Knowledge Base

STOP 0x0000001E in Win32k.sys When Exiting Applications

Article ID: 159095

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 Q159095

SYMPTOMS

When Windows NT exits an application, a blue screen with the following STOP code and parameters is generated:

STOP 0x0000001E (0xC0000005, 0x80118bf4, 0x00000000, 0x00000074).

NOTE: On single processor systems, the parameters in parenthesis will exactly match those shown above.

CAUSE

When the API function CallWndProc is set from the context of a service, it can cause the blue screen when applications are closed.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows NT version 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 U.S. Service Pack. 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: prodnt

Keywords: kb3rdparty kbinterop KB159095