16-bit Applications Cause Access Violation in NTDLL.DLL

ID: Q165813

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

16-bit applications that ran without errors in Windows NT 3.51 may cause an access violation when they are run in Windows NT 4.0 similar to the following:

<Application> caused an access violation in NTDLL.DLL at 0x77f645bf.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodnt User32.dll WOW ntvdm.exe c0000005 drwatson

Keywords : kbnetwork kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00 ntdriver kbfix4.00.sp2 nt16ap NTSrvWkst
Version : 4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug