Errors occur when you use a .NET Framework 1.0-based program on a Windows 2000 Service Pack 4-based Terminal server

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SYMPTOMS

When you log on to a Terminal server and run a Microsoft .NET Framework-based program or Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, you experience one or more of the following symptoms:

When you create a new Windows Application project in Visual Studio .NET, and then you try to edit it by using the design editor, you receive the following error message:
Microsoft Development Environment

There is no editor available for 'C:\Documents and Settings\TestUser\My Documents\Visual Studio Projects\WindowsApplication2\Form1.vb'.

Make sure the application for the file type (.vb) is installed.
When you open a project, and then you quit Visual Studio .NET, you receive the following error message:
The instruction at "0x791bad3a" referenced memory at :0x00000050". The memory could not be "read".

Click on OK to terminate the program
Click on CANCEL to debug the program
If you click Cancel, you receive the following error message:
Microsoft Visual Studio Debugger has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
When you try to run a .NET Framework-based managed program, you receive one of or both of the following error messages:
ConsoleApplication1.exe - Fatal error

CLR error: 80070002.
The program will now terminate.
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ConsoleApplication1.exe - Application Error

The instruction at "0x791bad3a" referenced memory at "0x00000050". The memory could not be "read".

Click on OK to terminate the program
Click on CANCEL to debug the program
If you click Cancel, you receive the following error message:
Microsoft Visual Studio Debugger has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

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CAUSE

This problem occurs if all the following are true:

You log on to the Terminal server as a limited user (a user without administrator rights).

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The Terminal server is running Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4) and has the .NET Framework 1.0 Service Pack 2 (SP2) or earlier installed.

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You have not installed the .NET Framework 1.1 or later on the Terminal server.

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To work around this problem, install the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 on the Windows 2000 SP4-based Terminal server. For additional information about how to obtain the .NET Framework 1.1, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa569264.aspx (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa569264.aspx)

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