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Hot Issue - Performance issue caused by Altiris Client Agent Service

Hi Everyone,

Now, content team is mainly working on hot-fix related KB articles, at the same time, we also put efforts into the customers support cases. From the cases, we analyse the issues that users encountered and figure out the hot-issues that impact many users. Then we will author KB articles to share the symptoms/causes/resolutions of the hot-issues. We will pick out some newly release hot-issue KB articles and post them on the weblog. Hope it can benefit you.

Recently, we see a hot issue happening on Windows Server 2003 64 bit version. This is a performance decrease issue and may occur on the servers that has Symantec (Altiris) Notification server installed. The cause of this issue lies in the Altiris Client Agent Service (AeXNSAgent).

To identify and troubleshoot this issue, we have published a knowledge base article. Please click the link below for details:

951031 Performance may decrease on a server that is running the 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2003 and that has Symantec Notification Server 6.0 installed

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Content Team

May 9 - May 15 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - SQL Server

Hi Everyone,

Last week, 2 SQL Server related hot-fix KB articles was released, and 1 is for SQL Server 2005, the other is for SQL Server 2000. Below are the details:

SQL Server 2005 - 1 KB article:

·         951937 On a computer that is running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, or Windows XP, an incorrect value is returned when an application queries the identity column value of a newly inserted row in various versions of SQL Server 2005 and of SQL Server 2000

SQL Server 2000 - 1 KB article:

·         951728 Internet Explorer crashes when view two reports by using SQL Server Reporting Services and then try to print or to preview the reports

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Content Team

May 8 - May 14 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Exchange 2003

Hi Everyone,

Last week, 1 messaging product related hot-fix KB articles was released, and it is for Exchange Server 2003. Below are the details:

Exchange 2003 - 1 KB article:

·         949792 The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service stops responding

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Content Team

May 7 - May 13 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Developer Products

Hi Everyone,

Last week, 17 Developer products related hot-fix KB articles were released, including 8 for Windows Embedded system, 3 for Visual Studio, 4 for .Net Framework, and 2 for Internet Developer. Below are the details:

Windows Embedded system - 8 KB articles:

·         951303 The Windows Embedded CE Test Kit (CETK) storage device tests may fail when a flash-based storage device uses the new flash driver model that is introduced in Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2

·         951245 You cannot copy files between a Windows Server 2008-based computer and a USB storage device that is attached to a Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2-based thin client

·         951076 A block that you have marked as reserved is not skipped when you use the Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 flash MDD

·         950747 TS CALs do not appear on the client device ater you connect to a terminal server by using available TS CALs from a Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2-based device

·         950628 You receive an incorrect result when you use the 1004 battery API test case in the Windows CE Test Kit for Windows Embedded CE 6 R2

·         948813 Server vulnerabilities in JPEG processing (GDI+) and in GIF imaging components could allow for remote code execution in Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2

·         948812 Server vulnerabilities in JPEG processing (GDI+) and in GIF imaging components could allow for remote code execution in Windows CE 5.0

·         948811 Server vulnerabilities in JPEG processing (GDI+) and in GIF imaging components could allow for remote code execution in Windows CE .NET 4.2

Visual Studio - 3 KB articles:

·         949255 Error message when you use the Team Foundation Server feature in Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server: "A run-time error Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Client.BuildServerException"

·         944484 A message states that Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server source control may overwrite files even though the files are not in source control

·         933848 When you check in changes in Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server source control, some rows that do not

.Net Framework - 4 KB articles:

·         946927 An installation may fail with error 1935 when an .msi file tries to install many policy files on a computer that has the .NET Framework 2.0 installed

·         950986 In the .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1, the ModuleBuilder.GetTypeToken method returns an incorrect token

·         948233 You receive a System.InvalidOperationException exception error when you run a Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0-based application after you install security update MS 07-040 on a computer

·         947317 In a Windows Forms application that was built by using the .NET Framework 2.0, the CurrencyManager object triggers additional instances of some events when you delete the last row from a table

Host Integration Server - 2 KB articles:

·         951215 Acess violation in the "snaipdlc!nba_use_prereserved_buffer" function when a computer that is running Host Integration Server 2006 uses the IP-DLC link service to communicate with an IBM mainframe

·         950106 You receive an access error message when an application

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Content Team

May 6 - May 12 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Windows Server

Hi Everyone,

Last week, 8 Windows Server products related hot-fix KB articles were released, including 5 for Windows Server 2003, 1 for Systems Management Server, 2 for Data Protection Manager. Below are the details:

Windows Server 2003- 5 KB articles:

·         951749 Stop error message on a terminal server that is running Windows Server 2003 SP1 or Windows Server 2003 SP2: "Stop 0x000000AB (SESSION_HAS_VALID_POOL_ON_EXIT)"

·         951059 On a Windows Server 2003-based computer, registry-based policy settings are unexpectedly removed after a user logs on to the computer

·         950928 Error message when you restart a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 or an x64-based version of Windows XP Professional: "Stop 0xC000021A"

·         949391 When Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) tries to delete hardware support snapshots on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 or an x64 version of Windows XP, the operation may fail

·         946565 On a Windows Server 2003-based computer that has the update from security bulletin MS07-062 installed, you may experience a memory leak in DNS

Systems Management Server - 1 KB articles:

·         949767 When you use PXE to run a task sequence on a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 client computer, the task sequence does not run

Data Protection Manager - 2 KB articles:

·         949783 After you use System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 to back up a SharePoint site, file recovery operations fail

·         949561 Network bandwidth usage throttling may not work in System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 if some network ports are unused

Regards,

Content Team

May 5 - May 11 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Windows Client

Hi Everyone,

Last week, 11 Windows Client products related hot-fix KB articles were released, including 6 for Windows XP, 3 for Windows Vista, 2 for Internet Explorer. Below are the details:

Windows XP - 6 KB articles:

·         952079 You cannot use the Backup Utility to restore certain EFS-encrypted files on a Windows XP-based computer and data corruption occurs

·         949915 On a Windows XP-based computer, the archive attribute for a file in an offline folder is lost when the file is synchronized back to the server

·         949033 You may experience severe video degradation and a Stop error when you connect a USB Webcam to a Windows XP-based computer

·         948277 A blank desktop may appear when you log on to a Windows XP-based computer

·         945436 Error message when you try to uninstall or unload the driver for a multifunction USB device on a Windows XP-based computer: "STOP: 0x000000D1 DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL"

·         944898 Error message during synchronization of offline files on a Windows XP-based computer: "Unable to Make 'filename.ext' available offline"

Windows Vista - 3 KB articles:

·         951720 A Windows Vista-based computer may stop responding during shutdown after you install a series of hotfixes and then try to restart the computer

·         951499 When you use Windows Desktop Search (WDS) or Instant Search to perform a search on traditional Chinese characters on a Windows Vista-based computer, the search results are incorrect

·         942392 On a Windows Vista-based computer, you cannot access certain directories on a Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) server

Internet Explorer - 2 KB articles:

·         951593 Error message when the Mshtml.dll component causes Internet Explorer 6 to exit unexpectedly in Windows XP SP2 or in Windows Server 2003: "Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close"

·         944410 Two or more cookie files for one Web site exist in the Temporary Internet Files folder when you use Internet Explorer to browse a cookie enabled Web site

Regards,

Content Team

May 2 - May 9 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - SQL Server

May 1 - May 7 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Exchange 2007

Hi Everyone,

Last week, 1 messaging product related hot-fix KB articles was released, and it is for Exchange Server 2007. Below are the details:

Exchange 2007 - 1 KB article:

·         950409 The reminder is triggered earlier than expected when a user of Exchange 2007 server receives a message that includes iCalender attachment

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Content Team

Apr. 30 - May. 6 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Developer Products

Hi Everyone,

Last week, 8 Developer products related hot-fix KB articles were released, including 2 for Windows Embedded system, 2 for Visual Studio, 4 for .Net Framework, and none for Internet Developer. Below are the details:

Windows Embedded system - 2 KB articles:

·         950687 The Windows Embedded CE Test Kit (CETK) storage device tests may fail when a flash-based storage device uses the new flash driver model that is introduced in Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2

·         949484 If you press the ALT key and click the left mouse button at the same time on a Windows CE 5.0-based device, the action that is associated with the right mouse button is triggered on the terminal server

Visual Studio - 2 KB articles:

·         946502 You may receive a System.OutOfMemoryException exception when you run a load test in Visual Studio 2008 Team System Test Load Agent

·         933422 A project is out of sync with source control when you rename a source file by using the name of a deleted file in a project in Visual Studio 2005

.Net Framework - 4 KB articles:

·         947581 FIX: The value of the "WsdlContractConversionContext.WsdlPortType" property is null in the .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 1

·         946503 Error message when you use the installer tool to install an assembly that is located on a remote computer: "An exception occurred during the Install phase"

·         946457 You may receive a System.OutOfMemoryException exception when you make frequent asynchronous requests by using the System.Net.HttpWebRequest object in the .NET Framework 2.0

·         944134 The arrow keys do not work when you try to interact with the ActiveX controls when you use the System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowser control in the .NET Framework 2.0

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Content Team

Apr. 29 - May 5 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Windows Server

Hi Everyone,

Last week, 1 Windows Server 2003 hot-fix KB article was released. Below is the detail:

Windows Server 2003 - 1 KB article:

·         950310 A non-paged pool memory leak may occur on a Windows Server 2003-based computer when the Single Instance Storage driver (Sis.sys) processes an alternative stream

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Content Team

Apr. 28 - May. 4 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Windows Client

Hi Everyone,

Last week, 7 Windows Client products related hot-fix KB articles were released, including 2 Windows XP, 2 Windows Vista, and 3 Internet Explorer. Below are the details:

Windows XP - 2 KB articles:

·         951830 When you disable and then re-enable the LAN-side network adapter on a Windows XP SP3-based computer that is configured as a Connection Sharing host, a client computer on the network cannot access the Internet

·         950982 A list of ODBC system DSNs is truncated when the total number of characters that are used in all the DSN names is more than 7,500 on a Windows XP-based computer

Windows Vista - 2 KB articles:

·         951805 Stop error message when you send or receive e-mail messages on a Windows Vista-based computer that has e-mail scanning software installed: "STOP: 0x1000008E KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED_M

·         951745 After you install a non-English-language Input Method Editor on a Windows Vista-based computer, you cannot enter any numeric character in the WEP box when you try to join a secure wireless network

Internet Explorer - 3 KB articles:

·         950067 Certificate error Web page is displayed when you try to visit an SSL Web site by using Internet Explorer 7: "There is a problem with this website's security certificate"

·         949922 When you work in a WYSIWYG HTML-editing environment, Internet Explorer 6 may crash because of an access violation in the Mshtml.dll module

·         949883 You cannot insert text on a Web page in Internet Explorer by using a non-English-language Input Method Editor (IME)

Regards,

Content Team

Apr. 28 - May 4 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release

Hi Everyone,

Just for your information, last week, there is no hot-fix KB article that has released for Messaging and SQL related Products.

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Content Team

Apr. 23 - Apr. 29 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Internet Developer

Hi Everyone,

Last week, 1 Internet Information Service (IIS) hot-fix KB article was released. Below is the information:

IIS 7.0 - 1 KB article:

·         949516 Error message when you use the "IMSAdminBase::CopyKey" method as a part of the IIS 6.0 Compatibility components in IIS 7.0: "Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070003"

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Content Team

Apr. 22 - Apr. 28 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Windows Server

Hi Everyone,

Last week, 2 Windows Server related hot-fix KB articles were released, which are for System Management Server (SMS) and Windows Server 2003. Below are the details:

SMS - 1 KB articles:

·         951620 The advertisement list of a collection may be incomplete if the collection is linked to several multitier collections in System Center Configuration Manager 2007

Windows Server 2003 - 1 KB articles:

·         951322 The WaitForMultipleObjects() function does not work correctly with the pseudohandles handle in Windows Server 2003, Windows XP or Windows Vista

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Content Team

Apr. 21 - Apr. 27 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Windows Client

Hi Everyone,

Last week, 2 Windows Vista hot-fix KB articles were released. Below are the details:

Windows Vista - 2 KB articles:

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Content Team