Err Msg: NSREX Caused an Invalid Page Fault in Module <Unknown> at 0000:686a6b6c...

ID: Q230652

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows versions 95, 98, 98 Second Edition
Microsoft Windows Media Services version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you run Microsoft Windows 98 and use the Windows Media Encoder to encode a file that has more than 50 characters for the file name, the encoder stops responding with an error similar to the following:

NSREX caused an invalid page fault in module <unknown> at 0000:686a6b6c.
Registers:
EAX=63787a61 CS=0167 EIP=686a6b6c EFLGS=00010202
EBX=0062d0b0 SS=016f ESP=0062ce28 EBP=6d6e6276
ECX=815aceac DS=016f ESI=00000000 FS=0dc7
EDX=81a98062 ES=016f EDI=00000000 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, rename the source file to a name that has less than 50 characters.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows Media Services version 4.0.

Additional query words: netshow wms

Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:95,98,98 Second Edition; :4.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug