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Q162542: New Ping Tool Prevents Hanging Other TCP/IP Stacks

Article: Q162542
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): 1,2,2.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbfile kbnetwork kbtool osr2 win95 kbgraphxlinkcritical
Last Modified: 13-JUN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
- Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release, versions 1, 2, 2.1 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you use the Ping tool (Ping.exe) to test IP communication to a network
resource, the networked computer or other device may stop responding (hang), or
other errors may occur.

CAUSE
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Under some conditions, it is possible for the version of Ping.exe included with
Windows 95 to send an IP packet that would be considered an invalid IP datagram.
This may cause some systems to hang or encounter other errors.

RESOLUTION
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This issue is resolved by the following updated files for Windows 95:

  PING.EXE version 4.00.1381.3 (dated 12/14/96) and later
  MSVCRT.DLL version 4.20.6164 (dated 6/17/96) and later

These files are included in the self-extracting PINGUPD.EXE file.

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

  Download Pingupd.exe now
  (http://download.microsoft.com/download/win95upg/utility/1/w95/en-us/pingupd.exe)

For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click
the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

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STATUS
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This issue is resolved in Microsoft Windows 98.

MORE INFORMATION
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A computer running Windows NT or Windows 95 does not experience the symptoms
described above, but these symptoms may occur on other systems such as Unix
hosts, Macintosh computers, or network printers.


Additional query words: crash crashing

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Keywords          : kbfile kbnetwork kbtool osr2 win95 kbgraphxlinkcritical 
Technology        : kbWin95search kbOPKSearch kbWin95 kbWin95OPKOSR2 kbWin95OPKOSR1 kbWin95OPKOSR210
Version           : :1,2,2.1

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