Microsoft KB Archive/141602

{| = List of Confirmed Bugs in Windows 95 =
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Last reviewed: December 15, 1997

Article ID: Q141602 95 WINDOWS kbref kbbuglist The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 95

The following tables list confirmed problems in Windows 95. This is not a comprehensive list and is current as of 1/26/96. For more information about each issue, query in the Microsoft Knowledge Base on the article identifier (Article ID).

Programs
Article ID    Article Description Q136452       Context-sensitive Help may only appear briefly after you press the F1 key in WordPad or Paint. Q137048       The Add/Remove Programs tool in Control Panel may display incorrect available space. Q137112       After aborting the compression process, Compression Agent may not give you the option to recompress a                 different drive. Q137456       Centimeter measurements of a margin in WordPad may be                  reported incorrectly (usually within one one-hundredth                  of a centimeter). Q138051       The Undo command in Microsoft Paint does not restore text. Q138392       WordPad Print Preview is inaccurate using the Generic Text Only printer driver. Q138797       Adjusted free space may reflect a slight amount of extra space (for example, 100 MB of free space is displayed as                 100.14 MB). Q138827       ALT+F4 hangs Paint when in View Bitmap mode. Q139381       Copperplate Gothic Bold font disappears in WordPad.

Hardware
Article ID    Article Description Q134709       Video performance may be slow with some single-speed CD-ROM drives. Q136592       When many mouse events occur at the same time, the left mouse button acts like the right mouse button. Q136835       PCMCIA hard disk may not be available in a non-IDE computer unless it is reinserted. Q138667       New video card is not detected after replacing a Trident card.

Microsoft Exchange
Article ID    Article Description Q137455       When you send a mail message from Microsoft Exchange to                  an empty distribution list from a CompuServe address book, you may receive an error message. Q137593       Cannot insert object as icon in fax cover page editor. Q137641       If Microsoft Fax is not the program answering the phone, a fax is not received. Q137933       "Port Already in Use" error may occur when starting Microsoft Exchange if Microsoft Fax and Internet Mail are installed in the same profile.

Microsoft Plus!
Article ID    Article Description Q134712       The DIR /C command returns compression ratio for uncompressed files. Q134842       The Leonardo da Vinci screen saver displays the image of a tank briefly. Q135963       If Microsoft Plus! is installed (and DriveSpace 3 is in                 use) and then Windows 95 is reinstalled, a DriveSpace 3-compatible startup disk cannot be created; however, a                 work around is available. Q135968       You cannot change the destination folder during the installation of Microsoft Plus!. Q135974       Smart URL expansion does not recognize port numbers in Internet Explorer 1.0. Q136471       Long file names are not displayed correctly using FTP with Internet Explorer. Q136837       If your compressed drive has not been upgraded from DriveSpace 2 to DriveSpace 3, you may receive a                 "Cannot Find the File Cmpagent.exe" error message. Q137531       Internet Explorer 1.0 does not display Wingdings characters. Q137591       Recycle Bin icons may be reversed after you remove Desktop themes. Q138836       Flying Fonts screen saver (from TrueType Font Pack 2.0) may leave afterimages of the font on the screen if Font Smoothing from Microsoft Plus! is enabled. Q138941       Installing Microsoft Plus! over a network or to a mapped network drive is not supported. Q138990       Ball may not appear on the table in 3D Pinball if the math coprocessor is faulty, or if an incompatibility exists between the math coprocessor and the system BIOS. Q139435       WMConfig tool in Microsoft Plus! refers to Hover! in                 the About dialog box because it is used for multiple applications. Q139436       Scheduled tasks in System Agent may be reported as                  complete as soon as they are started if the scheduled programs launch another program.

Multimedia
Article ID    Article Description Q130973       Windows 95 Media Player has limited support for the keyboard. Q132517       The joystick port is not removed when the sound card is                  removed. Q138082       Game port may not be redetected if the sound card is                  already installed.

Networking
Article ID    Article Description Q123694       Canceling the Network Install Wizard causes an error message when your computer restarts. Q125925       WFWG client may not be able to connect to a Windows 95 server if the Windows 95 server uses user-level access control and the domain the server uses to validate clients is different from the client's domain. Q127852       The total free space reported may be incorrect on                  network drives larger than 2 GB. Q129234       Net Watcher continues to list disconnected client. Q131675       A Microsoft Windows NT client may be unable to connect to a Windows 95 server in specific circumstances. Q131884       Cannot restore minimized NetWare logon script console window. Q132806       Persistent connections are not preserved when you upgrade from Microsoft LAN Manager 2.2 client. Q132815       Windows 95 may stop responding during a server-based installation on an EISA computer using a NetBEUI connection (this problem has no effect on the Setup                 process). Q134485       After the dynamic loading and unloading of the IPX/SPX-compatible protocol, your computer stops acting as a server until it is restarted. Q134507       You cannot add the "NetBIOS Support for IPX/SPX-                  Compatible Protocol" service with the Add button. To                 add it, you must click the "I want to enable NetBIOS                  over IPX/SPX" check box in the properties for the IPX/SPX-compatible protocol. Q134713       Network printers are not visible in the Browse dialog box if the printers are connected to computers running third-party network software that cannot be accessed using Universal Naming Convention (UNC) names. Q134845       A network shortcut to an MS-DOS-based program does not remap the drive unless the Reconnect At Logon check box is selected when you map the network drive. Q134936       Comments do not appear on the General tab in the properties for a network printer that is installed locally and then changed to a network printer. Q135175       Cannot use two Xircom PCMCIA network cards at once. Q135189       If you use a Hewlett-Packard HP27252 ISA Ethernet network adapter with NDIS3 drivers, you can safely ignore the "Your Network Adapter HP27252 Is Not                 Configured" error message. Q135195       When Net Watcher is used to monitor connections to a                  computer running the File and Printer Sharing for NetWare Networks service, open files are not displayed in the By Connection view. Click By Open Files to see files that are open. Q135211       Users with the same user name on different servers or                  domains appear to be the same user to Windows 95, and use the same user profile. Q135279       Incomplete domain listing on very large networks. Q135819       You may receive an error message when you print to a                  Novell NetWare printer with extended characters in the name. Q137271       Group Policy resolution does not function with Novell's                  real-mode NETX and VLM redirectors. Q137856       Windows 95 does not parse the LMHOSTS file if DNS is enabled. Q137869       If the network disconnects during certain network operations, you may receive a "System Error - Network                 Error on Drive " error message. Q138048       The server name may not be displayed in the login dialog box with the Microsoft Service for NetWare Directory Services (NDS) client.

Printing
Article ID    Article Description Q132007       When you copy characters from the Wingdings font in                  Character Map to WordPad, the characters may appear in                  the wrong font. Q132603       Cannot view shared fonts folder on another computer. Q133079       When you preview a 1-page fax in Fax Viewer, or a                  1-page document in WordPad, two pages appear. The second page is blank. Q134773       The printer name does not appear during drag-and-drop printing. Q135038       You cannot scroll through the list of printers with the keyboard if the application uses Comdlg32.dll.

Setup
Article ID    Article Description Q130757       Setup may not detect a Tseng 4000/W32 video adapter on                  NEC Image P90E computers. Q131481       Settings for the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 4Si are not maintained during upgrade. Q133435       After an OEM driver is installed, Windows 95 cannot load a Windows 95 driver over an OEM driver of the same name. Q134526       After installing Windows 95, you cannot access drive D                  on a Compaq DeskPro the first time Windows reboots. The drive is available after each subsequent reboot. Q134573       After you upgrade to Windows 95 with a Novell NE3200 network adapter, the first time you restart the computer, you may receive an error message. The error occurs if your computer has an EISA device and NDIS3 drivers are present during Setup. Q137982       Settings for Canon BubbleJet printers are not main- tained during an upgrade.

Shell
Article ID    Article Description Q136012       The Start button context menu is hidden by the Microsoft Office for Windows 95 shortcut bar when the shortcut bar is positioned at the bottom of the screen. Q136451       Incorrect default Short Date style is used after you change the style unless you restart Windows 95. Q136475       If horizontal spacing for icons is set too high, you may receive an "Explorer Caused a Divide Error in Module                 Shell32.dll" error message. Q136954       Disk formatting is slow after failing on write-protected disks. Q137069       Added icons may not be visible on the screen if the desktop is very crowded. Q137747       Quick View does not show multiple chart types in                  Microsoft Excel files. Q137816       Formatted disks may show incorrect bad sector information if the disk contains a bad sector where the system files are located. There is actually no problem with the disk other than that the transfer of system files failed. Q138012       Incorrect settings for File System Performance profiles may be used after adjusting performance settings. Q138719       When the SETMDIR command is run, you may receive an                  "Error: 0003 Setting the Registry File" error message.
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