DOCUMENT:Q160659  10-AUG-2001  [crossnet]
TITLE   :Access Violation in Infocomm.dll w/ Incorrectly Formatted URLs
PRODUCT :Windows for Workgroups and Windows NT Networking Issues
PROD/VER:winnt:2.0,4.0
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kberrmsg kbnetwork

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 
 - Microsoft Internet Information Server 2.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 may experience access violation error messages when a
URL is based to any services that do not contain a leading "/". While this is an
incorrectly formatted URL and should never be passed, it does cause the Internet
Information Server (IIS) Services to stop.

CAUSE
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This problem is caused by a bug in the code, which fails when there is no
leading "/".

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT 4.0. This problem was
corrected in the latest Windows NT 4.0 U.S. Service Pack. 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:

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Keywords          : kberrmsg kbnetwork 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400 kbiisSearch kbiis200
Version           : winnt:2.0,4.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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