Article ID: 266090 - Last Review: January 27, 2007 - Revision: 1.2

Suwin Fault in Unknown When Upgrading to Windows Millennium Edition

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315854  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315854/EN-US/ ) Windows 98 and Windows Me Error Message Resource Center
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SYMPTOMS

When you are upgrading to Windows Millennium Edition (Me), you may receive the following error message when the file copy process is 10 percent complete:
SUWIN This program has caused an illegal operation and will be shut down. SUWin caused an invalid page fault in module Unknown at 0000:XXXX XXXX.

After you acknowledge the error message, Setup continues normally.
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CAUSE

This behavior can occur if Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 is installed.
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RESOLUTION

To prevent this error message from occurring, uninstall SQL Server 7.0 before you upgrade to Windows Me.
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WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, disable the path for SQL Server 7.0 in the Autoexec.bat file before you upgrade to Windows Me:
  1. Click Start, click Run, type msconfig, and then click OK.
  2. Click the Autoexec.bat tab.
  3. Click to clear the following check box:
    PATH=%PATH%;C:\MSSQL7\BINN
  4. Click OK, and then restart the computer.
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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
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APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
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kberrmsg kbfaq kbinvalidpagefault kbprb kbsetup KB266090
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