Viewing Computer from MMC Causes an Access Violation to Occur

ID: Q193614

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

If you use the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) to view the information of a computer that contains more than 256 characters in its DNS name, an access violation error occurs.


RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Internet Information Server version 4.0. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 4.


MORE INFORMATION

MMC successfully connects to the computer, but when the plus sign next to the computer name is clicked in the scope pane of the MMC, the access violation occurs.

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Keywords          : NT4SP4Fix kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00.sp4 
Version           : WINNT:4.0
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: April 29, 1999