WD2002: Memory Leaks Occur When You Check the Spelling of a Document with Dutch Text and English Smart Tags (317360)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 2002

This article was previously published under Q317360

SYMPTOMS

When you use Word, "memory leaks" may occur every time you check the spelling of a document that contains text that is formatted as "Dutch (Netherlands)." This problem occurs if the document contains a Smart Tag that is marked as "(English)."

Memory leaks can cause a program to run out of resources and stop responding.

RESOLUTION

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

307841 OFFXP: How to Obtain the Latest Office XP Service Pack

There are three different fixes available. The correct fix for your installation depends on the product you used to install the Dutch proofing tools.

The version of this fix for Dutch Microsoft Office installations has the following file attributes or later:
   Date         Time   Version             Size   File name
   --------------------------------------------------------------
   17-Apr-2002  02:02                    259,584  MSGRNL.MSP
   17-Apr-2002  02:02                  2,580,992  MSGRNL_ADMIN.MSP
				
The English version of this fix for Microsoft Office plus the Language Pack (LPK) installations has the following file attributes or later:
   Date         Time   Version             Size   File name
   --------------------------------------------------------------
   17-Apr-2002  02:05                    139,264  LPK.MSP
   17-Apr-2002  02:05                  2,524,160  LPK_ADMIN.MSP
				
The English version of this fix for Microsoft Office plus the Proofing Tools Kit (PTK) has the following file attributes or later:
   Date         Time   Version             Size   File name
   --------------------------------------------------------------
   19-Apr-2002  23:06                    174,592  PTK.MSP
   19-Apr-2002  23:06                  2,555,392  PTK_ADMIN.MSP
				
After the hotfix is installed, the following files will have the listed attributes or later:
   Date         Time   Version             Size   File name
   --------------------------------------------------------------
   17-Apr-2002  02:02  7.0.0.3           585,782  MSGRNL32.DLL     
   17-Apr-2002  02:02                  4,403,174  MSGR_NL.LEX
				

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 Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 2 (SP-2).

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Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:8/20/2002
Keywords:kbbug kbOffice2000preSP3fix kbOfficeXPPreSP2fix kbOfficeXPsp2fix KB317360