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Jun. 29 - Jul. 5 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Windows Legacy Products

Hi Everyone,

Last week, 4 Windows legacy products related hot-fix KB articles were released, including 2 for Windows XP, and 2 for Windows Server 2003. Below are the details:

Windows XP - 2 KB articles:

·         971314  All PCL inbox printer drivers become unsigned after you install the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 or XPS Essentials Pack in Windows XP or in Windows Server 2003

·         972483  On a computer that is running Windows XP, GDI object handles become leaked when you run a multithreaded application that uses a GDI object

Windows Server 2003 - 1 KB article:

·         969874  When you use the Active Directory Lookup feature for Microsoft Services for NFS the ownership information of the files and folders in an NFS share is missing after several minutes

Windows Server 2003 R2 - 1 KB article:

·         955547  You cannot create or rename files as expected when you try to use similar file names that differ only in capitalization in an NFS shared directory that was exported from a Windows Server 2003 R2-based NFS Server

Regards,

Content Team

Jun. 26 - Feb. 3 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Messaging Server

Hi Everyone,

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

Exchange 2003 - 1 KB article:

·         968356  Some email messages are moved incorrectly to the "Badmail" folder instead of being delivered on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 if the P2 header fields of the e-mail messages are very large

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Content Team

Jun. 25 - Jul. 2 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - SQL Server

Hi Everyone,

Last week, 1 SQL Server related hot-fix KB article was released and it is for SQL Server Compact. Below is the detail:

SQL Server Compact - 1 KB article:

·         970414  Initial synchronization of a replication to SQL Server Compact 3.5 subscribers takes significant time to finish   

Regards,

Content Team

Jun. 24 - Jun. 30 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Developer

Hi Everyone,

Last week, 4 Developer products related hot-fix KB articles were released, and 1 is for Windows Embedded system, 1 is for Visual Studio, 1 is for .Net Framework, and 1 is for IIS. Below are the details:

Windows Embedded system - 1 KB article:

·         971444  You cannot change the color of a Tap-and-Hold animation by setting the value of the COLOR_ALERT registry entry on a device that is running Windows Embedded CE 6.0

Visual Studio - 1 KB article:

·         969153  You cannot position multiple visible toolbars on the same row of the application by using Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005

.Net Framework - 1 KB article:

·         967090  Error message when you set the encoding property to UTF8 and run a Web service to send messages that contain invalid characters: "Unable to translate Unicode character ‘invalid character string’ at index ‘index_number’ to specified code page"

·         970772  IIS Manager does not display the user interface in the language of the remote server when you connect to a remote Internet Information Service (IIS) 7.0 server

Regards,

Content Team

Jun. 23 - Jun. 29 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Windows 6

Hi Everyone,

Last week, 13 Windows 6 related hot-fix KB article were released. Below are the details:

Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008- 8 KB articles:

·         969702  If you add a removable storage drive to a client computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 during the period between the system start and the user logon, the Removable Storage Access policy does not work correctly

·         968992  Stop error message when you use the Safely Remove Hardware option to remove a PCI Express device that supports hot plugging on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista: "0x00000124"

·         969782  In Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008, the common dialog box crashes if the initial target of the dialog box points to a SMB 1.0 share on a remote computer

·         971259  Some security events are not logged into the security event log on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista after you restart the computer

·         971404  You encounter poor performance after thousands of IP addresses are bound to a network adapter on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista

·         969885  The IFileDialog interface returns an incorrect folder path when you use both the IFileDialog::SetOptions method and the FOS_PICKFOLDERS parameter to select folders in an Open File common dialog box in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008

·         970603  The content of a printout is different when you print a PDF document by using Terminal Services Easy Print in a Terminal Services (TS) session in Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

·         967802  If a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 uses a wireless network connection, you cannot use the EAP method to authenticate the computer

Windows Server 2008 - 5 KB articles:

·         949538  A smart card logon to a terminal session stops responding on a terminal server that is running Windows Server 2008

·         969122  The Windows Server 2008 NPS accounting log does not contain the IP address information of the SSTP client

·         970146  The Group Policy setting is not displayed in the GPMC after you configure either the "Change the time zone" or the "Create symbolic links" Group Policy setting on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista

·         972069  A terminal server that is running Windows Server 2008 cannot obtain terminal licenses from a Terminal Server license server that is running Windows Server 2008 after you enable the "License Server Security Group" Group Policy setting

·         968817  The configuration database is upgraded without any notification if you use an incorrect cluster key password when you try to join a down-level RMS cluster

Regards,

Content Team

Jun. 22 - Jun. 29 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Windows Legacy Products

Hi Everyone,

Last week, 10 Windows legacy products related hot-fix KB articles were released, including 7 for Windows XP,  2 for System Center and 1 for Internet Explorer. Below are the details:

Windows XP - 7 KB articles:

·         959085  When you run the "Ipconfig /displaydns" command in Windows XP, the results are incomplete

·         970413  The Win32_Process class returns incorrect CreationDate property during the first week after daylight saving time begins or ends

·         970922  TIFF documents are corrupted when you rotate them in Windows Picture and Fax Viewer on a computer that is running Windows XP SP3

·         972483  On a computer that is running Windows XP, GDI object handles become leaked when you run a multithreaded application that uses a GDI object

·         971234  The Defrag.exe tool crashes when you run the Dfrgntfs.exe tool to defragment a hard disk on a computer that is running Windows XP

·         971455  A computer that is running Windows XP SP3 cannot authenticate a wireless router that uses the Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) when the router is configured to use Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)

·         969395  Windows Movie Maker crashes when you install more than 100 video transitions or video effects on a computer that is running Windows XP

System Center - 2 KB articles:

·         970533  The Product Knowledge tab is displayed as the Company Knowledge tab after you import a Language Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1

·         969564  Hotfix Package 1 for Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 Cumulative Update 1: March 2009

Internet Explorer - 1 KB article:

·         971930  A Compatibility View list update is available for Windows Internet Explorer 8: June 23, 2009

Regards,

Content Team

Note, there is no hotfix KB article for Messaging Server this week. (Jun 19 - Jun 25)

Note, there is no hotfix KB article for SQL Server this week. (Jun. 18 - Jun. 25)

Jun. 17 - Jun. 23 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Developer

Hi Everyone,

Last week, 9 Developer products related hot-fix KB articles were released, and 2 are for Visual Studio, 3 are for .Net Framework, and 4 are for BizTalk Server. Below are the details:

Visual Studio - 2 KB articles:

·         968436  Error message when you use the Visual Studio 2008 IDE to manipulate a SQL Server Compact 3.5 Database file which is larger than 128 Megabytes: "The database file that is larger than the configured maximum database size"

·         969210  Error messages in various reports in Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server Service Pack 1 with SQL Server 2008 Reporitng Services

.Net Framework - 3 KB articles:

·         969722  ASP.NET Apps v2.0.50727(__Total__)\Sessions Active performance counter shows an unreasonably high value after Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 is installed

·         967105  A hotfix that enables WCF to send secured messages and receive unsecured responses, and to send unsecured messages and receive secured responses, is available for the .NET Framework 3.0

·         970510  A TypeLoadException exception occurs when you run a .NET Framework 3.5 SP1-based application

BizTalk Server - 4 KB articles:

·         963690  Arithmetic overflow exception after you run a BAM activity for a long time in Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2: "Arithmetic overflow error converting expression to data type int"

·         970292  Error message when you view the EDI Batching Report in BizTalk Server 2006 R2: "This operation failed while accessing at least one of the Message Box databases"

·         968016  The BizTalk Server 2006 R2 FTP adapter randomly stops retrieving files from an FTP server until you restart the BizTalk host instance

·         968654  Messages of the System.Xml.Xmldocument type that are sent from orchestrations are suspended with a routing failure report when you specify the Direct Binding type for the ports in the orchestrations in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

Regards,

Content Team

Jun. 16 - Jun. 23 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Windows 6

Hi Everyone,

Last week, 17 Windows 6 related hot-fix KB article were released. Below are the details:

Windows Vista - 3 KB articles:

·         970203  Hyper-V Management Tools update for Windows Vista Service Pack 2

·         970775  The seek slider sticks at the beginning of the seek-bar on the Windows Media Player control panel when you play a media file that is encoded with GSM codec on a computer that is running Windows Media Player 11

·         960890  Some tabs are not available in the properties of a user account in the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in after you install Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) on a computer that is running Windows Vista

Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008- 11 KB articles:

·         961980  Printer Cartridge Metric (PCM) fonts are not listed on a computer that is running a 32-bit version of Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

·         967802  If a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 uses a wireless network connection, you cannot use the EAP method to authenticate the computer

·         957176  Stop error when you plug two infrared (IR) receivers into a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008: "STOP: 0x000000CA"

·         969702  If you add a removable storage drive to a client computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 during the period between the system start and the user logon, the Removable Storage Access policy does not work correctly

·         968292  Cached passwords for computer accounts are reset when you remove a RODC that is running Windows Server 2008 from an Active Directory after you clear the check box that resets cached passwords for computer accounts

·         969972  You encounter a slow application startup or a slow logon on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista after you apply software restriction policies

·         970838  The handle count and the memory usage of an application keep increasing if the application calls PDH APIs to add and delete V2 performance counters on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista

·         969885  The IFileDialog interface returns an incorrect folder path when you use both the IFileDialog::SetOptions method and the FOS_PICKFOLDERS parameter to select folders in an Open File common dialog box in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008

·         970603  The content of a printout is different when you print a PDF document by using Terminal Services Easy Print in a Terminal Services (TS) session in Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

·         971035  Your mini-DVD based camcorder is not recognized on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

·         971277  You cannot access an administrative share on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, after you set the SrvsvcDefaultShareInfo registry entry to configure the default share permissions for a network share

Windows Server 2008 - 3 KB articles:

·         949538  A smart card logon to a terminal session stops responding on a terminal server that is running Windows Server 2008

·         968817  The configuration database is upgraded without any notification if you use an incorrect cluster key password when you try to join a down-level RMS cluster

·         958165  Stop error on a Windows Server 2003-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer that has Server for NFS enabled when an NFS client copies data to the NFS server: "Stop 0x000000C2" 

Regards,

Content Team

Jun. 15 - Jun. 21 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Windows Legacy Products

Hi Everyone,

Last week, 14 Windows legacy products related hot-fix KB articles were released, including 3 for Windows XP, 2 for Windows Server 2003, and 9 for System Center. Below are the details:

Windows XP - 3 KB articles:

·         971165  The CLIENTNAME environment variable returns the value "Console" instead of the actual client name when users first log on to a Windows XP SP3-based computer by using Remote Desktop Connection

·         970048  Slow printing performance when you print to an LPR printer from a Windows XP-based computer

·         971421  You cannot access a network share by using a client-side redirector that uses the server message block (SMB) protocol on a computer that is running Windows XP

Windows Server 2003 - 2 KB articles:

·         970810  A computer that is running Windows Server 2003 SP2 that supports the IPMI standard stops responding when the computer is writing a memory dump file

·         969701  The memory usage of the Svchost.exe process keeps increasing when other users remotely collect performance data about the Windows Server 2003-based computer

System Center - 9 KB articles:

·         969991  When you use System Center Configuration Manager 2007 RTM to capture an image of Windows Vista SP2 or of Windows Server 2008 SP2, the image capture process fails during the "Prepare Windows for Capture" stage

·         970093  When you use System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 to capture an image of Windows Vista SP2 or of Windows Server 2008 SP2, the image capture process fails during the "Prepare Windows for Capture" stage

·         970739  The System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 Administration console crashes when you repeatedly click the “Find Now” button to filter the view on a collection

·         969620  The SMS_EXECUTIVE service process (Smsexec.exe) crashes on a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 site server that allows SQL server authentication

·         971506  A package that is several gigabytes is not updated on a branch distribution point (BDP) in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1.

·         971223  Windows Vista Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 are not listed as supported platforms in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1

·         971224  Windows Vista Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 are not listed as supported platforms in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 RTM

·         971225  Windows Vista Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 are not listed as supported platforms in Systems Management Server 2003 Service Pack 3

·         971310  A terminal server that is running Windows Server 2003 stops responding during the shutdown process if a remote console session is established on the server

Regards,

Content Team

Note, there is no hotfix KB article for Messaging Server this week. (Jun. 12 - Jun. 18)

Jun. 11 - Jun. 17 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - SQL Server

Hi Everyone,

The Cumulative update package 4 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 was release this week, including 20 SQL Server 2005 KB articles. Below are the details:

SQL Server 2005 - 20 KB articles:

·         948567  When you run a query against a table that contains Traditional Chinese characters, the incorrect result is returned in SQL Server 2005

·         956574  Data results are inconsistent when you run a search query that uses the NEAR operator against an XML type data that contains the xml:lang attribute

·         961050  When you run a query that has a parallel execution plan in parallel under the READ COMMITTED isolation level on a database that is set the READ COMMITTED SNAPSHOT option in SQL Server 2005, the query that you may obtain may return uncommitted data

·         968834  Error message when you send an e-mail by using Database Mail in SQL Server 2005 or in SQL Server 2008: "The operation has timed out"

·         968900  Measures, measure groups, and dimensions that are not part of a perspective are exposed incorrectly when you create a grouping on the perspective in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services or in SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services

·         969528  An assertion failure occurs when you switch the schedule of a report subscription between a shared schedule and a custom schedule in SQL Server 2005 Report Services

·         969844  A server that is running SQL Server 2005 build 9.00.3159 or a later version, or SQL Server 2008 crashes if you run an MDX query

·         969997  You receive an incorrect result when you query data from a linked server that is created by using an index OLE DB provider in SQL Server 2005 or in SQL Server 2008

·         970058  Error message when you open a report by specifying multiple values for a multivalued parameter in URL in SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services: "Default value or value provided for the report parameter '<Parameter>' is not a valid value"

·         970070  Support for Locked Pages on SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition 64-bit systems and on SQL Server 2008 Standard Edition 64-bit systems

·         970349  Queries from a query notification that has a lot of subscriptions run slowly when you change the Auto Close option to False in SQL Server 2005 or in SQL Server 2008

·         970551  Error message when you run an MDX query that requests a dimension property on a parent-child hierarchy in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

·         970648  The SQL Server service consumes lots of memory when you run a query that uses the sys.dm_exec_sql_text dynamic management function in the APPLY operator in SQL Server 2005

·         970672  Error message in the Errorlog file when you run a query in SQL Server 2005: "A time-out occurred while waiting for buffer latch"

·         970823  CPU usage increases when you run a query that uses a string comparison function on a computer that has many processors after you upgrade to SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3

·         970966  An MDX query that uses the NON EMPTY clause and the DrillDownLevel function returns null values in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

·         971402  Error message when you send an e-mail by using a private Database Mail profile in SQL Server 2005: "profile name is not valid"

·         971409  Error message when you run a query that contains duplicate join conditions in SQL Server 2005: "Internal Query Processor Error: The query processor could not produce a query plan"

·         971529  An UPDATE or a DELETE statement that uses a join on a remote table in a linked server runs very slowly in Microsoft SQL Server 2005

·         971607  The synchronization operation fails when you run the Merge Agent to synchronize a merge publication that uses Web synchronization in SQL Server 2005

Regards,

Content Team

Jun. 10 - Jun. 16 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Developer

Hi Everyone,

Last week, 6 Developer products related hot-fix KB articles were released, and 2 are for .Net Framework, 4 are for BizTalk Server. Below are the details:

.Net Framework - 2 KB articles:

·         969544  Fixes a performance issue with the Serialization service when you use the System.Workflow.ComponentModel.WorkflowMarkupSerializer class for extensible Object Markup Language (XOML) in Windows Workflow Foundation

·         956630  Persisted workflows do not run after you upgrade the tracking service to a newer version in Windows Workflow Foundation

BizTalk Server - 4 KB articles:

·         961810  The number of concurrently running orchestrations in BizTalk Server reaches 250, and you experience poor performance after you install the .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 or a later version of the .Net Framework                BizTalk Server  

·         967939  You receive a NullReferenceException error message after you rehydrate an XLANG orchestration that was running for a long time in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

·         970493  A hotfix is available that enables you to manage BizTalk RFID by using an account which is not a local administrator

·         971274  Slow performance when you use the BizTalk Adapter for Oracle Database as a receive adapter in Microsoft BizTalk Server

Regards,

Content Team

Jun. 9 - Jun. 15 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Windows 6

Hi Everyone,

Last week, 16 Windows 6 related hot-fix KB article were released. Below are the details:

Windows Vista - 2 KB articles:

·         966315  June 2009 Cumulative Update for Media Center TV Pack for Windows Vista

·         967632  June 2009 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista

Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008- 12 KB articles:

·         967818 Error message when you try to install Windows Vista Service Pack 2 or Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2: "An internal error occurred while installing the service pack"

·         971284  A hotfix is available to enable CrashOnCtrlScroll support for a USB keyboard on a computer that is running Windows Vista SP1 or Windows Server 2008

·         962975  Dynamic disks are marked as Invalid on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista when you bring the disks online, take the disks offline, or restart the computer

·         967113  Per-machine printer connections that are removed are still displayed in the GPO report about a print client computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista

·         967224  Some TCP/IP parameters in the registry are changed to incorrect values when you use the NETSH command to modify TCP/IP global parameters on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista

·         970658  iSCSI Initiator dialog box displays a reconnecting session status after you disconnect and then reconnect the physical connection to the iSCSI target on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista

·         970693  Stop error message in Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista after you uninstall or reinstall a wireless network adapter driver: "0x00000019 BAD_POOL_HEADER"

·         970987  You encounter slow performance when you render .jpg files on a computer that is running an x64-based version of Windows Server 2008 or of Windows Vista

·         971059  You cannot enter the FQDN of all printer servers into the "Point and Print Restrictions" policy in Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista

·         971129  The Ipconfig.exe utility crashes when you run the ipconfig command together with the /displaydns switch on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista

·         971427  Some applications may stop responding after you close a dialog box in these applications on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista

·         971171  A computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 restarts automatically and generates a Stop error after you repeatedly plug and hot-unplug a USB device: "0x000000FE"

Windows Server 2008 - 2 KB articles:

·         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

·         971101  Error message when you try to input Korean characters in any search box on a 64-bit Itanium-based computer that runs Windows Server 2008 SP2: "Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close." 

Regards,

Content Team