README.TXT: Windows NT Version 3.1 U.S. Service Pack

• Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
• Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1

This article contains the complete text of the README.TXT file included with U.S. Service Pack 3 for Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. For information on obtaining U.S. Service Pack 3, query on the following word (without the spaces) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   S E R V P A C K

         Microsoft Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
                        U.S. Service Pack 3

Contents

1.0 Introduction

2.0 Installation Instructions for the Windows NT U.S. Service Pack

   A: or B:) and type UPDATE.

Installing the Service Pack from a CD-ROM: 1. Insert the Service Pack CD-ROM disk into the CD-ROM drive. 2. At the Windows NT Command Prompt, change to that CD-ROM drive, then

   change to the i386, MIPS, or ALPHA directory (depending upon whether
   you have an Intel, MIPS, or ALPHA AXP CPU), and type UPDATE.

Installing the Service Pack from a network drive: 1. At the Windows NT Command Prompt, type the command to connect to the

   network drive on which the Service Pack files reside.

2.1 User Notes

*** Installing Service Pack 3 on a Dual-Boot computer with the Windows NT

    3.5 (Daytona) Beta

1. Copy the files NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM in your root drive to NTLDR.SAV and NTDETECT.SAV.

2. Install the Service Pack.

3. Copy NTLDR.SAV to NTLDR, and NTDETECT.SAV to NTDETECT.COM.

*** Running the File System Update from the Windows NT 3.5 (Daytona) Beta

Once you have installed Service Pack 3, you should not install the file system update for Windows NT 3.1 from the Windows NT 3.5 (Daytona) Beta. Service Pack 3 contains all the fixes that are in the Windows NT 3.5 (Daytona) Beta file system update, as well as other fixes.

*** Issues with MS-DOS-based Communications Programs

If you experience difficulties with MS-DOS-based communications programs after installing Service Pack 3, change the configuration of the program to enable software flow control (XON/XOFF) instead of hardware flow control (RTS/CTS). Changing this parameter has been found to correct problems with these applications in most cases.

*** Installing the Service Pack on a System with an OEM supplied HAL.DLL

If your Windows NT system uses a HAL.DLL supplied by an OEM (one that was not installed from the Microsoft Windows NT 3.1 disk set) you need to follow the steps below to reinstall the OEM HAL after the Service Pack Update program has been run, but before the machine is rebooted. If you do not reinstall the OEM HAL properly, your system may not boot after installing the Service Pack (because the OEM HAL will have been replaced by a HAL from the Service Pack). If this happens, use your Emergency Repair Disk to repair your system, then follow the steps below.

1. Before the Update program is run, copy the HAL.DLL file to HAL.OEM to save it. On an x86 machine, HAL.DLL is located in the %windir%\system32 directory. On a MIPS or Alpha machine, the following command should locate it:

         DIR /S %windir%\..\hal.dll
   

2. After the Update program has been run, but before you have it reboot your system, start a Command Prompt window, and restore the HAL.DLL you saved in step (1). On an x86 machine,

         CD %windir%\system32
         COPY HAL.OEM HAL.DLL
   

3. Now switch back to the Update program and have it reboot your system.

When configuring the NWLink transport using the Network option in Control Panel, you must enter the Network Number as a hexadecimal value rather than as a decimal value as stated in the Help file.

*** Converting Macintosh Filenames to Win32 Filenames

In general, the Windows NT (Win32) interface can view and use filenames created by a Macintosh client. There are two exceptions, where the filename is an illegal Win32 filename:

   The Macintosh client creates a filename that ends with a period.

   The Macintosh client creates a filename that ends with a blank space.

   Macintosh filename         Windows NT displays the filename as . . .
   ------------------         -----------------------------------------
   An important file.         An important file|
   Very important file ...    Very important file ..|
   One space at the end       One space at the end|
   Two spaces at the end      Two spaces at the end |

For Macintosh filenames that already exist on the Services For Macintosh server, before this updated functionality, the server will rename such files the first time they are accessed.

The final character is mapped to an unused UNICODE character (0xF000+xx). Windows NT does this same mapping for characters that are illegal in the NTFS file system.

*** Updating Printer Drivers Installed for a Different Platform

The Service Pack only updates printer drivers for the platform you install it on. For example: If you update an Intel-based print server that you have MIPS computers printing to, it needs to have the MIPS version of the printer driver installed. The Service Pack only copies the Intel-based printer driver to the print server. In this case, you need to copy over the appropriate driver by hand.

The following procedure describes how to install the PostScript printer driver by hand.

1. Rename PSCRIPT.DLL and PSCRPTUI.DLL in the directory below to

       PSCRIPT.OLD and PSCRPTUI.OLD
   

          system32\spool\drivers\<platform>
   

       where <platform> is w32mips, w32alpha, or w32x86.
   

2. For MIPS or ALPHA drivers, copy the PSCRIPT.DLL and PSCRPTUI.DLL files

       from the MIPS or ALPHA subdirectories on the CD-ROM to the subdirectory
       in Step 1 above. For Intel-based drivers, type
   

          expand -r PSCRIPT.DL_ <subdirectory from step 1>
          expand -r PSCRPTUI.DL_ <subdirectory from step 1>
   

       from the i386 subdirectory on the CD-ROM where <subdirectory> is the
       subdirectory from Step 1.
   

If it is necessary to use the Windows NT Emergency Repair Disk to repair your Windows NT system at some time after you apply the Service Pack, you will need to re-apply the Service Pack after the repair is completed. This is because the Emergency Repair Disk repairs your system by restoring your original Windows NT setup. After the repair has completed, simply follow the above Installation Instructions to re-apply the Service Pack.

*** Adding New Components to the System

If new software or hardware components are changed or added to your system after you have applied the Service Pack, it will be necessary to re-apply the Service Pack. This is because the files taken from the original Windows NT disk set may not be equivalent to the files on the Service Pack disk set. It is not possible to install new components directly from the Service Pack media (such as a new keyboard or printer driver). New components must be installed from the original product media.

*** Command Reference Colors

Some commands in the Command Reference (NTCMDS.HLP) list of commands are not visible if your system colors are set to Window Text = white and Window Background = black. Change your Windows Background to a lighter color to see all the commands in the list.

*** Previous Versions of NTBackup

Backup tapes created with the version of NTBackup shipping with this Service Pack cannot be restored or read with versions of NTBackup shipped prior to Service Pack 2. However, tapes created with previous versions of NTBackup can be read and restored by the version of NTBackup in this Service Pack. NTBackup now uses Unicode whenever it writes to tape, which was not understood by previous versions of NTBackup.

*** Previous Versions of Services For Macintosh (SFM)

To correct a problem with file names ending in a space or period, a change was made to the Services For Macintosh software which makes earlier versions of this software unable to correctly read Macintosh file names on the Windows NT Advanced Server system. The new Services For Macintosh software will alter the NTFS file name to allow Macintosh clients to properly view them. This means that once you update your Services For Macintosh system files with this Service Pack, versions of the SFM software prior to Service Pack 2 will not function properly if installed on the system.

*** Installing Symbol Files from the CD-ROM

To install the symbol files corresponding to the new binaries in Service Pack 3, do the following (assuming your CD-ROM drive is D:, your symbol files are located in the C:\WINNT\SYMBOLS directory, and you are installing the files for an x86 machine):

   XCOPY /S /U /D D:\SUPPORT\DEBUG\I386\SYMBOLS C:\WINNT\SYMBOLS

2.2 List of Bugs Fixed in Windows NT U.S. Service Pack 3

Q102117: Specified Home Directory May Default to USERS\DEFAULT Q102819: Error Moving File If File Already Exists on Destination Drive Q103010: Read-Only Files Don't Copy Correctly to Net One Server Q103147: Err Msg: An Application Error Has Occurred... in SPOOLSS.EXE Q103362: Publisher 2.0 May Cause an Exception in the Win16 Subsystem Q103395: ALT+Double-Click Allows (Restricted) Program Item Creation Q103445: Advanced Server Hang with Service for Macintosh Q103473: SFM: MacFile Menu Not Displayed if NTAS Drive Letter Changes Q103476: Windows NT Terminal May Disable a COM Port for all VDMs Q103828: RAS Password Authentication Failed Q103923: Files with Umlauts Cannot be Seen on Shared NTFS Partition Q103931: Err Msg: An Application Error Has Occurred...(LMSRVCS.EXE) Q103936: Err Msg: MSPUB Caused an Exception in the Win16 Subsystem Q104164: File Manager Send Mail May Fail with Check Spelling Enabled Q104181: Large File Copies May Fail After 4 Gigabytes in Windows NT Q104184: Windows NT Terminal and Telnet May Cause an Access Violation Q104198: SFM: Macintosh Locked Folders Are Not Completely Secure Q104227: XCOPY from CD-ROM on DPT 2012b Controller Can Cause Hang Q104549: Cannot Restore Backup After Upgrading to U.S. Service Pack 2 Q104665: Err Msg: InitializeMemory failed 00000010 Q104668: Backup Truncates Long Mac Filenames w/ Trailing Dots or Spaces Q105158: Schedule Service Doesn't Run on Sundays Q105249: Serial Printers May Print Garbage During Windows NT Startup Q105266: SFM: Print Spooler Does Not Work in Embedded Print Jobs Q105268: Pressing CTRL+C in PORTUAS Causes Password Problems Q105328: Cannot Log On to Domain, Lowercase Extended Characters Q105330: FORMAT Err Msg: Error Writing Partition Table Q105332: Print Monitor Cannot Handle More Than 255 Zones Q105486: Control Panel, Drivers: Cannot Browse Compressed Files Q105487: WINMSD: Viewing File Details Generates Access Violation Q105488: Backup Err Msg: Fatal Error on Drive 1 Q105489: Access Violation: Performance Monitor Playing Back Log Data Q105491: Cannot Connect if Share Name is Longer than 17 Characters Q105492: System Hot-keys Incorrectly Received by Application Q105493: Memory Manager Doesn't Reset Event when Paging in Executable Q105554: Changing NonPagedPool Value Causes Boot Problems Q105555: TCP/IP Data Corruption Problem Q105556: RAS: Bad Disconnection from Windows for Workgroups Computer Q105568: Novell WorkPlace TCP/IP Client Stops Responding Q105570: GDI.EXE (16-bit) Causes General Protection Fault Q105577: Odd-byte 16-bit Data Transfers Cause Time-outs and NMIs Q105578: PROTEON.SYS Causes Fatal System Error Q105601: Terminal: ALT Key Dysfunctional Q105602: Paintbrush Starts in Monochrome with Color Display Q105620: Mail: Cannot Save Attachments with Extended Characters Q105622: Unplugging DEC EtherWorks Turbo Ethernet Hangs Computer Q105623: Some CPU Time is Calculated as Idle Time Q105624: File Times on LAN Manager Server Set Wrong Q105625: RASPHONE: Login Fails on Callback After Changing Password Q105626: Can Read Redirected, Locked File Q105627: Memory in Page Pool Not Deallocated Correctly Q105629: NCR Video Driver Fails on Fast Computers Q105630: Browser Monitor Causes Bugcheck Q105636: Redundant Line of Code Causes Access Violation in LSASS.EXE Q105637: Problems with NCR Miniport Driver and MS-DOS Applications Q105720: PORTUAS: Character Mapping Problems Q105722: GP Faults Running SQL Server 4.2 Q105723: MS-DOS Clients Report Zero Disk Space on Windows NT Server Q105724: Sharing Violations from Windows for Workgroups Client Q105725: FTP: Use of Wild Card Port Results in Denial of Service Q105727: CD-ROM File System Generates Bugcheck Under Stress Q105729: PortUAS: /log:<filename> Switch Added Q105730: Err Msg: ...OEMNADNF is Missing the Referenced File Q105734: Registry String That Ends at Page Boundary Causes Fault Q105735: NDIS.SYS Causes MIPS Computers to Stop Responding Q105736: Server Stops Responding while Processing LAN Manager API Q105737: Classifying Illegal Datagram Causes Browser Access Violation Q105738: Digiboard DIGIFEP5 Driver Doesn't Load Q105739: NTFS Does Not Correctly Set Archive Bit Q105742: Memory Manager Problem Causes System to Stop Responding Q105786: SFM: Deleted User Accounts Not Aged Out of Cache Q105787: Calling a Pageable Function While Holding Spinlock Q105788: Two Network Adapters Do Not Work for TCP/IP Q105798: Changing Subdirectory on Macintosh Volume Causes Bugcheck Q105799: NDIS Indications Stop Responding when No Memory is Available Q105800: Backup Program Loops Indefinitely Q105801: WOW Sets Sound Pointer Incorrectly Q105802: Printing from Macintosh to Advanced Server Causes Bugcheck Q105805: WOW32 Access Violation Q105832: 1280x1024 Video Mode Doesn't Work with Number 9 Boards Q105851: Recursive Batch File Causes System to Stop Responding Q106220: GP Fault After Choosing Copy Q106434: System Clock Appears to Lose About One Second per Hour Q106555: SFM: Critical Error After Applying U.S. Service Pack 1 Q106618: After DLC Installed, Exception Error in SPOOLSS.EXE Q106735: Closing Word for Windows 6.0 Causes General Protection Fault Q106737: ATI Video Driver Problems Q106738: NetLogon: Primary Group Not Replicated Properly Q106739: Visual C++ 1.0: Breakpoints Not Working with DPMI Calls Q106740: Exception Error Printing from Word 6.0 to Windows NT Server Q106742: External Monitor on Toshiba 4400sx Monochrome Doesn't Work Q106743: After Converting FAT to NTFS SYSTEM32 Directory Corrupted Q106744: Deleting Connection Closes Files on Open Share Q107118: Multiple Calls of GetHostByName to DNS Causes Errors Q107149: Cannot Restart After Converting FAT Partition to NTFS Q107150: Service Pack Update Fails with Not Enough Free Disk Space Q107154: Event Viewer Uses Too Much Memory After Some Time Q107155: DLC: MP Computer STOP Message After SNA Stopped Q107187: Data Download from CompuServe Stops with OzCIS Q107234: One Processor Shows 100% Usage Constantly on NCR MP Q107235: French MIPS: Illegal Instruction in WOWEXEC Q107236: Unable to Run Word for Windows 6.0 on RISC-based Computers Q107237: LAN Manager NET USE Generates MS-DOS Error 55 Q107238: Fault Tolerance Errors on Striped Set with Parity Q107239: Portuguese Language: Accent Circumflex (^) Key Dysfunctional Q107240: STOP Message After You Detach Token Ring Cable Q107241: Backup Does Not Back Up Files Ending in Spaces or Periods Q107242: Local Path Set to UNC Path in User Manager Q107243: Setup: Some COMPAQ Qvision Video Adapters Are Not Detected Q107246: Screg Access Violates Intermittently When Stopping Driver Q107247: Spaces Not Removed From Short Filenames in NTFS Shares Q107248: File Manager Hangs Opening Many New Network Drive Windows Q107251: Disk Administrator Only Supports 50 Hard Disk Drives Q107252: Share Not Recreated if SYSTEM Cannot Access Share Q107253: ACLCONV Err Msg: ...PAGEFILE.SYS is corrupt. Run CHKDSK Q107378: STOP Message: Exception Error in NTOSKRNL.EXE Q107379: Disk Media Format Error During Setup Q107447: File and Directory Display Problems in Borland Workshop Q107448: Publisher 2.0a May GP Fault Due to Window Property Problem Q107449: Cannot Start Application with Long Path (64+ Characters) Q107452: ALT+F4+F6 in 16-bit MDI Applications Hangs Windows NT Q107456: Must Restart Computer Running ACLCONV on Large Volume Q107509: Word for Windows 6.0 Closing Header Toolbar Hangs Windows NT Q107548: Update Incorrectly States That Setup Failed Q107552: Problems Trying to Add Digiboard PC/16E Drivers Q107554: Backup Hangs During Verification Q107633: Exceed/NT Fonts Don't Load Over Network on SP2a Q107663: Embedded Document Doesn't Load When Double-clicked Q107666: SP2b NTDETECT Doesn't Recognize Submodel Bytes of IBM Thinkpad Q108044: Intel EtherExpress 16 Adapter Fails Occasionally Q108046: Slow Network Performance in Mail or Access Q108048: Printing Graphics from DOS Client Prints Incorrectly Q108056: Macintosh Finder Sometimes Does Not Display File Q108057: Win32 Applications Don't Support Some Macintosh Filenames Q108058: Not All Groups Are Listed in File Manager in User Browser Q108070: Err Msg: Application Log Full When Overwrite As Needed is Set Q108103: Service Pack 1 Resets Permissions on an NTFS Volume Q108104: STOP Message: 0x0000001E in STREAMS.SYS Q108240: Setup Fails with IBM Thinkpad Model 750 Q108255: Windows NT TCP/IP Server Freezes Q108256: Event ID:2000 Errors in Event Log Q108263: Err Msg: The Conversion Failed...Was Not Converted to NTFS Q108264: Word 6.0 Find File Generates Application Error in NTVDM.EXE Q108266: Event Viewer Won't Run If Application Registry Keys Removed Q108465: Saving Changes to a File on an SFM Volume Fails Q108486: Server Manager Reports Incorrect Number of Open Files Q108646: Mandatory Profiles Cause Access Error Message When Logging On Q108647: STOP Message: 0x00000051... REGISTRY_ERROR Q108648: Macintosh Locks Up When Changing Zones with SP2 Q108920: Stopping System Error Messages From Appearing on Desktop Q109098: STOP Message: 0x0000001E in NTOSKRNL.EXE Q109586: PARALLEL.SYS Causes STOP Message Q109850: DIR Command from Windows for Workgroups Returns Incomplete Q110065: System Stops Responding When Printing from UNIX Q110066: Print Server Slow Down and GP Fault in LMSVCS.EXE Q110079: System Stops Responding When Copying Corrupt SFM Files Q110089: Problems with ATI Adapters and DrvSaveScreenBits Stacks Q110149: NTBACKUP: Fails to Detect Network Failure Q110151: Boot Failure on Large Hard Disk Drives Q110153: General Protection Fault in Lotus 1-2-3 for Windows Q110154: Access Violation in Backup Q110155: Photoshop Does Not Print Correctly to PostScript Printer Q110156: PageMaker 5.0 Does Not Print to PostScript Printer Q110158: Err Msg: ...Can Only be Updated When You Exit Paintbrush Q110184: RAS Admin Doesn't See Changes to COM Port Q110275: File Manager Hangs During Network Stress Q110326: Long Directory Path, Access Violation in Backup Q110345: Word 2.0: Blank Items in File List Boxes and Missing Letters Q110347: Giving Dial-In Permissions to Users of a Trusted Domain Q110426: SMC 661-666 Floppy Controller, Errors Reading Disks Q110431: SFM: File Time and Date Stamp Change on Copy Q110458: Setup Fails with 16 or 32 BIOS Drives Q110481: Backup Doesn't Back Up Entire Hard Disk or Create Log File Q110686: Access: Toolbar Disappears Instead of Docking Q110689: Winlogon Does Not Release Thread Handles Q110763: Postscript Error Printing to Macintosh from Windows NT Q110942: Hang on Reboot Autocheck of Stripe Set with Parity Q110946: SP2 Prohibits Administrator Access to Locked Workstations Q111471: Access Violation in SPOOLSS.EXE Q111995: STOP Message: 0xc000000D Q112016: Print Jobs Incomplete or Corrupt with Serial Printing Q112022: Mac Client Cannot Print After Service Pack 2 is Installed Q112145: Err Msg: Performance Monitor: Illegal to Append Data From... Q112201: Spooling More than 127 Jobs to Print Queue Causes Corruption Q112455: Err Msg: STOP Message 0xC0000021A Starting Windows Application Q112760: STOP Message 0xA when Lots of Data is Sent Over SNA Bridge Q112810: STOP Message: 0x1E Trap Uploading File on Clark PCBoard BBS Q112826: Server Manager Cannot Find DC with TCP/IP and ELNK3 Q112862: SFMATALK.SYS Could Cause STOP Message 0x0000000A Q112871: SNMP Always Returns an Error Index of One Q112872: Access Violation in SNMP When Processing Short OIDs Q112873: SNMPTRAP Quits When Sending Information Q113047: Incomplete NTBACKUP Directory Listing Q113130: MS-DOS-Based Applications Print Jobs Incomplete Q113192: STOP Message: 0x0000000A with ARROW.SYS Driver Q113576: WinSocket App's Reject Connection Requests with Reset Frames Q113709: NTBACKUP Doesn't Create Set Description from Command Line Q113747: Err Msg: The Browser Has Received an Illegal Datagram... Q113909: NTBACKUP Creates Additional Backup Set Description File

Q113941: Err Msg: "The Handle is Invalid"  with Console Applications