Microsoft KB Archive/293768

= Access Violation Appears When You Parse Posts in a Newsgroup on Windows 2000 =

Article ID: 293768

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2

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This article was previously published under Q293768



SYMPTOMS
When you parse a post to a newsgroup and someone has sent a message that contains an invalid character in the Sender field, the following access violation occurs:

Access violation - code c0000005



CAUSE
This behavior can occur because Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) cannot process invalid characters.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.



MORE INFORMATION
Additional query words: kbMgmtAdmin

Keywords: kbbug kbsysadmin kbwin2000sp3fix kbenv kbpending KB293768

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