BUG: Windows NT Version 4.0 Bug List - WOW

 Last reviewed: November 25, 1997
Article ID: Q156797
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

This article lists the bugs in the implementation of the Win32 API on Windows NT 4.0 that may be relevant to Application or Device Driver developers (ISVs or IHVs). This article contains only those bugs that were known at the time of the Windows NT 4.0 release.

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- Hardware graphics pointer display bug on RISC DOS console windows.

- DOS application's assigned ICON doesn't display in the task bar or 

  application's title bar.
- PIF Settings for font ignored for DOS apps.

- Greek VDM layout is using the wrong code page.

- DPMI: function 0100h fails when allocating all available paragraphs.

- DPMI: function 0503h never fails on MIPS.

- WOW app crashes after yielding in VDD.

- time() function in VDM returns dubious values around midnight.

- DPMI: function 0102h not implemented.

- NTVDM: Exception when stdout and stderr are the same handle.

- NTVDM: CreateDC returns existing hDC for same-selector DIBs.

- WOW won't run app on non-default windowstation.

- WOW: GetDriveType(0) gives incorrect return value.

- EDIT can't see Clipboard copy from CMD prompt.

- Mouse tracking problems under NT command prompt box.

- WOW: ReadComm() returns no data from a comm port in loopback.

- VDMEnumProcessWOW enumerates dead processes.

- WOW: Loading of DOS apps over Network is slow.

- WOW fails to load 16-bit apps when SYSTEM.DRV missing.

- EDIT.COM changes the cmd prompt directory to 8.3 format.

Additional query words: nt40 ntbug
Keywords : sdkbuglist40 kblist kbbuglist
Version : winnt:4.0
Platform : NT WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug

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Last reviewed: November 25, 1997
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