Microsoft Excel 97 Causes a Windows NT Access Violation
Article ID: 163891
Article Last Modified on 10/13/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q163891
SYMPTOMS
Microsoft Excel 97 may cause an access violation when you create OLE links
with a Word document. You will receive the following error message:
Excel.exe - Application Error
The instruction at "0x30053409" referenced memory at "0x06460504".
The memory could not be "read'.
Click ok to terminate the application.
CAUSE
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 US
Service Pack. For more information on obtaining the latest service pack,
please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0.
This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 U.S.
Service Pack.
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