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Delphi 2.00 and 2.01 Users Encounter Error 998

Article ID: 159090

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q159090

SYMPTOMS

With Delphi 2.00 and 2.01, users encounter error 998 every time they rebuild the Delphi component library. The same error is encountered frequently when the user runs an application, terminates the application, recompiles the application and then runs it once more. This issue also impacts Borland C++ 5.00 and 5.01.

CAUSE

The write-back disk cache is not cleared after the first initialization has completed.

WORKAROUND

This problem has been fixed in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 2 and later.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.00. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT version 4.00. 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: compiler prodnt

Keywords: kb3rdparty kbsetup KB159090