Ntbackup.exe Log Has Additional Space at Beginning of Each Line

• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
• Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
• Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0, Terminal Server Edition

SYMPTOMS

Ntbackup.exe in Windows NT version 4.0 Service Pack 3 adds an additional null character (0x00) at the beginning of each line in the log when the log is written to disk using the /l (lowercase "L") switch.

CAUSE

The function that writes the log file takes a value that determines the size to write. The size passed to this function was too big by one byte.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 4.

Keywords : NT4SP4Fix kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00.sp4 ntbackup NTSrvWkst
Version : 4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug