Access Violation Appears When You Parse Posts in a Newsgroup on Windows 2000 (293768)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
This article was previously published under Q293768

SYMPTOMS

When you parse a post to a newsgroup and someone has sent a message that contains an invalid character in the Sender field, the following access violation occurs:
Access violation - code c0000005

CAUSE

This behavior can occur because Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) cannot process invalid characters.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.

MORE INFORMATION

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:12/19/2003
Keywords:kbbug kbenv kbpending kbSysAdmin kbWin2000sp3fix KB293768
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