Microsoft Windows NT, Beta March 1993
Microsoft Windows 3.1 Migration Fix for "Run Minimize" Program Items


The Microsoft Windows NT product group has recently identified a migration 
problem with the Beta March release of Windows NT.  If you have installed 
the March Beta release and elected to migrate Windows groups that contain 
one or more program items which have "Run Minimized" selected, you may 
encounter a system hang when typing a non-cursory keystroke in the Program 
Manager. If the error occurs, you may be unable to properly Logoff or 
Shutdown.  Please give the system several minutes to allow the file systems 
to be properly flushed and power cycle the machine off then on.  

If you encounter this problem, please take the following steps to remedy 
this behavior.  We appreciate our customers efforts in reporting problem 
areas and encourage you to continue working with us to improve the product.  
We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.  

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To retrieve the corrected files from the WINNT CompuServe forum:

    Connect to the WINNT CompuServe forum, Library 2 where you will find 
    WNT006.ZIP.  This file was created using the PKZIP file compression 
    utility.  You will need the PKUNZIP utility to extract the files to
    a directory on your hard drive.  PKUNZIP can be found as PKZ110.EXE 
    in Library 2 of the IBMCOM forum.  Download PKZ110.EXE and execute 
    the file to extract the PKUNZIP.EXE utility.  Create a directory on
    your hard disk where the extracted files can be placed.  For example, 
    C:\WNT006.  To extract the WNT006.ZIP file, type: 

	PKUNZIP WNT006.ZIP C:\WNT006

    to decompress the files into the directory or directly to floppy disk.  
    The following files can now be seen: 

	ADVAPI32.DLL 
	FIX31GRP.EXE
	README.TXT

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Instructions to resolve the problem behavior:

1.      Logon to Windows NT as administrator or with administrator privileges.  

2.      Immediately after logging on, insert the floppy disk into the 
floppy disk drive containing the above files.  

3.      Using the File Manager, locate FIX31GRP.EXE on the diskette and 
select File, Run to execute the program.  For example, File, Run 
A:FIX31GRP.EXE.  This program is designed to detect program groups and 
properly reset the registry. 

4.      Logoff from Windows NT by pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL, and select Logoff,
then OK.  The system may appear to hang, at which point you may be prompted to "End Task".  Select End Task.     

5.      Log back onto Windows NT and using the File Manager, locate 
ADVAPI32.DLL on your hard drive in the system path (for example, 
C:\WIN31\SYSTEM32) and rename this file.  For example, File, Rename 
(From:)ADVAPI32.DLL (To:)ADVAPI32.OLD.  

6.      With the floppy disk containing the updated ADVAPI32.DLL file in 
the floppy disk drive, copy this file to the correct path location on your 
system.  For example, File, Copy, (From:)A:ADVAPI32.DLL 
(To:) C:\WIN31\SYSTEM32.  

7.      Shutdown from Windows NT by pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL, and select 
Shutdown, then OK.  You may now log back on and proceed as normal.