Q233395: SNMP Access Violation After Installing Service Pack 4

Article: Q233395
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): winnt:4.0 SP4
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kberrmsg kbWinNT400sp5fix
Last Modified: 06-AUG-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- 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 
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SYMPTOMS
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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
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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
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To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0. For
additional information, click the following article number to view the article
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that
are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in
Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 5.


Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kberrmsg kbWinNT400sp5fix 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTW400sp4 kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTSEntSearch kbWinNTSEnt400sp4 kbWinNTS400sp4 kbWinNTS400search
Version           : winnt:4.0 SP4
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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