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STOP 0x0000000A in Ntoskrnl.exe at Logon to Windows NT 4.0

Article ID: 160649

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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

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SYMPTOMS

A STOP 0x0000000A error in Ntoskrnl.exe may occur at logon time in Windows NT 4.0.

CAUSE

The Registry code passes an invalid pointer to NtWriteFile.

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: kbnetwork KB160649