Help: NTVDM Error
Adam Hartland
Hi,
My MS-DOS and Windows 3.1 applications used to run in WinNT 3.51
Workstation (original build).
Now after applying Service Pack #5 they won't run in Seperate Memory
Spaces. If I switch off the Seperate Memory Space they run OK (except
when the switch has been disabled and is on for text based Windows
programs).
I also get the following message when I login.
I get the following error message in both cases:
16bit Windows Subsystem
'Hidden Console of WOW VDM NTVDM has encountered a System Error.
The handle is invalid. Choose Close to terminate the application.'
Here is my current settings for WOW in the registry:
Adam Hartland
Opps... Here's the rest:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WOW
cmdline : REG_EXPAND_SZ: %SystemRoot%\system32\ntvdm
-f%SystemRoot%\system32 -a
DefaultSeperateVDM : REG_SZ : no
KnownDLLs : comm.drv commdlg.dll ddeml.dll keyboard.drv lanman.drv
mapi.dll mmsystem.dll mouse.drv netapi.dll olecli.dll olesvr.dll
pmspl.dll shell.dll sound.drv system.drv toolhelp.dll vga.drv wfwnet.drv
win87em.dll winoldap.mod winsock.dll winspool.exe wowdeb.exe timer.drv
rasapi16.dll compobj.dll storage.dll ole2.dll ole2disp.dll ole2nls.dll
typelib.dll msvideo.dll avifile.dll msacm.dll mciavi.drv mciseq.drv
mciwave.drv progman.exe avicap.dll
LPT_timeout : REG_SZ : 15
size : REG_SZ : 0
wowcmdline : ntvdm -m -w -f%SystemRoot%\system32 -a
%SystemRoot%\system32\krnl386
wowsize : REG_SZ : 16384
I've looked up the MSDN Library on the error message and it says to
contact technical
support. Anyone had this problem?
I'm running the I386 version of WinNT 3.51
regs,
Adam.