Corrupted database files on Windows 95 network

Note: Recent versions of MainBoss Basic are not supported on Windows 95. However, version 2.9 update 5 and earlier were supported on Windows 95 and Windows 2000.

Windows 95 OEM Service Releases 2 and 2.1 (OSR2 and OSR2.1) have a bug that reports incorrect information to MainBoss Basic. Because of this bug, Windows 95 occasionally gives the wrong size for a database file, indicating that the file is shorter than it actually is. When MainBoss writes new data to what is supposed to be the end of the file, this new data actually overwrites existing data.

Microsoft has created a patch that will fix the bug. To obtain the correction, click here, or search for the Microsoft knowledge base article Q174371.

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