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# Registry Editor Hangs When You Select a Key

Article ID: 124142

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

APPLIES TO

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5

This article was previously published under Q124142

## SYMPTOMS

When you run Registry Editor and select a key with the mouse and press ENTER at the same time, the computer stops responding (hangs) or you receive and Out of Memory error message.

## STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT Workstation and Windows NT Server version 3.5. This problem was corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT version 3.5. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

       S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodnt winfile.exe regedit.exe

Keywords: KB124142