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I was out of the office last week and did not have a chance to post the new KB articles, so this week you’re in for double the fun. There are quite a few updates between the last two weeks. Here they are, separated by week:
2/13/2011 – 2/19/2011
Article #
Title
977611
After you apply a GPO to redirect a folder to a new network share, the redirected folder is empty on client computers that are running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008
2498185
How To Diagnose Active Directory Replication Failures
976033
"Terminal Session" targeting item does not work for a Group Policy preferences setting on a client computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista
981704
The file name of an ADM file is displayed incorrectly in the GPMC report in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2008, in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2
322244
How to Turn On Debug Logging of the Active Directory Users and Computers Snap-In
977511
About the DFS Namespaces service and its configuration data on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008
2/6/2011 – 2/12/2011
2493933
FIX: The "Validate server certificate" option is enabled on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 when you disable this option by using a Group Policy object
2464365
The ACL permission of some DFS folders is incorrectly reset after you restart the DFS Namespace service in Windows Server 2008
2505568
Cannot use Romanian "Ș" character in computer name on Windows 7
2492505
Computer does not crash when the disk is full after CrashOnAuditFail is set in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2
2460922
Group Policy preference item-level targeting does not work for 64-bit versions of Windows 7
2462585
You cannot save changes to the Dial-in property settings of a user account on a Windows Server 2008-based domain controller or on a Windows 7-based computer that has RSAT installed
2468353
The MPR still calls the NPPasswordChangeNotify function to notify a password change event in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 even though the password change is unsuccessful
2506030
Text on logon screen or lock screen may be truncated with some third-party credential providers on Windows 7
2466048
Previous versions of a file or of a folder in a DFS share are not listed if you access the share through a nested DFS link from a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2
2424375
A remote desktop session may be incorrectly disconnected when a smart card is removed in another remote desktop session in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Server 2008 R2
2471430
You cannot restore large files in the NTFS file system when all the data streams that have sparse attributes are deleted in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Vista
2413670
Events 1659, 1481, and 1173 are recorded in the Directory Service event log on Windows Server 2008 R2-based domain controllers after you remove Active Directory Domain Services from the last domain controller in a tree root domain
2445324
An AD FS-enabled web application that is published for AD FS authentication on a Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer cannot decode session cookies that are received out of order
2468316
A paged LDAP query fails on the second page and the pages that follow in Windows Server 2008 R2
2483564
Renewal request for an SCEP certificate fails in Windows Server 2008 R2 if the certificate is managed by using NDES
2462137
The Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in and Active Directory Administrative Center display Serbia and Montenegro as one country instead of as two countries in Windows Server 2008 R2 and in Windows 7
2411938
"An external error has occurred" error when you change the user rights of an account in Local Security Policy in Windows Server 2008 R2
2461385
The DFS Replication service leaks download tasks, and an outgoing replication backlog occurs in Windows Server 2008 R2
2301288
A Remote Desktop Services session is disconnected automatically if you apply the "Interactive logon: smart card removal behavior" Group Policy setting in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7
2466181
A crash in the Ntfs.sys component on a computer that is running an IA-64-based version of Windows Server 2008 R2
BACKSPACE or arrow keys do not work in MMC on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2