Please Report SP6 bugs! (was Re: Visual Studio SP6)
Randy Birch
OK ... here is our chance.
If you have discovered a bug in VB6 ***that was introduced with the
application of VS6/VB6 Service Pack 6*** I need to know ASAP. One more time
... this bug *must* have been introduced by the installation of VS/VB SP6
only.
The MS dev team is awaiting our report, therefore in order to get them to
actually see the issue I need from you:
- Brief description of the bug
- The precise steps to reproduce the bug (for the bug report) that includes,
wherever applicable, the simplest project code to display the bug.
Post the information here - do not email me as my anti-spam rules are
aggressive and your report may not be received. Try to post new bugs as a
subthread to this "Please Report SP6 bugs! (was Re: Visual Studio SP6)" main
post rather than as a response to another's post, just to helps sort out new
issues. "Me too" messages are welcome under the initial bug topic,
especially if you can provide alternate steps or code to reproduce the
identified bug.
I have already bugged the Listview Columnheader initially raised in the
original thread in vb.general.discussion, issue so please don't report that
bug again. But other listview issues can be posted.
If you don't post discovered SP6-related issues, we can't get them
identified and possibly fixed in a collective hotfix. So please don't
hesitate. I will post status updates to this thread as they are received
from MS.
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Stephen B. Hahn
When trying to browse an ASP application the following message is recorded in
the event log:
The server failed to load application '/LM/W3SVC/1/ROOT/RMAdmin'. The error was
'General access denied error
'
When truing to browse the default page the following message is recorded in the
event log:
The server failed to load application '/LM/W3SVC/1/ROOT'. The error was
'General access denied error
'.
I restored the system disk to it's pre-sp6 state and IIS works properly.
Steps to reproduce.
With VB6 SP5 installed and IIS with the default web page:
1. Using IE enter http://localhost in the location bar and press enter.
2. Two IE windows will be built:
http://localhost/localstart.asp
http://localhost/iishelp/iis/misc/default.asp
3. Install SP6
4. Using IE enter http://localhost in the location bar and press enter.
5. IE indicates the following error:
HTTP 500 - Internal server error
6. The event log has an entry with the following text:
The server failed to load application '/LM/W3SVC/1/ROOT'. The error was
'General access denied error
'.
Systems tested on Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server, XP Pro.
Jim Carlock
with the IDE. I've been looking for a way to grab the info that
gets sent to Microsoft, and I'm finding a temp file in that is an
XML document and displays a list of files in use, and their MD5
checksums, but that's about all I've been able to grab. Anyone
know if there is a log file that details the cpu state ?
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"Stephen B. Hahn" <sh...@ousd.k12.ca.us> wrote in message
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: After installing SP6 IIS no longer will serve ASP pages.
:
Randy Birch
Does this occur with all projects, or just specific ones? If specific ones,
would you be able to provide the source (zipped) directly to ms if required?
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"Jim Carlock" <anon...@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
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: I'm getting vba6.dll errors when scrolling through source code
:
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Jim Carlock
compiled at the moment, and it tends to occur after at least ten
minutes of editing, possibly an hour of actual editing. That is just
editing and maybe doing a couple test compilations that are
currently failing. There are no attempts to run the project source
code, and it can not be run within the IDE, and the problems
tend to occur after a form is opened and then closed, and then
proceding to go into editing.
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code) did not occur before adding SP6? I'll need at least the report in the
format I laid out, including the OS and other pertinent system info. My
email address contains _removethis - to get my real address just do as it
says (or use the Comments link on my web site). Send me your real email
address and I will add it to the detailed report you provide here when
submitted to the team investigating the bugs. They will contact you directly
regarding the code if required, so it remains confidential.
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"Jim Carlock" <anon...@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
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: It's with a specific project, I can supply the source. It cannot be
:
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Stephen B. Hahn
The Windows 2000 problems seem to be security related but I have not been able
to uncover any VD permission or ACL issues. A complete system restore,
including the registry, fixes the problem. I have done this on two of the
systems affected but not a third, which is running Windows 2000 server. This
system does not serve asp pages and a full restore is not an option due to the
amount of activity on the server.
On XP IIS was complaining about an invalid reference in the global.asa file in
the default website, which I resolved. After taking a look at my backup logs it
appears this problem pre-dates SP6.
Randy Birch
problem is/may not be SP6-related?
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"Stephen B. Hahn" <sh...@ousd.k12.ca.us> wrote in message
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: The problems with Windows 2000 and XP are different.
: > :
:
Jim Carlock
an hour or two of using the editor, just doing scrolling and cutting
and pasting operations with large projects. I duplicated the effect
with the project that has the other errors I've presented. It took me
an hour or two of cutting and pasting and copying code about and
doing saves in between. But eventually what I am seeing is occuring
when I am scrolling through code, most likely using the mouse
wheel. I spent the last two hours trying to duplicate it in another
project, but it really didn't take that long. I'd guess less than an
hour, it's just because of the other errors, I've been shutting the
project down and re-opening it to dig deeper.
There a number of errors with the project that I've set up, if any
one else wants something to do for an hour, feel free to grab
the code and play around with the code in the VB IDE. Do a lot
of copying, cutting and pasting and then scrolling. If anyone tries,
please post back with results. I don't want to keep pursuing this
and then come to find out I have a botched installation of SP6.<g>
I downloaded the SP6 again, and did binary file comparisons on
the vba6.dll and I elimated that as being a problem. Both files
compared identical using the following command line:
fc /b vba6.dll vba6x.dll
I am using a Logitech Mouse and I never saw this problem with
SP5, but I figure I'll mention my mouse type just to get others
to do the same.
Thanks in advance, and I'm reposting the site that I'm setting up
that details the errors that I've found.
I've put the project up at the following link so you don't have to
dig through PSC:
http://www.microcosmotalk.com/images/xpsp6/XPCtrls.zip
and the details about the errors are at the following link:
http://www.microcosmotalk.com/images/xpsp6/
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"Jim Carlock" <anon...@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
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: The vba6.dll error is not only in one project. It seems to occur after
: :
:
:
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"Stephen B. Hahn" <sh...@ousd.k12.ca.us> wrote in message
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: The restore was to SP5. The Win2000 problem IS SP6 related, the XP was
: > :
:
Paul Clement
¤ (cross-posted intentionally to maximize exposure)
¤
¤ OK ... here is our chance.
¤
¤ If you have discovered a bug in VB6 ***that was introduced with the
¤ application of VS6/VB6 Service Pack 6*** I need to know ASAP. One more time
¤ ... this bug *must* have been introduced by the installation of VS/VB SP6
¤ only.
¤
¤ The MS dev team is awaiting our report, therefore in order to get them to
¤ actually see the issue I need from you:
¤
¤ - Brief description of the bug
¤ - The precise steps to reproduce the bug (for the bug report) that includes,
¤ wherever applicable, the simplest project code to display the bug.
¤
¤ Post the information here -
There is a group for this:
microsoft.public.vb.bugs
Paul ~~~ pcle...@ameritech.net
Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)
Randy Birch
the issues initially arose.
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"Paul Clement" <UseAdddressA...@swspectrum.com> wrote in message
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: On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 12:02:51 -0400, "Randy Birch" <rgb_rem...@mvps.org>
wrote:
:
: $ (cross-posted intentionally to maximize exposure)
: $
: $ OK ... here is our chance.
: $
: $ If you have discovered a bug in VB6 ***that was introduced with the
: $ application of VS6/VB6 Service Pack 6*** I need to know ASAP. One more
time
: $ ... this bug *must* have been introduced by the installation of VS/VB
SP6
: $ only.
: $
: $ The MS dev team is awaiting our report, therefore in order to get them
to
: $ actually see the issue I need from you:
: $
: $ - Brief description of the bug
: $ - The precise steps to reproduce the bug (for the bug report) that
includes,
: $ wherever applicable, the simplest project code to display the bug.
: $
: $ Post the information here -
Bob O`Bob
> "Paul Clement" <UseAdddressA...@swspectrum.com> wrote
> :
> : There is a group for this:
> :
> : microsoft.public.vb.bugs
> :
> Yes, it has been posted there, but I included these groups as this is where
> the issues initially arose.
He's right, though -- that group should be included in these crossposts,
AND followup threads should be redirected there.
(e.g., as I've done with this post)
Bob
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Marcus Smaby
richtx32.ocx and said it logged the error (where??). After the reboot I
attempted to manually register the richtx32.ocx and received the message
'DllRegisterServer in richtx32 failed. return code was: 0x8002801c'. I ran a
dependancy walker on the richtx32.ocx and I don't see any missing
dependencies. The KB has nothing on this either. Marcus
WinXP SP1.
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Jim Carlock
Can you clear your Internet Explorer cache and download the
Service Pack again and then after it downloads, do the following:
Rename the service pack, and copy the file over to where the
original download was put into place.
The files should be displaying the same size.
Open up a DOS command prompt and type in the following:
fc /b <sp6name1.exe> <sp6name2.exe>
If it reports any errors you will know that some bit shifting occurred
in one of the downloads. And if this is the case, you will need to
download the service pack a third time and do the file comparisons
again. You want to identify the two files that are the same and
delete the file that is different.
If you are sure that this is NOT the problem, please post back
identifying such.
I saw your post somewhere else in the newsgroup, but this one
is highlighted on my list of highlights. I think it was your post. If
it was or was NOT you please identify such and let us know.
We need to know that if one or two people that are experiencing
the same problem. :-)
NOTE: Do not delete the files. Bit shifting is NOT limited to
downloads and can happen during file extraction and file copying.
This means that you may have had a good download, but during
the extraction process, the file that was written to your HDD in
the system32 or system folder, could be corrupted.
If one of the files is a bad file, delete that bad file, and then let us
know if there was a bad file.
The files can be extracted by adding the following switches:
/c /t:<FullyQualifiedPathNameTarget>
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Jim Carlock
four already, and I just want to make sure they got there
okay. Four over the last week, not four today. ;-)
Randy Birch
No, I've only received the two today which I have just responded to.
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: Randy, let me know if you got my last email. I've sent you
:
:
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Mark Hurd
Marcus Smaby wrote:
> I just ran the SP6 install. It reported an error midway through
> regarding richtx32.ocx and said it logged the error (where??). After
> the reboot I attempted to manually register the richtx32.ocx and
> received the message 'DllRegisterServer in richtx32 failed. return
> code was: 0x8002801c'. I ran a dependancy walker on the richtx32.ocx
> and I don't see any missing dependencies. The KB has nothing on this
> either. Marcus
>
> WinXP SP1.
ErrLook gives "Error accessing the OLE registry." as the message corresponding
to 0x8002801c.
Could there be any reason why you don't have full access to the registry?
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Paul Melia
issue: any database diagrams that were created in SQL 2000 enterprise
manager prior to the installation appear to be empty (they are not as
they can be viewed correctly on a pre SP6 box, or one that doesn't
have VS installed at all), diagrams created after the installation of
SP6 are fine.
I've checked this on W2K and WinXP and get the same problem.
Any one else seen (or resolved) this?
Paul J Melia
Senior Developer
Reed Business Information
Unforgiven
: I have just installed Visual Studio 6 SP6 and have the following
Paul,
After reading this post I immediately went into the Enterprise Manager where
I know I have a diagram of a SQL 2000 database and noticed that the diagram
was not there.
-U
Unforgiven
Correction to my last post.
The reference to the diagram was there but when I opened it, the diagram
itself did not appear.
-U
Randy Birch
operating systems would be handy.
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Pages After VS SP6 Installation". This is apparently caused as a
result of the permissions on mfc42.dll (located in
%systemroot%\winnt\system32 - on Windows 2000) being changed. The
IWAM_MACHINENAME user needs to have Read and Execute permissions to
this file. Once this is done, then it should work once again (it has
in my environment).
Jim Carlock
The link below is one of several disfunctional links in the SP6
"readme.htm" file which is inside the vs6sp6.exe file (and possibly
the vb6 upgrade as well):
http://support.microsoft.com/support/misc/kblookup.asp?ID=834001
It should be pointing to http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=834001
at least for the English versions of the readme.htm file.
I can't comment on the other language versions of the files.
Jim Carlock
Just something I've noticed with the comctl32.ocx file. And it's
possible someone else might have mentioned this already. I can't
seem to find a reference to it though.
There are two different comctl32.ocx files in the VS6 distribution
package:
(1) comctl32.cab => comctl32.ocx date: 5/22/2000
(2) VS6sp61.cab\os\system => comctl32.ocx date: 3/9/2004
The installation of VS6SP6 installs #1 above on an XP system.
There are some other files that are duplicated in the SP as well.
I have set up an mdb database at the following location that
has a query displaying duplicate files. It also lists all the files in
the service pack.
http://www.microcosmotalk.com/tech/vs6/
The mdb is available for downloading here:
http://www.microcosmotalk.com/tech/vs6/sp6mdb2.zip
There is a Duplicate files query inside of it to view the files that
are duplicated. It is an incomplete list, as alot of files were
duplicated 3x and they all appeared to be the same size and
I deleted those from the list. It was the files that had different
dates/sizes that I left inside of that query.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
Stephen B. Hahn
Stephen B. Hahn
(pasted below). I confirm that this works on my remaining previously busted
system. I guess it's trustworthy computing if no one can access you website.
From car...@eddorre.com (carlos)
I called Microsoft and I have a fix for the problem "Unable to Run ASP
Pages After VS SP6 Installation". This is apparently caused as a
result of the permissions on mfc42.dll (located in
%systemroot%\winnt\system32 - on Windows 2000) being changed. The
IWAM_MACHINENAME user needs to have Read and Execute permissions to
this file. Once this is done, then it should work once again (it has
in my environment).
Rob Janssen
I tried replacing the comctl32.ocx with the newer version, but it did not
solve anything (I REALLY hoped it would). Just to be sure, I made a backup
of the comctl32.ocx wich was there and I just put it back...
I cannot find ANYTHING on Microsoft's site to warn user about the numerous
bugs in SP6 and there's still, to my knowledge, no (hot)fix for it. I find
it strange Microsoft is not doing anything about this, even after I've
mailed them more than once to tell them SP6 breaks more than it fixes ;-)
If anyone finds a hotfix for the problems in SP6, of knows when Microsoft
will make an official statement about these problems, please let me know!
Rob
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SiJP
I discovered the ListView bug (moving column headers crashes compiled apps
on winxp when vs6 sp6 installed) recently and after some fruitless googling
posted to this newsgroup.
Murpheys law that no sooner do I post that I come across your post below and
some other sites which shows the problems.
Currently, I cannot see the fix within XP's SP2, nor on MS's list of known
issues .. are you aware of anymore news on this problem?
Thanks,
Simon Pearson
"Randy Birch" wrote:
> (cross-posted intentionally to maximize exposure)
>
> OK ... here is our chance.
>
> If you have discovered a bug in VB6 ***that was introduced with the
> application of VS6/VB6 Service Pack 6*** I need to know ASAP. One more time
> .... this bug *must* have been introduced by the installation of VS/VB SP6
John Eikanger [MSFT]
At this point you would need to call support at 800-936-5800, describe the
problem, and request the hot fix. There is no charge for a support
incident created because of a bug. Point the router to the as yet
unpublished knowledge base article 841999 if you get pushback.
Hope this helps,
John Eikanger
Microsoft Developer Support
This posting is provided “AS IS” with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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