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September 30 - October 6 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Windows 6.0

Hi Everyone,

Last week, 4 Windows 6.0 products related hot-fix KB articles were released, and they are for Windows Vista. Below are the details:

Windows Vista  - 4 KB articles:

·         957802  The "Slow network connection time-out for user profiles" Group Policy setting does not work for a Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based or a Windows Server 2008-based client computer

·         957201 A hotfix is available to update the "(GMT-3:00) Brasilia" time zone and the "(GMT-4:00) Manaus" time zone for 2008 through 2009 in Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

·         954052 A hotfix is available to address the USB transmission rate drop on Windows Vista-based and Windows Server 2008-based computers that are connected to some USB devices that have multiple USB endpoints

·         956581 Video may appear garbled when you play a DVD or a TV program in a secondary monitor on a Windows Vista-based computer that has Windows Media Center TV Pack installed

Regards,

Content Team

September 23 - October 5 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Windows Legacy Products

(Note, because we had National Holidays, the hotfix KB articles of last week will be published in the following week. Thank you for attention!)

Hi Everyone,

In the last 2 weeks, 7 Windows Legacy products related hot-fix KB articles were released, including 3 for Windows XP, 2 for Windows Server 2003 and 2 for SMS. Below are the details:

Windows XP - 3 KB articles:

·         957495  The action controls in Sound Recorder may be missing or only partly visible on a computer that is running a non-English version of Windows XP if you set the font size to Large or Extra large

·         957264 Error message when an MSComm control–based application which runs on a Windows XP-based terminal server tries to access a redirected COM serial port on the local computer: "error reading comm device"

·         955567 Data corruption may occur when you try to append data to a FILESTREAM varbinary (max) column in SQL Server 2008 on a Windows XP-based computer

Windows Server 2003 - 2KB articles:

·         957419 Hardware-mirrored SCSI disks may be corrupted on a Windows Server 2003-based cluster node

·         957187 You may receive a "Stop 0x00000050" error message if you use some OpenType fonts on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2008

System Management Server - 2 KB articles:

·         955262 You receive an error message when you click and then update the Drivers node in the Configuration Manager console of a Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 site that uses SQL Server 2008 for the site database

·         955229 You experience issues in the original release of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 after you upgrade some site databases to SQL Server 2008

Regards,

Content Team

Note, there is no hotfix KB article for Exchange Server this week. (September 19 – September 25)

September 18 - September 24 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - SQL Server

Hi Everyone,        

Last week, 2 SQL Server related hot-fix KB articles were released, and they are for SQL Server 2008. Below are the details:

SQL Server 2008 - 2 KB articles:

·         957807 FIX: A new node is not added to a SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services cluster or a SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services cluster if the SQL Server 2008 Database Engine is not installed

·         957108 FIX: The Gauge report item uses only one point after you add multiple points to the item in SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services

Regards,

September 17 - September 23 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Developer

Hi Everyone,

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

BizTalk Server - 1 KB article:

·         955522 Stopping host instance running WCF adapter causes send handler message instances to suspend

Regards,

Content Team

September 18 - September 22 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Windows 6.0

Hi Everyone,

Last week, 1 Windows 6.0 products related hot-fix KB articles was released, it is for Windows Vista. Below is the detail:

Windows Vista  - 1 KB article:

·         946887 If you use a subnet address as a source or destination filter address when you configure IPsec policy to use tunnel mode, a Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008-based computer may be unable to negotiate the security mode with the partner

Regards,

Content Team

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

Hi Everyone,

Last week, 3 Windows Legacy products related hot-fix KB articles were released, including 2 for Windows XP, 1 for SMS. Below are the details:

Windows XP - 2 KB articles:

·         957217  The installation process may stop responding when you try to install some software on a Windows XP-based computer

·         955147  The installation process may stop responding when you try to install some software on a Windows XP-based computer

System Management Server - 1 KB article:

·         956194  Distribution Manager in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 may take a long time before it handles packages after its startup process

Regards,

Content Team

September 12 - September 18 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Messaging Server

Hi Everyone,

Last week, 3 messaging product related hot-fix KB articles were released, which are for Exchange Server. Below is the detail:

Exchange Server - 3 KB articles:

·         956892 The envelope journal report and the attached clone message is shown correctly after you enable the Envelope Journaling feature on an Exchange Server 2003 server

·         946926 ExchangeMAPICDO: Logon Fails Across Domains

·         955619 If msExchMailboxFolderSet is set to 4294967295 then POP/IMAP can't logon through CAS

Regards,

Content Team

September 11 - September 17 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - SQL Server

Hi Everyone,        

Last week, 2 SQL Server related hot-fix KB articles were released, and they are for SQL Server 2008. Below are the details:

SQL Server 2008 - 2 KB articles:

·         957279 FIX: The IntelliSense feature stops working without any error indication in SQL Server 2008

·         957278 FIX: The IntelliSense feature incorrectly completes the OR operator in the CASE WHEN clause in SQL Server 2008

Regards,

Content Team

September 10 - September 16 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Developer

Hi Everyone,

Last week, 5 Developer products related hot-fix KB articles were released, including 1 for HIS, 1 for VC 2008, 2 for Windows CE and 1 for IIS. Below are the details:

Host Integration Server - 1 KB article:

·         956441 FIX: The Host Print Service may display an incorrect status for 3270 print sessions when it processes 3270 print jobs for many 3270 print sessions at the same time

Visual C++ 2008 - 1 KB article:

·         956089 FIX: A floating-point exception may occur when an application contains an uninitialized floating-point variable and is compiled with /fp:expect in Visual Studio 2008

Windows CE - 2 KB articles:

·         955855 FIX: Unloading an installable ISR may cause a system crash on a Windows CE 5.0-based device

·         954275 FIX: On a Windows Embedded CE 6.0-based device, a watchdog timer may fail to fire and the operating system does not restart as expected when you terminate its process

Internet Information Service  - 1 KB article:

·         954438 FIX: When IIS 7.0 is used as a proxy server, client requests may be rejected or performance degradation may occur if the requested file already exists locally

Regards,

Content Team

September 9 - September 15 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Windows 6.0

Hi Everyone,

Last week, 13 Windows 6.0 products related hot-fix KB articles were released, including 11 for Windows Vista and 2 for Windows Server 2008. Below are the details:

Windows Vista  - 11 KB articles:

·         957424 A user name that contains Unicode characters is not handled correctly in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 during EAP authentication

·         957316 I/O errors occur after a failed MPIO path is restored on a Windows Server 2008-based computer

·         957295 On a Windows Vista-based or a Windows Server 2008-based computer, the system memory is quickly exhausted when the SetICMMode function is frequently called

·         957153 On a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer, you cannot import an image file from a MFP device that support the tiff-single-g4 format

·         956519 A scheduled task may not run after it wakes up a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer from hibernation

·         955688 The UpdateLayeredWindowIndirect function does not correctly display a layered window when the prcDirty parameter is specified and when the DWM feature is enabled in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008

·         954809 You cannot access a WebDAV site whose SSL setting for client certificates is set to Accept if you cancel the Select Certificate dialog box on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

·         957463 You receive a "Stop 0x00000018" error message on a Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer that has an integrated graphics adapter and a discrete graphics adapter

·         957405 An access violation occurs during system startup when the pen service (Wisptis.exe) is configured on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

·         957080 Your USB audio device does not function correctly and Device Manager shows a yellow exclamation mark on a computer that is running Windows Vista Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2008

·         955804 In Windows Vista, Windows Meeting Space may be unable to detect the peer computer and cannot establish the connection over a private ad hoc wireless network

Windows Server 2008 – 2 KB articles:

·         954737 Error message when you try to install the Ultrasound tool on a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2008: "Error 1720 There is a problem with this Windows Installer package"

·         954563 Memory corruption may occur with the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service in Windows Server 2008 systems or Windows Vista Service Pack 1 systems

Regards,

Content Team

September 8 - September 14 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 Server 2003, 2 for SMS. Below are the details:

Windows Server 2003 - 2 KB articles:

·         956826 When you start the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in or the Active Directory Sites and Services snap-in on a Windows Server 2003-based computer, the snap-in closes unexpectedly the next time that you open it

·         953663 Group Policy objects are removed from Windows Server 2003-based clients if the WMI filter evaluation fails

System Management Server - 2 KB articles:

·         956918  The "Delete Aged Configuration Management Data" site maintenance task may take a long time to finish in System Center Configuration Manager 2007

·         956423 The connection settings for connectors in tiered management groups are configured incorrectly after the OpsMgr SDK Service restarts in a System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1 environment

Regards,

Content Team

Note, there is no hotfix KB article for Messaging Server this week. (Sept. 5 - Sept. 11)

September 4 - September 10 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - SQL Server

Hi Everyone,        

Last week, 8 SQL Server related hot-fix KB articles were released, and they are for SQL Server 2005. Below are the details:

SQL Server 2008 - 8 KB articles:

·         956387  FIX: Error message when you query the attribute members of a parent/child dimension in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services: "Either you do not have permission to access the specified member, or the specified member does not exist"

·         956384 FIX: Error message when you run an UPDATE statement against a table that has a DML trigger in SQL Server 2005: "An inconsistency was detected during an internal operation"

·         956383  FIX: Performance decreases when you use the SQL Server 2008 version of SQL Native Client to connect to an instance of SQL Server 2005 and run a parameterized query

·         956379 FIX: The SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services service stops unexpectedly when you deploy a new Analysis Services database to overwrite an existing database

·         956351 FIX: Queries in multiple threads run much slower when you use the SQL Server 2005 Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) driver 1.2 than when you use the SQL Server JDBC driver 2.0

·         955696 FIX: A deadlock may occur when you run a query that uses a parallel execution plan in SQL Server 2005

·         955686 FIX: Error message when you use a cursor that has a very long cursor statement in SQL Server 2005: "Attempt to access expired blob handle"

·         948344 FIX: Performance data is not updated when you run a tool that uses SQL Server performance counters to collect performance data for an instance of SQL Server 2005

Regards,

Content Team

September 3 - September 9 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Developer

Hi Everyone,

Last week, 5 Developer products related hot-fix KB articles were released, including 3 for BizTalk Server 2006 R2, 1 for VS 2005 and 1 for IIS. Below are the details:

BizTalk Server - 3 KB articles:

·         956635 FIX: The Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) based SAP adapter from BizTalk Server 2006 Adapter Pack v1.0 does not support the SAP TABLE type

·         955705 FIX: The EncodeAllParts setting does not work for RNIF 1.1 in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

·         954233 FIX: .NET Provider for SAP Business Suite data source in a reporting services report returns error in a BizTalk Server 2006 R2 environment

Visual Studio 2005 - 1 KB article:

·         940320 Error message when you try to add more than 84 base catalogs into a virtual catalog in Commerce Server 2007: "Exceeded the Max limit of 84 base catalogs"

Internet Information Service  - 1 KB article:

·         956120 FIX: You fail to use an ISAPI filter to change the uri-stem field or the cs-user field in an IIS 7.0 log

Regards,