Microsoft KB Archive/269399

= Random Access Violations in Programs with Third-Party Fonts =

Article ID: 269399

Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


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

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This article was previously published under Q269399



SYMPTOMS
Random access violations may occur in your programs after you print with third-party fonts. This problem occurs randomly only if the programs call the Gdi32.dll dynamic-link library (DLL).



CAUSE
In a very specific circumstance, Gdi32.dll might use an uninitialized pointer. This can cause random access violation problems.



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

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:   Date        Time    Version        Size       File name 08/03/2000 03:42p  5.0.2195.2103    221,968  Gdi32.dll 05/31/2000 04:45p  5.0.2195.2096    379,152  User32.dll 08/01/2000 02:08p  5.0.2195.2103  1,639,664  Win32k.sys 06/22/2000 06:27p  5.0.2195.2096    242,960  Winsrv.dll



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 2.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbwin2000presp2fix KB269399

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