Dec. 15 - Dec. 21 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Windows 6/7

Hi Everyone,

 

Last week, 26 Windows 6 and Windows 7 related hot-fix KB article were released. Below are the details:

 

Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 - 10 KB articles:

· 975483  Windows PE 2.1 does not support the IEEE 802.1X authentication protocol

· 977389  The keyboard shortcuts for removed options still work after you press CTRL+ALT+DEL on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

· 975749  A Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) device is not recognized by a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

· 977118  The arc lines in an image file are displayed incorrectly when you convert an image file from the EMF file format to the EMF+ file format in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008

· 977391  Internet Explorer stops responding when you browse an Arabic Web site that uses Uniscribe API to process Arabic scripts in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008

· 977262  You cannot open a Web folder by double-clicking it in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008

· 976520  TIFF files are printed in landscape orientation in Windows Photo Gallery on a computer that is running Windows Vista Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2008

· 977287  An error message unexpectedly appears after you create a mirrored volume on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista: "Stop 0x0000000a IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL"

· 977153  Error message: When you unmount volumes, delete snapshots or try to fail over disks on which snapshots are saved: "0x00000D6 DRIVER_PAGE_FAULT_BEYOND_END_OF_ALLOCATION"

· 975780  A 32-bit Removable Storage application does not load on a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2008 or of Windows Vista

 

Windows Server 2008 - 4 KB articles:

· 977541  You are not redirected to the previously-disconnected terminal server session through the TS Session Broker service in a Windows Server 2008-based farm in TS Session Broker

· 949360  Some templates are missing in Administrative Templates item after you enable a filter option by using the Group Policy Management Editor window on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008

· 974195  You cannot connect to a terminal server that is running Windows Server 2008 through the TS Gateway by using its FQDN if it is in a disjointed namespace and if the TCP port 445 is disabled between the terminal server and the TS Gateway

· 975263  Exchange Server 2007 unexpectedly changes to trial mode after you reinstall or repair the current installation of Exchange Server 2007 on a server that is running Windows Small Business Server 2008

 

Windows 7 - 12 KB articles:

· 976398  LDAP filters in the Group Policy preference settings do not take effect on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7

· 976399  You cannot apply Group Policy settings on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 when security group filters are used in Group Policy preference settings

· 977346  The Welcome screen may be displayed for 30 seconds during the logon process after you set a solid color as the desktop background in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

· 977222  No private key is associated with a certificate after you successfully install the certificate on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

· 975992  After you enable large pages for a process in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2, the process stops responding intermittently

· 975500  Low performance when you transfer a large file between an external IEEE 1394 device and a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

· 976417  High CPU usage in the Explorer.exe process when you open a folder that contains corrupted .wav files in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

· 977186  Error message when you try to resume a Windows 7-based or a Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer from hibernation: "Stop 0x0000009F"

· 977617  A notification message is displayed in Romanian on a computer that is running a Czech version of Windows 7

· 972831  The IEEE 802.1X authentication protocol is not supported in Windows Preinstall Environment (PE) 3.0

· 977073  Digest authentication fails when you connect to a WCF service that is hosted on a computer that is joined to a domain controller running Windows Server 2008 R2

· 976443  Stop error message when you retrieve WMI connection statistics for iSCSI after you change the iSCSI configurations on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7: "0x00000019 BAD_POOL_HEADER"

 

Regards,

Content Team