Microsoft KB Archive/895340

= When you view a shadow copy of a Microsoft Office document on a Windows 2000 Service Pack 4-based computer, you may receive an access violation =

Article ID: 895340

Article Last Modified on 10/26/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

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SYMPTOMS
When you view a shadow copy of a Microsoft Office document on a Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4)-based computer, you may receive an access violation. Additionally, the Office program may stop responding.

Note The Microsoft Office document is listed on the Previous Versions tab.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because of a code defect in the Shell32.dll file.



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 telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

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
Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4

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

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

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.   Date         Time   Version            Size    File name --  31-Mar-2005  11:31  5.0.3900.7037   2,359,568  Shell32.dll 07-Feb-2005 05:35  5.0.2195.7026   6,301,696  Sp3res.dll



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



MORE INFORMATION
For more information, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

816915 New file naming schema for Microsoft Windows software update packages

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

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbwin2000presp5fix kbhotfixserver kbqfe KB895340

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