SNMP Access Violation After Installing Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4

• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 SP4
• Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 SP4
• Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition version 4.0 SP4

SYMPTOMS

After you install Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4, the following error message may be displayed:

An application error has occurred and a application log is being generated.
SNMP.EXE Exception: access violation(0xc0000005), Address: address

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because the Snmpelea.dll file is attempting to reallocate its buffer but cannot update the pointer to the new buffer location.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0. 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 the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 5.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kberrmsg ntsp kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00 nt4sp5fix
Version : winnt:4.0 SP4
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug