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Q119596: Windows 95 and After Dark 3.0 Issues

Article: Q119596
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): 95
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): win95 appscomp kbAppCompatibility
Last Modified: 28-JUL-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you click OK at the end of the Berkeley Systems After Dark 3.0 Setup
program (as prompted), you receive a general protection (GP) fault.

CAUSE
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The Setup program for After Dark 3.0 broadcasts a message to all top-level
windows when it should not do so.


RESOLUTION
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Upgrade to After Dark 3.01. For information regarding After Dark 3.01, contact
Berkeley Systems.

STATUS
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This situation is most likely caused by design changes in Windows 95. Microsoft
has confirmed that it is not caused by a problem in Windows 95.

MORE INFORMATION
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After Dark 3.0 is manufactured by Berkeley Systems, a vendor independent of
Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's
performance or reliability.

Additional query words: afterdark afterdrk adw gp fault 3rdparty

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Keywords          : win95 appscomp kbAppCompatibility 
Technology        : kbWin95search kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : 95

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