Oct. 27 - Nov. 9 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Windows 6/7

Hi Everyone,

 

In the last two weeks, 29 Windows 6 and Windows 7 related hot-fix KB articles were released. Below are the details:

 

Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008- 14 KB articles:

· 975889  An October 2009 update is available for the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008

· 975803  Earlier snapshots are deleted after you restore multiple copy-on-write snapshots in consecutive order in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008

· 973414  Isochronous data transfers fail when you attach a remote 1394A-compliant IEEE 1394 node to a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer that does not support the IRM role

· 972887  Error message when multiple network adapters are configured to use static IP addresses on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 SP2 or Windows Vista SP2: "0x000000D1 DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL"

· 973155  The getpeername function may return an incorrect IP address when the AcceptEx function accepts a new Winsock connection through an I/O completion port on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista

· 974589  The Task Scheduler MMC snap-in stops responding when you view the history tab of a task that has more than 10,000 history events on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista

· 974924  You cannot make a VPN connection even if you enter a correct PIN after you entered an incorrect PIN on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista

· 975831  A non-persistent snapshot cleanup operation is aborted by VSS if the VSS hardware provider takes more than three minutes to perform this operation on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista

· 975832  You cannot perform certain disk-related operations after a VSS hardware provider fails to create a snapshot on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista

· 972595  You cannot log on to a computer or the system stops responding when user names and passwords are stored by the Stored User Names and Passwords feature on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista

· 974971  Error message when you use the CryptAcquireContext function to request a handle to a third-party CSP on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008: "0x800b0100 (Invalid Signature)"

· 975943  Error code when an application uses the CredSSP if the authenticated user account is a member of many security groups on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008: "0x80090329"

· 976035  Update Rollup for the TCP Chimney Offload feature in Windows Server 2008 and in Windows Vista

· 975815  File corruption occurs under a stress situation when the CopyFileEx function is used to copy a file between two computers that are running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista

 

Windows Server 2008 - 8 KB articles:

· 969371  Error message when you run a command at the Command Prompt window in Windows Server 2008 Server Core: "The specified service does not exist as an installed Service"

· 970402  A hotfix is available that enables certificate mapping by using the common name (CN) of only the "Subject" field in Windows Server 2008

· 971203  The memory usage of the DFS Replication service keeps increasing on a PDC emulator or on a writable domain controller that is running Windows Server 2008 during the SYSVOL share replication process

· 975512  Some SMB clients cannot access cluster file shares but they can access non-cluster file shares that are located on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008

· 975654  Error code when you try to install the DNS server role if all network adapters are disabled or unplugged on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008: "0x80070643"

· 975710  Operating system deployment over a network by using WDS fails in Windows Server 2008

· 974126  Network policies on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 do not work when a format that uses commas as the decimal separator is specified in Regional and Language Options

· 974522  A LDAP simple bind action fails on a domain controller that is running Windows Server 2008 if the distinguished name of the user account exceeds 256 characters

 

Windows 7 - 8 KB article:

· 974930  An application or service that queries information about a failover cluster by using the WMI provider may experience low performance or a time-out exception

· 975921  You may be unable to perform certain disk-related operations after an exception when a hardware provider tries to create a snapshot in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7

· 975688  A snapshot may become corrupted when the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) snapshot providers take more than 10 seconds to create it on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

· 975891  HP Multifunction Printers and HP Full Feature Software or HP Basic Driver solutions do not work as expected after a computer upgrades from Windows Vista to Windows 7

· 976427  Computers that are running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 stop responding at a black screen if a screen saver is enabled

· 975360  Microsoft Rebound stops responding on a multitouch computer that is running 32-bit version of Windows 7

· 975214  An End-User Defined Character (EUDC) font that was created in Windows XP cannot be deployed to a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

· 976419  You cannot connect to an instance of SQL Server Analysis Services from an application in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 after you install Office Live Add-in 1.4 or Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant 6.5

 

Regards,

Content Team