OLE Directory May Have Uninitialized Data in the Document File

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This article was previously published under Q234531

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SYMPTOMS

You may encounter invalid data in an OLE document file before you enter any user data. This may appear as random bytes of data in the file right after creation.

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CAUSE

This problem occurs in Ole32.dll because the document file structure was not initialized after creation.

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RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

152734 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/152734/EN-US/ ) How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

The latest service pack is also available at the following Internet location:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=E396D059-E402-46EF-B095-A74399E25737&displaylang=en/ (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=E396D059-E402-46EF-B095-A74399E25737&displaylang=en/)

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