Policy Editor Causes Page Fault in Comctl32.dll

Last reviewed: November 26, 1997
Article ID: Q153469

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release version 2

SYMPTOMS

When you use Policy Editor (Poledit.exe) and add numerous programs to the list of allowed programs, you may receive the following error message:

   PAGEFAULT at <address> in comctl32.dll

CAUSE

This problem occurs because the list box is being updated even if there is no change to the information.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 95 and OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2). An update to address this problem is now available, but is not fully regression tested and should be applied only to computers experiencing this specific problem. Unless you are severely impacted by this specific problem, Microsoft does not recommend implementing this update at this time. Contact Microsoft Technical Support for additional information about the availability of this update.

Additional query words: 95
Keywords : osr2 win95 kberrmsg kbpolicy kbtool kbfixlist
Version : 95
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: November 26, 1997
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