Microsoft Fix it BLOG

USB keyboard layout in Windows Vista for 106/109 key keyboards

davecal_ms — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Windows Vista may not use the correct keyboard layout when you connect a USB keyboard to the computer

When you connect a USB keyboard to a computer that is running Windows Vista, Windows Vista may not use the correct keyboard layout.

Upgrade hangs at 62% when you upgrade to Windows 7 from Windows Vista

davecal_ms — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:00:00 GMT

Upgrade stops responding (hangs) at 62% when you upgrade to Windows 7

This Fix it Solution automates setting a system variable to ignore the IphlpsvcMigPlugin.ddd plug-in on Windows Vista which enables the update to occur successfully from Windows Vista to Windows 7.

Fix it Solution released for Microsoft Security Advisory (971778) - Vulnerability in Microsoft DirectShow Could Allow Remote Code Execution

davecal_ms — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerability in Microsoft DirectShow could allow remote code execution

Microsoft has released a Microsoft security advisory about this issue for IT professionals. The security advisory contains additional security-related information. To view the security advisory, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/971778.mspx

More information about this fix it at:

http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/05/28/new-vulnerability-in-quicktime-parsing.aspx

Fix Print Spooler

davecal_ms — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:20:00 GMT

Fix printing problems by resetting the print spooler

Fix it for me

This Fix it Solution automates resetting the Print Spooler on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008.

The Fix it has two modes: Light and Full. The light mode will make changes to the spooler that should not require the end user to make any changes. The full mode will restore the print spooler to defaults and require a reinstall of printers.

Allow MAPI Applications to grow PST

davecal_ms — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Outlook 2003 users may not be able to use Outlook in offline mode

A hotfix is available for Outlook 2003 that enables certain MAPI applications to create new items in a .pst file after the PstDisableGrow registry entry is configured

A hotfix is available for Outlook 2007 that enables certain MAPI applications to create new items in a .pst file after the PstDisableGrow registry entry is configured

Problem description

In Outlook 2003 or Outlook 2007, you want to enable certain MAPI applications to create new items in a .pst file after the PstDisableGrow registry entry is configured. Also if you configure a size limit for personal folder (.pst) files in Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 or 2007, users may not be able to use Outlook in offline mode. When this issue occurs, the Mailbox Cleanup Wizard notifies the user that the mailbox has reached its size limit. This behavior occurs even though no size limit is configured on the mailbox on the Microsoft Exchange Server computer.

This issue may occur after you use the MaxFileSize registry entry to configure a size limit for .pst files in Outlook.

Solution Information

This Fix it Solution automates removing the restriction on PST file sizes in Outlook.

Fix MSI Patch Registration Corruption

davecal_ms — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

How to fix MSI software update registration corruption issues

Problem description

After you install software updates, repairs or uninstalls for certain products may fail. If you have MSI logging enabled, the following lines are found in the log:

Couldn't find local patch ''. Looking for it at its source.

…

MainEngineThread is returning 1612

Solution Information

This Fix it Solution automates removal of corrupt software update references in the Windows registry.

Reregister DLL post DPM SP1 install

davecal_ms — Thu, 21 May 2009 01:00:00 GMT

Error message when you perform various System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007 operations after you install DPM 2007 Service Pack 1: "An Unexpected error occurred during a VSS operation"

You install Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) on a system. However, when you perform various operations, you receive the following error message:

An Unexpected error occurred during a VSS operation.
ID 207 Details: No such interface supported (0x80004002)
Recommended action: Retry the operation

Allow InfoPath form access with expired certificate

davecal_ms — Thu, 21 May 2009 01:00:00 GMT

A digitally signed form does not display the digital signature in InfoPath 2003
A hotfix is available to view or print the digitally signed InfoPath 2007 form when the form's digital certificate expires

When you open a digitally signed form in Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003, you see the following error message where the digital signature should be:

There is a problem with this signature.

You cannot determine who digitally signed the form unless you click View details. If you click View details, you will see the name of the person who digitally signed the form. Additionally, you receive the following error message:

This digital signature has expired.

ISA Server on slow link

davecal_ms — Thu, 21 May 2009 01:00:00 GMT

10060 Connection timed out error with proxy server or ISA Server on slow link

Winsock timeout errors may occur on slow, congested, or high latency Internet links with Microsoft Proxy Server or ISA Server. The following Winsock error Message appears on the client Web browser:

Proxy Reports:
10060 Connection timed out

The Web server specified in your URL could not be contacted. Please
check your URL or try your request again.

Fsutil resource setautoreset true Windows system folder

davecal_ms — Thu, 21 May 2009 01:00:00 GMT

Error message when you try to perform a backup on a Windows Vista-based computer: "0x80071A91"
You cannot change the settings for a file backup operation or use Windows Task Scheduler to change the defrag schedule in Windows Vista
Error message when you use the Windows Update or Microsoft Update Web site to install updates: "0x8007000B"

When you try to perform a backup on a Windows Vista-based computer by using the Automatic File Backup feature, you receive the following error message:

File backup could not save your automatic backup settings for the following reason:
Transaction support within the specified file system resource manager is not started or was shutdown due to an error. (0x80071A91)

When you try to use Windows Task Scheduler to change the defrag schedule, you may receive the following error message:

Transaction support within the specified file system resource manager is not started or was shut down due to an error.

When you try to change the settings for a file backup operation, you may receive the following error message:

When you try to install updates on a Windows-based computer by using the Windows Update or Microsoft Update Web site, you may receive the following error message:

0x8007000B

These issues occur because the Windows file system transaction log is corrupted. This Fix it Solution resets the file system transaction log.

Enable Outlook to use RSS feed folder structure

davecal_ms — Thu, 21 May 2009 01:00:00 GMT

Outlook 2007 does not honor the folder structure that was created in Internet Explorer 7 for the RSS Feeds folder

This Fix it Solution enables Outlook 2007 to use the folder structure that was created in Internet Explorer 7 for the RSS Feeds folder when you enable the Sync RSS Feeds to the Common List option in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007.

Disable DRM error caching

davecal_ms — Thu, 21 May 2009 01:00:00 GMT

Outlook 2007 may stop responding when you select an e-mail message that is restricted by Information Rights Management

You have enabled the reading pane in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007. When you select an e-mail message that is restricted by Information Rights Management (IRM), Outlook may stop responding.

Fix upgraded Outlook crashes

davecal_ms — Thu, 21 May 2009 01:00:00 GMT

After you upgrade Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2007, Outlook 2007 crashes when you start the program

After you upgrade Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 to Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, Outlook 2007 crashes when you try to start it.

Enable deleted item recovery in Outlook

davecal_ms — Thu, 21 May 2009 01:00:00 GMT

How can I recover items that I have "hard deleted" in Outlook?

The Fix it enables recovering deleted items if your Exchange Server is configured to keep deleted items even if you have hard deleted (permanently deleted) items in Outlook.

Disable no end date option in Outlook

davecal_ms — Thu, 21 May 2009 01:00:00 GMT

You cannot disable the "No end date" option for appointments, meeting requests, tasks, or task requests in Outlook 2007

You create a new recurring appointment, meeting request, task, or task request in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007. When you set the range of recurrence, the No end date option is always available. You cannot disable the No end date option for appointments, meeting requests, tasks, or task requests.