November 2006 - Technical Rollup Mail - Platforms

News

Preparing for Daylight Saving Time changes in 2007
Microsoft will be producing an update for Microsoft products affected by the new United States Daylight Saving Time transition dates. These updates will be released through a combination of channels including Microsoft Customer Support Services (CSS), hotfixes incorporated in Knowledge Base articles, Windows Update, Microsoft Update, Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), and the Microsoft Download Center.
https://www.microsoft.com/windows/timezone/dst2007.mspx
Active Directory Schema Extensions for Windows Vista Wireless and Wired Group Policy Enhancements
This article describes how to extend the Active Directory schema to support enhancements that can be configured through Group Policy settings for Windows Vista wireless and wired clients in an environment running Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2003 R2.
https://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/network/wifi/vista_ad_ext.mspx

Extending the Value of Windows Vista Enterprise: Optimizing the Windows Desktop
The Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack for Software Assurance is a dynamic desktop solution available to Software Assurance customers, that employs innovative technologies to help reduce the TCO of the Windows desktop by accelerating OS and application management, and enhancing IT responsiveness and end-user uptime.
https://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/optimizeddesktop.mspx

TechNet Virtual Lab: Windows Vista Beta 2
Try the new features of Windows Vista Beta 2 through these guided, hands-on virtual labs. In these labs you'll learn to deploy operating system images using Windows Deployment Services, configure User Account Control for standard and administrative users via group policy, and more. There's no installation or setup required and virtual labs are free.
https://www.microsoft.com/technet/traincert/virtuallab/vista.mspx

IT Forum – 14-17 November 2006, Barcelona, Spain
Microsoft’s premier EMEA conference designed to provide IT professionals with technical training, information and community resources to build, plan, deploy and manage the secure connected enterprise.
https://www.mseventseurope.com/TechEd/06/pre/defaultitf.aspx

Documents

Windows AIK User's Guide and Unattended Setup Reference
Pre-release documentation for the Windows Automated Installation Kit and Unattended Setup Reference
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d993c567d-f12c-4676-917f-05d9de73ada4%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Windows Security Center Whitepaper, Windows Vista
Whitepaper detailing the Microsoft Windows Security Center
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d90ec8abb-08c7-4706-b730-9a1f9fcf2d9f%26DisplayLang%3den
An Inflection Point for Kernel Security and 64-Bit Computing
A white paper detailing Kernel Patch Protection in Windows Vista
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d802e48a3-c79a-4530-b41b-808c43f806e6%26DisplayLang%3den

MIIS 2003 How To: Upgrading from IIFP to MIIS 2003

The MIIS 2003 How To document set provides discussions and recommended solutions for specific challenges that are encountered when using MIIS 2003.

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d74d40697-ce84-4e0b-8178-c7a49adf2756%26DisplayLang%3den

Windows PowerShell RC2 Documentation Pack

Documentation on the Windows PowerShell, including the "Getting Started Guide", the "Windows PowerShell User Guide" and the "Quick Reference" documentation.

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=18&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3db4720b00-9a66-430f-bd56-ec48bfca154f%26DisplayLang%3den

Securing Critical and Service Accounts

Gain knowledge about application, service, and administrator-level accounts. This paper addresses the need to protect against internal threats, both deliberate and accidental, including employee data theft and efforts to work around security policies and procedures.

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=57&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3debd325fe-84de-4b9a-af49-babd696025c9%26DisplayLang%3den

Downloads

Microsoft ® Windows Server ™ 2003 Performance Advisor

Performance diagnostic tool for Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1).

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=09115420-8c9d-46b9-a9a5-9bffcd237da2&DisplayLang=en

Kernel Memory Space Analyzer Version 8.1

The Kernel Memory Space Analyzer is a tool to help expert debugging engineers analyze Windows crash dump files.

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e84d3b35-63c3-445b-810d-9fed3fdeb13f&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft ActiveX Analyzer Tool

The Microsoft ActiveX Analyzer Tool is a standalone tool that can be used to identify instances of interactive HTML tags affected by the Non-Security Update for Internet Explorer – 912945.

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a247f514-5643-494c-81b4-f56ea7412ad6&DisplayLang=en

Hosting Solutions CSF Integration Kit 1.1

The CSF Integration Kit explains how to use a Well-Enabled Service to integrate the Microsoft Connected Services Framework with the Microsoft Provisioning System (MPS).

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=34&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3dca89cd8d-5ad6-4558-a0d0-99e46d7e59a5%26DisplayLang%3den

Windows Imaging Component RC1 https://img.microsoft.com/downloads/img/gaicon.gif

The Windows Imaging Component (WIC) provides WIC-enabled applications to display, edit, and access metadata for any image format for which a WIC-compliant CODEC is installed.

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=41&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3da6e324c4-ae01-4725-a92e-2b38beaf34c0%26DisplayLang%3den

Windows Imaging Component (64 bit) RC1

The Windows Imaging Component (WIC) provides WIC-enabled applications to display, edit, and access metadata for any image format for which a WIC-compliant CODEC is installed.

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=40&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d597a3323-4d48-4993-9cf9-b486856436f2%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Standard User Analyzer

This application compatibility tool helps developers and IT professionals diagnose issues that would prevent a program from running properly as a standard user.

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=44&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3ddf59b474-c0b7-4422-8c70-b0d9d3d2f575%26DisplayLang%3den

Windows PowerShell 1.0 RC2 English-Language Package for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB925228)

Windows PowerShell is a new, task-based command-line shell and scripting language designed especially for system administration. Built on the.NET Framework, Windows PowerShell allows IT professionals and power users to manage workstations and servers by typing individual commands or running scripts, improving productivity through system automation.

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=45&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d058878c3-64b6-448a-b1b6-716c068c1e4b%26DisplayLang%3den

Windows PowerShell 1.0 RC2 English-Language Package for Windows Server 2003 (KB925228)

Windows PowerShell is a new, task-based command-line shell and scripting language designed especially for system administration. Built on the.NET Framework, Windows PowerShell allows IT professionals and power users to manage workstations and servers by typing individual commands or running scripts, improving productivity through system automation.

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=46&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3dac12834a-5577-413b-9c39-54fb7f4b892e%26DisplayLang%3den

XMLLite for Windows Server 2003 (KB914783)

XmlLite is a lightweight component for parsing and writing XML files.

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=53&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d611d1fde-c8d0-4d80-96da-b5b20f7ba159%26DisplayLang%3den

Windows Desktop Search: Add-in for UNC/FAT

Now easily search your shared network directories and FAT drive(s) via Windows Desktop Search 3.0!

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=194&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3df7e981d9-5a3b-4872-a07e-220761e27283%26DisplayLang%3den

Group Policy Settings Reference

This spreadsheet lists the policy settings for computer and user configurations included in the administrative template files (admx/adml) delivered with Windows Vista RC1 (build 5600).

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=139&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d9d98cfaf-7e33-409a-9af8-19c5ccd2bfc9%26DisplayLang%3den

Events/WebCasts

Microsoft Webcast: Optimizing Application Platform Infrastructure to Advance Business

 

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

 

11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

 

Using the Application Platform Infrastructure Optimization (APIO) model from Microsoft, IT organizations can help drive business forward by quickly delivering connected, flexible, and secure applications.

 

Microsoft Webcast: Optimizing Application Platform Infrastructure to Advance Business

 

TechNet Webcast: One Cmdlet, Two Cmdlet, Three Cmdlet, Four: An Introduction to Windows PowerShell Commands (Level 200)

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

 

11:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

 

"Doeth the Eagle mount up at thy commaund and make her nest on high?" No, that is not a typo; apparently, that is how the word 'command' was spelled back in the 1600s. Boy, how things have changed: the word is now spelled 'cmdlet', or at least it is if you are a Windows PowerShell developer.

 

TechNet Webcast: One Cmdlet, Two Cmdlet, Three Cmdlet, Four: An Introduction to Windows PowerShell Commands (Level 200)

 


All You Wanted to Know About Vista Imaging, But Were Afraid to Ask10 November 2006 14:15 - 10 November 2006 17:00 GMT, London

 

Welcome Time: 13:30

 

Cavendish Conference Centre - London

 

At this event, we will cover a number of topics related to deploying Windows Vista. We'll look at the advantages of using a managed deployment process and how automating your Windows deployment can increase the reliability and manageability of your digital infrastructure while lowering costs.

 

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-GB&eventid=1032310862

Windows Vista System Integrity Technologies and Internet Explorer 7 Security Features
09 November 2006 14:15 - 09 November 2006 17:00 GMT, London
Welcome Time: 13:30
Bristol
For most of the history of computing, operating systems have lived in their own little bubbles of trust. Every part of an operating system pretty much assumed that every other part was exactly what it claimed to be and performed only what it claimed it could do.
https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-GB&eventid=1032311034
MSDN Webcast: Windows 64-Bit Software Development (Level 200)
Monday, November 27, 2006
11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Find out what it is like to develop for the 64-bit editions of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating systems, and learn how to handle some of the more common issues you may encounter. Join this webcast for an insightful discussion about the future of the server market, supported architectures, and 64-bit solutions. We also offer a few tips on software migration and solution interoperability.
MSDN Webcast: Windows 64-Bit Software Development (Level 200)
Microsoft Webcast: Web Single Sign-On and Identity Federation with Active Directory Federation Services
Monday, November 27, 2006
11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
As organizations extend their information technology (IT) infrastructures to provide partners with access to Web-based applications, they face difficult administrative and security challenges. In this webcast, we provide IT managers with an overview of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS), a component that enables extranet Single Sign-On (SSO) and identity federation. Learn how extranet SSO technology enables access control in an unmanaged, non-domain environment and provides security and personalization for users of Web-based applications.
Microsoft Webcast: Web Single Sign-On and Identity Federation with Active Directory Federation Services
Microsoft Webcast: Identity Life-Cycle Management with Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Join this webcast to see how Microsoft Identity Integration Server (MIIS) 2003 enables the automation of identity life-cycle management in the enterprise. In this session, we examine account provisioning and de-provisioning, granting and revoking of other entitlements (such as group memberships), directory synchronization, and password synchronization.
Microsoft Webcast: Identity Life-Cycle Management with Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003

Live Webcasts:
Full list can be found at: https://www.microsoft.com/events/default.mspx

Interactive Webcast Calendar
The interactive calendar will help you quickly find live webcasts that fit your schedule as well as on-demand webcasts to view at your convenience. You can choose your time zone and filter this list by audience, webcast series, product or topic, and presenter.
https://www.microsoft.com/events/webcasts/calendar/monthview.aspx

Monthly Archived Webcasts:
https://www.microsoft.com/events/webcasts/library/default.mspx

Tech-Ed 2006 Webcast Series
https://www.msteched.com/content/webcasts.aspx

New KB’s

Available updates for  Windows Vista RC1

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924924

How to block specific network protocols and ports by using IPSec

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813878

The Lsass.exe process may stop responding if you have many external trusts on a Windows 2000 Server-based domain controller

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=825107

Run-time error 800a0046 with CDONTS.Newmail object

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=286301

Description of the Windows File Protection feature

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=222193

Time settings adjust to standard time too early when your computer is set to the Bucharest time zone

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=830891

Universal Serial Bus 2.0 Support in Windows 2000

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=319973

How to troubleshoot RPC Endpoint Mapper errors

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=839880

You cannot connect to a Windows Server 2003-based terminal server when the Remote Desktop Web Connection ActiveX control screen resolution is higher than 1600 by 1200 pixels on a client computer

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=915947

You receive an error message when you try to open the Properties dialog box for a network printer on a Windows XP-based or Windows Server 2003-based computer

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924078

A Windows Server 2003-based or Windows XP-based computer that is using an AMD PowerNow! driver stops responding

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924441

Recommended hotfixes for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1- based server clusters

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=923830

Error logging in HTTP API 

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=820729

Microsoft Security Advisory: Adobe Security Bulletin: "APSB06-11 Flash Player update to address security vulnerabilities"

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=925143

Extended maintenance mode functionality for cluster physical disk resources in Windows Server 2003

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=903650

How to use Certificate Services Web enrollment pages together with Windows Vista

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=922706

A program that throws many exceptions may run significantly more slowly on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=923162

MS06-051: Vulnerability in the Windows kernel could result in remote code execution

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=917422

MS06-034: Vulnerability in Internet Information Services that use Active Server Pages could allow remote code execution

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=917537

How to move a Windows installation to different hardware

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=249694

How to perform a rolling upgrade of Windows Server 2003 server clusters to the release version of Windows Server 2003

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811272

Features and functions in version 1.1 of the Client-Side Caching Command-Line Options command-line tool

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=884739

You cannot open HTML Help files from Internet Explorer after you install security update 896358 or Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=902225

FIX: The AutoComplete box may not appear in the correct location when you view a Web page in Internet Explorer 6 that contains an <iframe> element that is in a table

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=920681

FIX: The client connections are dropped frequently when you use the IPsec tunnel through a NAT device on a Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1-based server

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=923339

How to restore deleted user accounts and their group memberships in Active Directory

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=840001

How to upgrade Windows 2000 domain controllers to Windows Server 2003

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=325379

Event ID 2025 is logged in the System log on a Windows Server 2003-based computer

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=898468

"Error 1719: The Windows Installer service could not be accessed" error message when you try to add or remove a program

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315346

Artifacts appear on a secondary monitor screen that has 8-bit color depth on a Windows XP-based computer

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924329

The user rights that are required by Update.exe

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=888791

Several dialog boxes are blank

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=831430

The computer may restart when you add a manifest that has  the Windows Vista extension to an .exe file or to a .dll file in Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2)

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=921337

List of fixes included in Windows XP Service Pack 2

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811113

Programs that limit the application stack size to 2,048 bytes may not run after you install security update 917422

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924867

Description of the Wireless Client Update for Windows XP with Service Pack 2

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=917021

Programs that limit the application stack size to 2,048 bytes may not run after you install security update 917422

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924867

How to configure daylight saving time dates for Brazil

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=317211

The sort order for files and folders whose names contain numerals is different in Windows XP than it is in Windows 2000

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=319827

Group Policy setting that prevents use of the Internet Connection Firewall is not enforced in Windows XP or in Windows Server 2003 with SP1

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=839551

AbovePeer Aimster Causes an Error Message in Windows XP

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321883

The user rights that are required by Update.exe

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=888791

How to add the Print Directory feature for folders in Windows XP

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321379

WinINet ignores the policies that you set when you create a custom administrative template file in Windows XP with Service Pack 2

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=904710

Troubleshooting Active Directory replication failures during dcpromo promotion

https://premier.microsoft.com/premier/library/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;833372

Compressed files that are larger than 4 KB may be corrupted when you create or update the files

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=925308

Windows Server 2003 adprep /forestprep command causes mangled attributes in Windows 2000 forests that contain Exchange 2000 servers

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314649

You cannot use Mstsc.exe with the /CONSOLE switch to connect to a console session on a Windows 2000 Server-based computer

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=311926

How to troubleshoot printing problems in Windows 2000 and in Windows Server 2003

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=260142

Error message when you try to perform a time-consuming operation by using the FTP command in Windows 2000 Server: "Connection timed out"

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=888769

The Add Printer Wizard or the Printer dialog box stop responding on a Windows Server 2003-based, Windows XP-based, or Windows 2000-based computer

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=917777

A custom smart card template is unavailable on the smart card enrollment station

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313629

Error message when you try to connect a Windows 2000-based client computer to a printer on a Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition-based print server: "You do not have sufficient access to your machine to connect to the selected printer"

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=926080

An updated Storport storage driver (version 5.2.3790.2630) is available for Windows Server 2003

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=912944

A computer that uses an Intel EM64T processor may stop responding during startup

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=907892

The Storport storage driver does not detect a device that is changed in Windows Server 2003

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=908980

Windows feature lets you generate a memory dump file by using the keyboard

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=244139

How to obtain Windows Defender (Beta 2)

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=892279

Windows feature lets you generate a memory dump file by using the keyboard

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=244139

A Windows Hardware Compatibility Test for an array fails when you are running  Windows Server 2003 R2 Virtual Disk Service 1.1

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=922387

The server cluster fails when you bring online NTFS volume mount points that are configured as shared physical disk resources online on a Windows Server 2003-based server cluster that uses iSCSI

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=917442

Installing security update MS05-019 or Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 may cause network connectivity between clients and servers to fail

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=898060

The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool helps remove specific, prevalent malicious software from computers that are running Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=890830

Changes to the WSUSScan.cab file

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924513

Summary list of monthly detection and deployment guidance articles in 2006

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=910723

MS06-063: Vulnerability in Server Service could allow denial of service

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=923414

Error message when you try to use the Automatic Reconnection feature to connect to a Sun ONE Directory Server 5.2 from a Windows Server 2003-based client computer: "The server is not operational"

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=925789

MS06-057: Vulnerability in Windows Explorer could allow remote code execution

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=923191

A cluster node failover does not work when you use SCSI-3-compliant persistent reservations in Windows Server 2003 SP1

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=911030

Event ID: 1003 occurs every 30 minutes after you install Microsoft Services for network file system on a Windows Server 2003 R2-based computer

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=925637

How to raise domain and forest functional levels in Windows Server 2003

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=322692

Unsupported Sysprep scenarios

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=828287

Trust between a Windows NT domain and an Active Directory domain cannot be established or it does not work as expected

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=889030

FIX: You may experience various problems when native user-mode or kernel-model applications or drivers run on a Dual-Core Intel Itanium 2 Processor 9000 Series-based computer that is running Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2003 with SP1

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924449

How to move a certification authority to another server

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=298138

Error message when you try to install a security update for the .NET Framework 2.0 on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition: "Error 1324. The folder 'Program Files' contains an invalid character"

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=923101

Windows 2000 Professional and Windows Server 2003 client cannot connect to network file and printer shares

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=285018

You may be unable to use an AT&T Global Network VPN client and IPsec at the same time in Windows XP or in Windows 2000

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=925479

Deployment of the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool in an enterprise environment

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=891716

Damaged Registry Repair and Recovery in Windows XP

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318159

The default behavior of IPsec NAT traversal (NAT-T) is changed in Windows XP Service Pack 2

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=885407

You may receive Error 678 or Error 769 when you try to connect to the Internet or when you try to browse the Internet after you install Windows XP Service Pack 2

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=892889

Windows XP supported upgrade paths

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=292607

The Svchost.exe process intermittently crashes with an access violation when the process uses the Wininet.dll file on a Windows XP-based computer

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=899342

After you disable the "Client for Microsoft Networks" option for a dial-up connection, the dial-up connection is still active on a Windows XP-based computer

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=837030

How to configure automatic updates by using Group Policy or registry settings

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=328010

New drive or mapped network drive not available in Windows Explorer

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=297694

Error message and then Windows XP Tablet PC edition stops responding when you start it: "Windows is starting up"

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=922006

A machine check may occur on a computer that is running an Itanium-based version of Windows Server 2003 and that uses a Dual-core Intel Itanium 2 processor

https://premier.microsoft.com/premier/library/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;919172

The computer stops responding when you try to start an Itanium-based version of Windows Server 2003 that has the kernel-mode debugger enabled

https://premier.microsoft.com/premier/library/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;924849

You cannot find the Termination-Action connection attribute in the Internet Authentication Service snap-in on a Windows 2000-based IAS server

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=836054

Availability of the Windows Desktop Search add-in for UNC/FAT

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=918996

Do not run a service by using a service account that belongs to a different domain

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=925099

The server cluster fails when you bring online NTFS volume mount points that are configured as shared physical disk resources on a Windows Server 2003-based server cluster that uses iSCSI Initiator service

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=925677

The computer may stop responding when you try to start an Itanium-based version of Windows Server 2003 in debug mode

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924848

You receive a warning message in the Application log when you have File Server Resource Manager installed on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 R2

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924035

When you use Automated Deployment Services (ADS) on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer to deploy a Sysprep image to a virtual machine, the virtual machine may stop responding

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924393

Error message when you try to install the Spanish language version of Windows Server 2003 on an AMD platform: "El programa de instalación no puede obtener acceso a los archivos necesarios para continuar"

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=921376

How to change the default settings for File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) in Windows Server 2003 R2

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=925638

You may be unable to open or to run some programs after you install updates from Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-016

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924032

Files may become corrupted when you use an Intel PRO/10GbE network adapter that has TCP segmentation offload enabled on a Windows Server 2003-based computer

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=925442

Error message when a Windows Server 2003-based computer has a high level of I/O activity: "The shadow copies of volume Volume_Name were aborted because the diff area file could not grow in time"

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=925799

The WMI registry provider does not return the correct registry data for 32-bit programs on a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=923850

How to limit Remote Desktop Connection connections to a specific network interface in Windows XP

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924927

If you repeatedly press PRINT SCREEN, Windows XP may stop responding

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924961

Windows XP-based computers that were installed by using a Volume License product key might be marked as non-genuine

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=926333

The drive volume or the drive letter may be missing from the event log information in the system event log if event ID 55 is logged in Microsoft Windows 2000

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=842142

Error message when you try to install a new printer driver or when you try to upgrade the printer driver on a computer that is running Microsoft Windows 2000: "Unable to install <Printer Name>, Windows 2000, Intel Driver."

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=835272

The Print dialog box requires 60 seconds to display when you print from an application on a client computer that is running  Windows 2000

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=839858

When you delegate tasks over several organizational units in Windows 2000, the "Target Account Name" field in audit event ID 628 is empty

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=838611

You experience problems with programs that are not Terminal Services aware after you install security update 917422 on a computer that is running Windows 2000 Service Pack 4

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924066

The VDS hardware provider cannot obtain a valid disk object for the LUN in Windows Server 2003

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=923557

You can export a private key from a template that was created without export permission in Windows Server 2003

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924033

An instance of the Explorer.exe process starts unexpectedly when you call the InstallHinfSection function in the SetupAPI.dll file on a Windows XP-based or on a Windows Server 2003-based computer

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=837692

Virtual memory runs out when you run the Csrss.exe process on a Windows Server 2003-based computer

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=885086

Telephony API-based applications stop responding and you cannot disconnect telephone calls on a Windows Server 2003-based telephony server

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924050

FIX: The SVR5 find utility does not search all subdirectories on a Windows Server 2003 R2-based computer that has Utilities and SDK  for Subsystem for UNIX-Based Applications installed

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=920908

You cannot enter a password that has more than 14 characters when you try to connect to a session from Task Manager or from Terminal Services Manager in Windows Server 2003

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=839941

The Remote Shell utility may stop responding on a Windows Server 2003-based client computer

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=842128

MS06-055: Vulnerability in Vector Markup Language could allow remote code execution

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=925486

When you call the SplitSymbols function to strip symbols from an image in Windows Server 2003, the function may not generate the program database file for the image

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=840026

Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerability in the Windows Shell could allow remote code execution

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=926043

The Windows Firewall setting may change to "On (recommended)" when you perform an Automated System Recovery restoration of the operating system on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 SP1 or that is running Windows Server 2003 R2 

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924310

The XmlLite hotfix package is available for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=914783

Artifacts appear on a secondary monitor screen that has 8-bit color depth on a Windows XP-based computer

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924329

CPU use may reach 100 percent after you use the Enabled Languages Kit to configure a Windows XP-based computer

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924994

The tasks in Scheduled Tasks are no longer scheduled to run after you rename a Windows XP-based computer that is not in a domain

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=923423

A USB 2.0 device stops working correctly when the device uses lots of bandwidth in Windows XP

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924692

Error message when you disconnect a removable storage device such as an SD card from a Windows XP-based computer: "Windows Delayed Write Failed"

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=925269

Programs unexpectedly stop during initialization after you install security update 917422

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924867

Icons for certain file types are missing in the Search Companion window after you run a program in full-screen mode on a Windows XP-based computer

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=822432

You may receive error code 0x80004005 or other error codes when you try to start a Windows XP-based computer

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=914232

Disc recording software stops responding when you try to burn a disc on a Windows XP-based computer

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924051

The XmlLite hotfix package is available for 32-bit versions of Windows XP with Service Pack 2

https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=91586