Not confirmed under WinXP (version 5.1 build 2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519) and user32.dll version 5.1.2600.2622 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519). The icon is just not rendered, but no errors are triggered in anywhere. -- # (perl -e "while (1) { print "\x90"; }") | dd of=/dev/evil