Applies to:
Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 SP2
Windows Server 2008 (R1) Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 (R1) SP2
W2K8 Service Pack 2
W2K8 SP2
W2K8 (R1) Service Pack 2
W2K8 (R1) SP2
List of DFS related hotfixes post Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008 as of Oct. 21th, 2011:
Note: First posted Sept. 29th, 2009.
2619531 "Rename Folder" operation in the DFS Namespace MMC snap-in does not work in Windows Server 2008 if the DFS namespace is in scalability mode http://support.microsoft.com/?id=2619531 Update(s): Dfsn-serverservice-ppdlic.xrm-ms Dfssvc.exe 6.0.6002.22718 Supersede(s): 2464365 The ACL permission of some DFS folders is incorrectly reset after you restart the DFS Namespace service in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 2394849 The DACL of a DFS link is corrupted in Windows Server 2008, in Windows Vista, in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 if you use the Dfsutil.exe utility to export DFS configuration data from the DFS link 971405 Windows Explorer stops responding for approximately 30 seconds when you try to access the DFS resources in a Windows Server 2008 domain
2537589 SMB/CIFS sessions leak in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2008, in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2 http://support.microsoft.com/?id=2537589 Update(s): Dfsc.sys 6.0.6002.22625 Supersede(s): 2535512 MS11-042: Vulnerabilities in Distributed File System could allow remote code execution: June 14, 2011 976452 Error message on a blue screen when you perform an operation to a DFS server from a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008: "PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA"
2450944 Some folders or files are unexpectedly deleted on the upstream server after you restart the DFS Replication service in Windows Server 2003 R2, in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 http://support.microsoft.com/?id=2450944 Update(s): Dfsrprovs.mof Dfsrress.dll 6.0.6002.22529 Dfsrs.exe 6.0.6002.22529 Supersede(s): 2286715 A SYSVOL share migration from FRS to the DFS Replication service stops responding at the Start state in Windows Server 2008 979646 Some folders or some files are unexpectedly deleted on the upstream server after you restart the DFS Replication service 979247 The DFS Replication service stops responding on a Windows Server 2008-based downstream server that is configured to replicate data from many upstream servers 978538 The DFS Replication service crashes randomly in Windows Server 2008 977381 The DFS Replication service may stop responding when it initializes the replication process for the replicated folders on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008, or Windows Server 2008 R2 973275 Only the first character appears for some strings in the event messages when you query the DFS Replication event log on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 973123 The Distributed File System Replication service may stop responding in the initial replication on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 971203 The memory usage of the DFS Replication service keeps increasing on a PDC emulator or on a writable domain controller that is running Windows Server 2008 during the SYSVOL share replication process 969688 A SYSVOL share migration from FRS to the DFSR service fails on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 if a disjoint namespace is configured in the domain 959542 A warning event is logged repeatedly on a member computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2003 R2 when you configure read-only replicated folders on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2
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 http://support.microsoft.com/?id=977611 Update(s): Shell32.dll 6.0.6002.22270 Supersede(s): 972841 Windows Search does not return files or folders that are under DFS-linked folders on a Windows Vista SP2 or on a Windows Server 2008 SP2-based computer
977401 The changes to a Group Policy object (GPO) are not applied in a Windows Server 2008-based domain that has some read/write domain controllers and some read-only domain controllers http://support.microsoft.com/?id=977401 Update(s): Gpedit.dll 6.0.6002.22268