New Ping Tool Prevents Hanging Other TCP/IP Stacks (162542)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release 1
- Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2
- Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2.1
This article was previously published under Q162542 SYMPTOMS When you use the Ping tool (Ping.exe) to test IP
communication to a network resource, the networked computer or other device may
stop responding (hang), or other errors may occur. CAUSE Under some conditions, it is possible for the version of
Ping.exe included with Windows 95 to send an IP packet that would be considered
an invalid IP datagram. This may cause some systems to hang or encounter other
errors. RESOLUTION This issue is resolved by the following updated files for
Windows 95:
PING.EXE version 4.00.1381.3 (dated 12/14/96) and later
MSVCRT.DLL version 4.20.6164 (dated 6/17/96) and later
These files are included in the self-extracting PINGUPD.EXE file.
The following
file is available for download from the Microsoft Download
Center: For
additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the
following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services
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STATUS This issue is resolved in Microsoft Windows 98.
MORE INFORMATION A computer running Windows NT or Windows 95 does not
experience the symptoms described above, but these symptoms may occur on other
systems such as Unix hosts, Macintosh computers, or network printers.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/11/2004 |
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