer 4.0" option and click Add/Remove.
 * 4) Repeat for each Internet Explorer 4.0 option.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft product listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: mspress ms_press press bookbug 1-57231-551-2

Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB173836

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