DRWTSN32.EXE Causes STOP 0x0000001E
Article ID: 148700
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
This article was previously published under Q148700
SYMPTOMS
The following STOP error message appears when DRWTSN32.EXE is called to
handle a user mode exception (this STOP error message is preceded by Dr.
Watson errors in the event log):
STOP: 0x0000001E (0xC0000005, 0x801992b7, 0x00000000, 0x00000010)
NOTE: The first, second, and fourth parameters (such as 0xC0000005,
0x801992b7, and 0x00000010) are specific to your system configuration.
CAUSE
This problem occurs due to a corrupted handle table in AFD.SYS. When you
call DRWTSN32.EXE, a null pointer to the handle table is passed and the
STOP error message mentioned above appears.
RESOLUTION
To correct this problem, upgrade to Windows NT 3.51 Service Pack 3.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.51.
This problem was corrected in the latest Windows NT 3.51 U.S. Service Pack.
For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):
Additional query words: 3.51 prodnt sp3 sp4
Keywords: KB148700