.NET Questions and Solutions

Symptoms
When you start your computer after upgrading to Windows 98, you mayreceive one or more of the following error messages:

Fatal Exception 0E at 0028:c028bac6 in VXD Vwin32(05)+0000281a

dmistart timed out waiting for INITCOMPLETE message from c:\program files\intel\ldcm\win32sl.exe -i -r

ia error, ..\..\dmispio.cpp::320 unable to register with service provider.

Microsoft visual C++ runtime library:
runtime error!c:\program files\intel\ldcm\ci\ia\ciamngr.exe
abnormal program termination.

dmistart caused an IPF in module dmistart.exe at 015f:00401a0cYou may also receive a series of “Invalid page fault” error messagesin files with the ._ac extension.
Resolution
This behavior can occur if your computer automatically starts the third-party Desktop Management Interface (DMI) Start utility.

Symptoms
When you try to run a program, the following Dr. Watson error message may be displayed:

An application error has occurred and an application error log is being generated.
<Program.exe>
Exception: hardcoded-breakpoint (0×80000003), Address: 0×77f76274Where <Program.exe> is the name of your program’s executable file. The Address value may be different.
Resolution
This problem occurs if a program makes a request for memory with the MEM_TOP_DOWN flag set. A bad pointer may be returned, causing the Dr. Watson error message.

Symptoms
You may receive an “Access violation while reading from location 0×0FB04000″ exception in the worker thread of the mail program.
Resolution
Offset and length parameters for CWtvMailApp::GetRequestParam that are not valid cause the mail program to try to access memory that is beyond the message’s data.

Symptoms
When you install a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 service pack, cumulative update, or cluster hotfix, the installation fails. When this problem occurs, an error message that resembles the following is logged in the Summary.txt file:

Machine: ServerName
Product: Client Components
Error: Failed to install and configure assemblies C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\NotificationServices\9.0.242\Bin\microsoft.sqlserver.notificationservices.dll in the COM+ catalog.
Error: -2146233087
Error message: Unknown error 0×80131501
Error description: The Transaction Manager is not available. (Exception from HRESULT: 0×8004D01B)Note The Summary.txt file is located under the following folder:
%ProgramFiles%\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\HotfixAdditionally, an error message that resembles the following is logged in the SQLTools9_Hotfix_KB921896_sqlrun_tools.msp.log file:

MSI (s) (9C!38) [17:51:18:649]: Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Tools — Error 29549. Failed to install and configure assemblies C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\NotificationServices\9.0.242\Bin\microsoft.sqlserver.notificationservices.dll in the COM+ catalog. Error: -2146233087
Error message: Unknown error 0×8013150
Error description: The Transaction Manager is not available. (Exception from HRESULT: 0×8004D01B)
Error 29549. Failed to install and configure assemblies C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\NotificationServices\9.0.242\Bin\microsoft.sqlserver.notificationservices.dll in the COM+ catalog. Error: -2146233087
Error message: Unknown error 0×8013150
Error description: The Transaction Manager is not available. (Exception from HRESULT: 0×8004D01B)Note The SQLTools9_Hotfix_KB921896_sqlrun_tools.msp.log file is located under the following folder:
%ProgramFiles%\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Hotfix
Resolution
This problem occurs because the SQL Server Setup program cannot access the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC) service.

Symptoms
In Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1), a program that uses structured exception handling may stop responding for several seconds. Programs that use structured exception handling include Microsoft SQL Server.
Resolution
This problem occurs because Windows Server 2003 SP1 includes a change to the memory manager. This change may make the validation process of exception handling routines take a long time if the following conditions are true:The computer has lots of physical RAM.The process loader lock is held by one thread.Multiple exceptions occur at the same time.In these conditions, several threads wait for the memory manager, and the program stops responding for several seconds.

Symptoms
After you install the ATI All-In-Wonder Pro video adapter drivers version5.0 or later provided by ATI, you may receive the following error messageon a blue screen:

A Fatal Exception 0D has occurred. Press any key to continue.
Resolution
This behavior can occur when either of the following conditions exists:
You are using a program written to use features of the Windows 3.x 16- bit video device drivers that are no longer available in the 32-bit video device drivers used in Windows 98/Me.You are using a program that installs an older version of a multimedia program.