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 problem when typing a non-cursor keystroke in the Program 
Manager. If the error occurs, you will 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 and immediately after logging on, insert the 
floppy patch disk into the floppy disk drive containing the above files.  

2.      Execute the MS-DOS Command Prompt from the Program Manager.  Locate
FIX31GRP.EXE on the floppy patch diskette and execute the program.  For 
example at the command line type, A:FIX31GRP.EXE.  This program is designed
to detect affected program groups and properly reset the registry. 

3.      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.    

4.      Log back onto Windows NT and execute the MS-DOS Command Prompt again
from the Program Manager.  Locate ADVAPI32.DLL on your hard drive in the 
Windows NT system path.  For example, CD \WIN31\SYSTEM32 or change 
directories to the appropriate system directory for your Windows NT 
installation.  Rename this file at the command line by typing, 
RENAME ADVAPI32.DLL ADVAPI32.OLD.

5.      With the floppy patch disk containing the updated ADVAPI32.DLL file
in the floppy disk drive, copy this file to the appropriate Windows NT 
system path location of your Windows NT installation to replace the failing
file.  For example at the command line type, 
COPY A:ADVAPI32.DLL C:\WIN31\SYSTEM32.  

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