PRB: Encountering an INT 01 with WDEB386

ID: Q64123

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) versions 3.0, 3.1

SYMPTOMS

When debugging an application with WDEB386, the program halts on a breakpoint at an INT 01 instruction.

CAUSE

An INT 01 is coded into Windows in the Fatal_Error_Handler. This interrupt is hit when some device driver is doing a fatal exit. The INT 01 is there to make the debugger useful when diagnosing the fatal error. INT 01 in virtual devices (VxDs) is generally ignored (treated as a NOP instruction) in the retail version of Windows. However, if the debugger is installed, the system breaks into the debugger.

RESOLUTION

Diagnose and correct the cause of the fatal exit.

Additional query words: 3.00 no32bit 3.10

Keywords : kb16bitonly
Version : WINDOWS:3.0,3.1
Platform : WINDOWS
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