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May 25 – June 1 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Windows Legacy Products

Content Team — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:40:00 GMT

Hi Everyone, Last week, 4 Windows legacy products related hot-fix KB articles were released, including 2 for Windows XP, 1 for Windows Server 2003 and 1 for Internet Explorer 8. Below are the details: Windows XP - 2 KB articles: · 968316 The dialog box...(read more)

July 7 - July 13 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Windows Client

Content Team — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:17:00 GMT

Hi Everyone, Last week, 6 Windows Client products related hot-fix KB articles were released, including 2 for Windows XP, 3 for Windows Vista and 1 for Internet Explorer. Below are the details: Windows XP - 2 KB articles: · 952020 Error message when you...(read more)

June 30 - June 6 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Windows Client

Content Team — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:53:00 GMT

Hi Everyone, Last week, 3 Windows Client products related hot-fix KB article was released, and they are for Windows Vista and 1 for Internet Explorer. Below are the details: Windows Vista - 3 KB articles: · 949707 On a Windows Vista-based computer, you...(read more)

June 23 - June 29 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Windows Client

Content Team — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:34:00 GMT

Hi Everyone, Last week, 8 Windows Client products related hot-fix KB articles were released, including 2 for Windows XP, 5 for Windows Vista and 1 for Internet Explorer. Below are the details: Windows XP - 2 KB articles: · 954232 The On-Screen Keyboard...(read more)

June 16 - June 22 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Windows Client

Content Team — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:01:00 GMT

Hi Everyone, Last week, 5 Windows Client products related hot-fix KB articles were released, including 1 for Windows XP, 1 for Windows Vista and 3 for Internet Explorer. Below are the details: Windows XP - 1 KB articles: · 953761 Windows XP SP3-based...(read more)

June 2 - June 9 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Windows Client

Content Team — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:39:00 GMT

Hi Everyone, Last week, 6 Windows Client products related hot-fix KB articles were released, including 1 for Windows XP, 5 for Windows Vista. Below are the details: Windows XP - 1 KB articles: · 950312 Error message when you try to start a console-based...(read more)

May 26 - June 2 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Windows Client

Chris Mu — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:34:00 GMT

Hi everyone, Last week, 5 Windows Vista hot-fix KB articles were released. Below are the details: Windows Vista - 5 KB articles: 953348 A file moves out of the visible region in Windows Explorer when you use the List format in Windows Vista or in Windows...(read more)

May 19 - May 25 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Windows Client

Chris Mu — Mon, 26 May 2008 04:11:00 GMT

Hi Everyone,

Last week, 15 Windows Client products related hot-fix KB articles were released, including 5 for Windows XP, 9 for Windows Vista, 1 for Internet Explorer. Below are the details:

Windows XP - 5 KB articles:

· 940648 Error message when you try to open the My Documents folder on a Windows XP-based computer after you resume the computer from hibernation: "You might not have permission to use this network resource"

· 946554 The Win32_Processor class returns the incorrect Name property for the processor in a Windows XP-based computer that has an Intel Celeron processor installed

· 951709 Event ID 26 when you attach two IDE ATA/ATAPI devices as master and subordinate IDE devices on a Windows XP-based computer

· 952132 An application that installs a mirror driver over a Terminal Services session may stop responding on a Windows XP-based computer

· 952155 Description of the Remote Desktop Connection 6.1 client update for Terminal Services in Windows XP Service Pack 2

Windows Vista - 9 KB articles:

· 951663 When you restart a Windows Vista-based computer, the system does not send a restart notification to the ATAport minidriver

· 946666 When you use a third-party tool to open a picture that was previously edited in Windows Photo Gallery, some metadata fields are duplicated, dropped, or corrupted

· 951373 On a Windows Vista-based computer, the Smart Card Resource Manager may stop responding if a USB hub is disconnected from the computer while an application is communicating with a smart card reader

· 951858 Error message on a Windows Vista-based client computer that is configured to use the Corporate Error Reporting tool: "Connect to the Internet, or try again later"

· 952009 The floppy and CD drive lights are unexpectedly flashing when you run a Win32_EncryptableVolume WMI query on a Windows Vista-based computer

· 952613 An independent hardware vendor (IHV) profile may be unable to establish a wireless connection by implementing a third-party EAP method on a Windows Vista-based computer

· 953181 After you use the ReportResult method to customize the error icon when a logon failure occurs in Windows Vista, the general error icon (CPSI_ERROR) is displayed unexpectedly

· 952139 When you restart a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, and a volume on the hard disk is corrupted, a black screen is displayed, or the system stops responding

· 952629 When you restart a computer that is running Windows Vista SP1 or Windows Server 2008 and that has multiple processors installed, the computer may stop responding at the Windows Start screen

Internet Explorer - 1 KB articles:

· 950054 When you browse a Web page by using Internet Explorer 7 on a terminal server, the colors that are displayed in the MDI child forms of the Web page may be incorrect

Regards,

Content Team

May 12 - May 18 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Windows Client

Chris Mu — Mon, 19 May 2008 09:37:00 GMT

Hi Everyone,

Last week, 11 Windows Client products related hot-fix KB articles were released, including 5 for Windows XP, 5 for Windows Vista, 1 for Internet Explorer. Below are the details:

Windows XP - 5 KB articles:

· 952117 When you try to put a Windows XP-based computer into hibernation or into standby, the computer stops responding

· 951615 Error code when the PrintWindow and UpdateLayeredWindow functions are called at the same time on a Windows XP-based computer: "ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER"

· 951312 When you run an application that uses a timer queue on a Windows XP-based computer, the application may stop responding

· 932521 A wireless client uses an archived certificate for network authentication after a new certificate is auto-enrolled on a Windows XP-based computer

· 814390 File Transfer from Digital Camera Fails

Windows Vista - 5 KB articles:

· 952287 An application that uses the ADO interface may malfunction, or data loss may occur when the application connects to SQL Server in Windows Vista, in Windows XP, or in Windows Server 2008

· 952249 Error message when you extract items from a .zip file in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008: "Error 0x800004005: Unspecified error"

· 950927 The size of the GUID partition table (GPT) disk is not updated on a Windows Vista-based computer after you use a disk management program to expand a logical unit number (LUN)

· 941850 When you try to access files on a WebDAV site that uses only Digest authentication, the process may fail on a Windows Vista-based computer

· 948143 Error message when you try to install updates by using Windows Update: "Code: 0x800736CC"

Internet Explorer - 2 KB articles:

· 945701 Error message when you use Internet Explorer 7 to browse certain Web sites after you install the MS07-045 cumulative security update: "ASP 0177:8000ffff"

Regards,

Content Team

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

Chris Mu — Tue, 13 May 2008 03:49:00 GMT

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

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

Chris Mu — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:36:00 GMT

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

Chris Mu — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:30:00 GMT

Hi Everyone,

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

Windows Vista - 2 KB articles:

· 950923 SNMP Event log Extension Agent did not initialize correctly after installed SP1

· 950904 On a Windows Vista-based computer, the system stops responding and the dump file is not generated when the system receives a nonmaskable interrupt

Regards,

Content Team

Feb 16 - Feb 22 Hot-Fix Weekly Release - Windows Client

Chris Mu — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:51:00 GMT

Hi Buddies,

Just to keep you updated about the hot-fix related Windows client KB articles released last week. There are 5 issues for Windows Vista are resolved by hot-fix. For these 5 hot-fixes, 2 articles are released publicly and other 3 can only be accessed internally.

Windows XP and Internet Explorer - no fix released in the past week;

Windows Vista - 5 KB articles:

949126 Class 6 Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) card may not be recognized on a computer that is running Windows Vista Service Pack 1
943059 You may be unable to start an executable when you drag multiple files onto a shortcut on a Windows Vista-based computer
948252* Error message when you try to install any Windows Update, hotfix or service pack after you perform System Restore in Windows Vista: "0x80071A91"
947883* After you install an update that is mentioned in KB 943899 on a Windows Vista-based computer, certain hard disk drives may not be recognized when a computer resumes from sleep or hibernation
948870* When a 32-bit application sends an IOCTL_SFFDISK_DEVICE_COMMAND request in a 64-bit version of Windows Vista, the device driver returns an incorrect value

Note, although the last three KB articles are required by your higher Confidentiality Agreement, the fix will be included in the Windows Update or the coming Vista Service Pack. So...

Best,
Cristy
I will be very glad to hear your voice:-)

Jan 26 - Feb 15 Hot-Fix Weekly Release - Windows Client

Chris Mu — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:50:00 GMT

Hello Everyone,

Due to the Spring Festival holiday, our blog posting has not been very stable in the past 3 weeks. Now we have come back and hope all of you also had a good time. :-)

From the last report, there are 17 hot-fix KB articles for Windows Client which have been released in the past 3 weeks. In these articles, 13 are public released and 4 are private articles which need your special credential to read and are marked with *. After I checked list, I found there are several important or high-impact hot-fixes. Therefore, I have highlighted them in the KB list. I hope it can benefit you.

Windows XP - no fix released in the past 3 weeks;

Windows Vista - 14 articles including 4 private rleased:

947506 A hotfix is available to reinstall a corrupted language pack and to resolve the problems that are caused by a corrupted language pack on a Windows Vista-based computer
947194 Printing the first page of a large document is delayed when the XPSDocument filter is used on a Windows Vista-based computer
943899 An update that improves the performance, responsiveness, and reliability of Windows Vista is available
943601 On a Windows Vista-based computer, you may notice that some right-to-left characters are displayed incorrectly when they are used with Left-to-Right Override (LRO) and POP Directional Format (PDF) control characters
942979 Cumulative update for XML Paper Specification (XPS) in Windows Vista
942900 A file is not overwritten when you try to overwrite the file by using copy in the command shell on a Windows Vista-based computer that has Italian Language Pack installed
942845 On a Windows Vista-based computer, you cannot delete or rename the Offline Files when you are working offline
942693 A Windows Vista-based computer may stop responding when you install or uninstall some update packages for a USB HID component and then restart the computer
942146 You receive a message when you try to open an Excel 2007 document on a Windows Vista-based computer from a remote shared folder, even if no other user is using the document: "File in use"
941794 You receive an access denied message on a Windows Vista-based computer when you click offline files that are not synchronized with the file server
*941769 You cannot add or modify the properties of text files on a Windows Vista-based computer
*941768 Windows Vista does not display the custom attributes of Office files in Windows Explorer
*941669 In Windows Vista, there is no Offline files API that exposes the amount of information that will be synchronized when a sync operation has been invoked
*945008 A print job may take 30 minutes to be completed on a Windows Vista-based computer that is connected to a printer server

Internet Explorer - 3 articles:

944520 After you reapply Internet Explorer Maintenance Group Policy settings on a computer that has Internet Explorer 7 installed, a pop-up blocker exception site that you manually added is missing
944397 The exception handler may not catch an exception in Internet Explorer 7 or in Internet Explorer 6 when you view a Web page that throws an exception from a function that is called through the expando property
941001 The "Intranet Sites: Include all local (intranet) sites not listed in other zones" policy setting does not function as expected in IE7

As always, if you have any good suggestions on the blogs that can benefit you, do not hesitate to provide them by adding a comment or sending an email to us. We will try our best to improve. :-)

Best,
Cristy
I will be very glad to hear your voice:-)

Jan 19 - Jan 25 Hot-Fix Weekly Release - Windows Client

Chris Mu — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:44:00 GMT

Buddies,

It's time to share what hot-fix KB articles have been released for Windows client last week. As of last week, there are only 2 articles:

Windows XP - 1 article:

946629 Some Secure Digital (SD) cards do not work correctly on Windows XP-based computers

Windows Vista - 1 article:

937228 A Windows Vista-based computer is frequently unresponsive for 30 seconds if the Documents folder is redirected to a shared folder, and the folder is made available offline

By the way, due to the Chinese Spring Holiday, the post for the blogs will not be very stable for the next two weeks. Our apologies for the inconvenience.

Best,
Cristy Mu
I will be very glad to hear your voice:-)

*This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.*