SNMP Access Violation After Installing Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4

ID: Q233395

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

SYMPTOMS

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

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

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0. 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 the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 5.

Additional query words:


Keywords          : kberrmsg ntsp kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00 nt4sp5fix 
Version           : winnt:4.0 SP4
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: July 21, 1999