'Hidden Console WOW VDM'

[Ellen Reisinger]

Alex,

Thanks for this.

I wasn't sure if vnc was causing the problem or not, at
least i have a little more of an idea on how to research
the problem.

Many thanks again...


cheers,
Ellen


> That's one I have never seen from VNC; there may be a
> corrupt file or another process on your system may be
> causing it.
>
> WOW is the abbreviation for "Windows on Windows" which
> is the way that Microsoft enabled old 16-bit Windows
> software to run on NT; a VDM is a "Virtual DOS Machine"
> which the WOW session usually runs on top of.  Since
> VNC is 32-bit on Microsoft Windows, this shouldn't
> happen at all!
>
> I would suggest uninstalling the  WinVNC server, making
> sure the files are gone (usually in "C:\Program
> Files\ORL\VNC") and then reinstalling it as a starting
> point; that should only take a few minutes to do.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ellen Reisinger" <it.admin "at" latis.net.au>
> To: <vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, 2002-04-02 01:02
> Subject: "Hidden Console WOW VDM"
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Has anyone ever heard of an error with VNC that would
>> crash
>> an NT server and bring up a message like:
>> "hidden console WOW VDM ..."
>>
>>
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