Fatal Exception in DLC Running Program from NetWare Server

ID: Q159344

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release version 2
Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release version 2.1

SYMPTOMS

When you run a program that uses the Microsoft 32-bit DLC protocol (MSDLC-32) from a NetWare server, you may receive an error message on a blue screen similar to the following message:

Fatal exception 0E at 0028:C16AC573 in VXD DLC(01) + 0001C3EF.
This was called from 0028:C003C47C in VXD NDIS (01) + 00000D7C.

CAUSE

This error can occur when you are running a program (such as a terminal emulation program) from a NetWare file server when both DLC and IPX traffic is going through a single network adapter.

RESOLUTION

You can work around this problem by using one of the following methods:

Install the terminal emulator on the local workstation, instead of running it from a shared installation on the NetWare file server.

Install an additional network adapter in the workstation, and configure the installed protocols so that MSDLC-32 is bound to only one adapter, and the IPX/SPX-compatible Protocol (NWLINK) is bound to only the other adapter.

This issue is resolved by the following updated file for Windows 95 and OSR2, and later versions of this file:


   DLC.VXD  version 4.10.992  dated 12/12/96  241,566 bytes

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.

This issue is resolved in Microsoft Windows 98.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about issues resolved by updates to this component, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q171195 "Fatal Exception" Error Suspending and Resuming with MSDLC32

Q170737 Windows 95 MSDLC32 Does Not Receive Broadcast Packets

Q170736 Windows 95 MSDLC32 Does Not Receive Multicast Packets

Q148765 Availability of DLC Update for MSDLC32 Protocol

Q156149 MSDLC32 May Not Receive All Packets in Heavy Traffic

For additional information about Windows 95 updates, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q161020 Implementing Windows 95 Updates

Keywords : kberrmsg kbnetwork osr2 win95 kbAPI kbDLC kbSDKPlatform kbGrpNet
Version : WINDOWS:95
Platform : WINDOWS
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