Article ID: 263926
Article Last Modified on 2/28/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
This article was previously published under Q263926
SYMPTOMS
16-bit MS-DOS-based program behave differently under Windows 2000 than under MS-DOS when they call the CreateNewFile function (INT 21h, AH=5Bh) to write a disk label (CX=08h).
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
Windows 2000
The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
Date Time Size Version File name
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6/8/00 3:55PM 395,024 5.0.2195.2096 Ntvdm.exe
WORKAROUND
You can use the CreateFile function (INT 21H, AH=3Ch) to change the label. However, to use this method, you must have access to the source code for the program.
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.
Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbappdev kbbug kbfix kbprogramming kbwin2000presp2fix KB263926
