Microsoft KB Archive/330496

= FIX: You Receive an Exception Error While Establishing a PPTP Connection =

Article ID: 330496

Article Last Modified on 5/27/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows CE .NET 4.1

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This article was previously published under Q330496





SYMPTOMS
At the beginning of a point-to-point tunneling protocol (PPTP) connection session, during the protocol negotiation phase, the Microsoft Windows CE client may generate an unexpected exception error and may not connect.



CAUSE
During the protocol negotiation phase at the beginning of a PPTP session, a malformed buffer may cause the server to generate an exception.



RESOLUTION
A supported software update is now available from Microsoft as Windows CE 4.1 Core OS QFE 330496. To resolve this problem immediately, click the following article number for information about obtaining Windows CE Platform Builder and core operating system software updates:

837392 How to locate core operating system fixes for Microsoft Windows CE Platform Builder products

The English version of this package should have the following file attributes or later:   Date         Time   Version       Size    File name --  08-Nov-2002  23:20  4.1.2.1108   535,136  021108_armv4i_wce41-q330496.exe 08-Nov-2002 23:20  4.1.2.1108   535,136  021108_armv4t_wce41-q330496.exe 08-Nov-2002 23:20  4.1.2.1108   535,136  021108_armv4_wce41-q330496.exe 08-Nov-2002 23:20  4.1.2.1108   518,752  021108_mips16_wce41-q330496.exe 08-Nov-2002 23:20  4.1.2.1108   551,520  021108_mipsii_fp_wce41-q330496.exe 08-Nov-2002 23:20  4.1.2.1108   551,520  021108_mipsii_wce41-q330496.exe 08-Nov-2002 23:20  4.1.2.1108   555,616  021108_mipsiv_fp_wce41-q330496.exe 08-Nov-2002 23:21  4.1.2.1108   555,616  021108_mipsiv_wce41-q330496.exe 08-Nov-2002 23:21  4.1.2.1108   531,040  021108_sh3_wce41-q330496.exe 08-Nov-2002 23:21  4.1.2.1108   526,944  021108_sh4_wce41-q330496.exe 08-Nov-2002 23:21  4.1.2.1108   506,464  021108_x86_wce41-q330496.exe

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) 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.   Date         Time                      Size    File name --  Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Armv4\Debug 29-Oct-2002 02:02                    613,740  Raspptp.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Armv4\Retail 29-Oct-2002 01:55                    284,646  Raspptp.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Armv4i\Debug 29-Oct-2002 01:48                    614,284  Raspptp.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Armv4i\Retail 29-Oct-2002 01:41                    284,998  Raspptp.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Armv4t\Debug 29-Oct-2002 01:33                    582,954  Raspptp.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Armv4t\Retail 29-Oct-2002 01:26                    285,346  Raspptp.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mips16\Debug 29-Oct-2002 02:31                    549,530  Raspptp.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mips16\Retail 29-Oct-2002 02:24                    255,156  Raspptp.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mipsii\Debug 29-Oct-2002 02:16                    634,640  Raspptp.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mipsii\Retail 29-Oct-2002 02:09                    297,738  Raspptp.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mipsii_fp\Debug 29-Oct-2002 02:45                    634,712  Raspptp.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mipsii_fp\Retail 29-Oct-2002 02:38                    297,814  Raspptp.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv\Debug 29-Oct-2002 03:43                    638,240  Raspptp.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv\Retail 29-Oct-2002 03:36                    299,052  Raspptp.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv_fp\Debug 29-Oct-2002 03:14                    638,312  Raspptp.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv_fp\Retail 29-Oct-2002 03:07                    299,126  Raspptp.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Sh3\Debug 29-Oct-2002 02:59                    554,072  Raspptp.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Sh3\Retail 29-Oct-2002 02:52                    273,046  Raspptp.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Sh4\Debug 29-Oct-2002 03:28   553,896  Raspptp.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Sh4\Retail 29-Oct-2002 03:21                    272,288  Raspptp.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\X86\Debug 29-Oct-2002 01:19                    548,132  Raspptp.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\X86\Retail 29-Oct-2002 01:12                    252,214  Raspptp.lib



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

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe KB330496

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