Q140985: BUG: Service Pack 3 Causes Updated Epson Stylus to Fail

Article: Q140985
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 3.51
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbDriver
Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.51 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.51 
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SYMPTOMS
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You can experience heap corruption when using Windows NT 3.51 Service Pack 3 and
the updated Epson Stylus driver that supports 720 DPI printing. Typically the
system will slow down and eventually lock up during print operations.

CAUSE
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The cause of the problem is related to Service Pack 3 installing an earlier
version of the following files:

RASDD.DLL
RASDDUI.CNT
RASDDUI.DLL

RESOLUTION
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Steps to Resolve Problem
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1. Download the updated Epson Stylus drivers from the following locations:

  FTP:

  Bussys\winnt\winnt-public\drivers\3.51\Epson\<Platform>

2. Remove the existing Printer. (From Printmanager, select the Epson Stylus
  driver and choose "Remove Printer" from the Printer Menu.)

3. Expand the newly downloaded files into a separate directory, and do the
  following:

  a. In Control Panel, choose the Print Manager icon. The Print Manager opens.
     From the Printer menu, choose Create Printer. The Create Printer dialog
     box appears.

  b. Expand the Driver drop-down list by clicking its down arrow. Scroll to the
     bottom of the list and select Other. The Install Driver dialog box will
     appear.

  c. Either insert the disk you made during the downloading procedure, or type
     the path of the directory where you downloaded the driver. Then choose the
     OK button. A Select Driver dialog box appears, listing one or more
     printers.

  d. In the Printer Driver list, select the printer you want, and choose the OK
     button. Windows NT copies the needed file(s) and returns you to the Create
     Printer dialog box.

  e. Fill in the rest of the information fields, and choose OK.

  f. For instructions on how to configure your printer, see the section for the
     Print Manager in the "Microsoft Windows NT System Guide."

Alternative Procedure
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1. Remove the Printer from PrintManager. Locate the following Directory in
  FileManager:

  <NTDIR>\system32\spool\drivers\<Platform Specific>\1

2. Rename the following files to *.OLD

  RASDD.DLL
  RASDDUI.DLL

3. Run PrintManager again and re-install the Epson Stylus driver.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new
information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: Epsom hang slow lock freeze driver print

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Keywords          : kbDriver 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNT351search kbWinNTW351search kbWinNTW351 kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS351 kbWinNTS351search
Version           : 3.51

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