FIX: Application Hangs When RasDial Is Used in a Service (181517)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
This article was previously published under Q181517

SYMPTOMS

When you use RasDial() in a stand-alone application and an invalid username or password is supplied, the following error message appears:
ERROR_AUTHENTICATION_FAILURE
However when an application calls RasDial() to dial in a service with an invalid username or password, you get an Access Violation at location 0000:0000.

RESOLUTION

You must ensure that a valid username and password is either hard-coded, or, if you have a GUI, then you need to prompt the users to enter a valid username and password in order to prevent the application from hanging.

STATUS

This problem was corrected in Microsoft Windows 2000.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/15/2002
Keywords:kbAPI kbBug kbnetwork kbOSWin2000fix KB181517
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