I Love Windows Vista

So there, 5 more years of support for Windows Vista

2012-02-21T08:02:00.000-08:00

Apparently Microsoft has reconsidered their support policy for consumers so they added another 5 years... This is a fact, as confirmed by what a Microsoft spokesperson told tech blogger Ed Bott: "customers who remain on the most current supported service pack will be eligible to receive both Mainstream and Extended Support, for a total of 10 years." Among the ramifications of that decision is that the lifetime of this blog will be extended as well.

Approaching the end of mainstream support

2012-02-11T12:42:00.000-08:00

I ran a search about the future of Windows Vista and came across this page about Microsoft products lifecycle. Basically, Windows Vista's mainstream support end date is getting closer: 10 April 2012, and the suggestion included in that page is basically "Buy Windows 7 now!". "Support ends 24 months after the next service pack releases or at the end of the product's support lifecycle, whichever comes first." Not to worry, the solution center will continue to be there, I presume, for a long while. I would also say that, in general, a number of solutions and tips apply across the board for Windows Vista, Windows 7 and most likely the forthcoming Windows 8, to be launched at the Mobile World Congress on 29 February 2012.

Windows Vista usage itself surpasses Mac OS usage

2011-10-31T16:09:00.000-07:00

Windows Vista, the most vilified and misunderstood operating system in the history of the PC, mostly because of misinformation and misperceptions spread mostly by non-users, based on anecdotal situations, has an usage share of about 65% compared to the number of users of Mac OS X. This, according to Gartner, an information technology research firm, and to a Wikipedia usage share of operating systems article, which reproduces the findings. The combined Windows operating system usage (XP, Vista and Windows 7) amounts to 77.69% against a 7.31% for Mac OS and a 1.11% for Linux. These figures are estimates as at August 2011.

I will continue to publish this blog for another year

2011-08-26T16:22:00.000-07:00

Dear Readers,

While waiting, as anybody else, somehow anxiously, for hurricane Irene to pass by New York this weekend, I have renewed this domain name for another year and I will continue to cover, though more frequently, about Windows Vista. I have noticed that there is a considerable number of users everywhere of this undeservedly underestimated PC operating system. Everybody, everywhere, have a safe weekend!

That's all folks!

2011-08-08T05:56:00.000-07:00

It's been a pleasure to share my "advocacy" for a great operating system such as Vista with all of you in cyberspace. This blog will cease to exist this summer and, since I'm busy with other endeavors, this may be my last post. I really enjoyed the ride. I will continue to blog about Windows 7, though. THANKS SO MUCH!

Service Pack 2 and that is it for Vista?

2011-08-08T05:48:00.000-07:00

Yes, believe or not, Windows Vista will be around for many years to come and it will receive mainstream support until April 10, 2012, and extended support until April 12, 2017, the latter only for commercial customers. Notice also that support for Windows Vista SP1 was already retired on July 12, 2011. To receive mainstream and extended support you need the new Service Pack 2 (SP2), which includes compatibility fixes for new types of hardware and emerging hardware standards and, as usual, it will include all of the updates that have been released since the previous service pack (SP1).

WPF and extreme user interfaces like StreetSmart edge™

2011-05-10T07:59:00.000-07:00

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), introduced with Windows Vista, is an state-of-the-art presentation system for building Windows client and web-hosted applications with visually stunning user experiences. Curiously enough, the encyclopedic books about Vista and Windows 7, like the traditional Resource Kits, mention this technology in passing, mainly because it is part of the .Net Framework and intended mostly for developers, as its cousin Silverlight. One of these developers, Projekt202, an Austin, Texas, company, which without a doubt knows a great deal of usability and UI design, used WPF controls in the design of Charles Schwab's StreetSmart edge™, a very intuitive online trading application that has received good reviews since its release at the end of 2010. It runs in Windows 2000 and up and also in Mac 10.3 or higher.

Translations on the fly with Internet Explorer 9

2011-04-19T09:16:00.000-07:00

Among the many features that make IE 9 once again my default browser, after a Firefox hiatus, is the "built-in" translation service that can be easily accessed by right-clicking on a word or expression and then selecting "Translate with Bing" in the menu. Sure enough, the service easily detects the source language, no need to select it from a list of languages, and then provides a translation in the target language, which usually is English (or any default language you may choose). See the example above, while on a jobs Website in German. This free service for online automatic translation is Microsoft translator, also known as Bing Translator, which allows real-time, in-place translations of the Websites you are reading or your own Website for a global audience. Explore the Translator V2 API & Widget, mobile tools, the ESL (English as a Second Language) Assistant and even an English Language Search for Chinese Speakers. Developers and linguists will be delighted.

Linksys AE1000 wireless adapter: just forget it

2011-02-21T21:52:00.001-08:00

The Cisco Linksys AE1000 "High Performance Wireless-N USB Adapter" does not even install neither in Windows 7 nor Windows Vista. The setup program, no matter what you do trying to follow the "instructions" on the screen, does not go beyond the screenshot shown here. The "wireless connection manager", mentioned here, does not exist in Windows 7, it's a thing of the past, so at this point of installing this adapter the situation turns hopeless. Trust me, I've tried everything conceivable. Long story short: product returned for a full refund.
There are three more reasons for disappointment: 1) the package has the "Compatible with Windows 7" logo, acting as a bait, 2) the only "help" available in the user guide is "Double-click your CD-ROM drive" (in my computer) and then, on page 4, "After you have installed the Adapter" (!) ... and 3) other unsuspecting customers were equally disappointed. Whatever happened to quality assurance?!

The promise of T-Mobile 4G. Just about that: a promise

2011-01-13T10:44:00.000-08:00

This post should have been written two months ago when, of necessity, not having other choice and simply because I like T-Mobile, I decided to purchase the services of T-Mobile broadband. The customer service representative in the store was very helpful and knew her lines, but she did not give me straight answers to whether this wireless broadband service was in fact 4G-capable, that is, fourth generation wireless. Not at the moment of signing a 2-year contract and not a month later when I brought up, once again, the issue of slowness and not being able to watch YouTube videos and video news clips without a hiccup. Even with the best broadband modem or "laptop stick", in their parlance, the T-Mobile® Rocket 2.0 4G Laptop Stick, I get ridiculous download speeds, how about 6 kilobytes or maximum 30 kilobytes per second? (!), and that's in Manhattan, not in the middle of nowhere, not to mention that watching an online video is frankly frustrating because the signal keeps reloading (20%...30%...). This post was motivated by reading an article at ZDNet where the authors state that "T-Mobile is actually fourth among the big four in the US when it comes to maximum network speeds, and explain how T-Mobile and AT & T "conjured 4G networks out of thin air." There, they have an explanation for what I perceived from the very beginning. Oh, and if you go to a store of T-Mobile or AT&T and even Verizon, they invariably, and by coincidence (?) don't have a live demo of the 4G capabilities, go figure. The answer, however, is pretty simple: they don't have much to show for it. Period. Not in my experience.

Windows Vista Resource Kit, the best reference

2010-12-10T16:49:00.000-08:00

Since the times of the Windows 3.1 Resource Kit (1993?) I always get my copy of this essential guide to everything Windows. This Windows Vista® Resource Kit is the best education you can get on this great operating system in a language you can understand, but also with a great technical level. In addition, you'll have good and documented information not only when it comes to fixing a rogue computer but also when you want to have an intelligent and meaningful chat with IT people or other PC enthusiasts.

Windows 7 is an improved Vista, but it is, in essence, Vista

2010-09-09T09:07:00.000-07:00

Windows 7, for unsuspecting users, is an improved Windows Vista with some additional features thrown in. For example, among the improvements, multitasking is easier, finding files and programs is faster, connecting to company networks is more secure with a built-in defense against spyware and other malware, and you can keep your data in a more private and secure way. The additional features include faster start-up, sleep and resume, faster navigation in a busy desktop with lots of open windows, easier setup and connection to wireless services, better management of printers, cameras and other devices, including the ability to connect to your home PC media library remotely, etc. Go to this Microsoft page, "which one is right for you", to learn more...

The only problem with the naysayers is and will be when...

2010-08-27T15:58:00.000-07:00

...they are part of an IT department, the guys to whom (usually IT-clueless) management listens to. Let the rest of folks keep their sacred preconceptions about Windows Vista. Yesterday, while starting a casual conversation with someone in an office environment, out of the blue this person starts bashing Microsoft with the usual rants and how Google is more this and more that, yadda, yadda, yadda, and interspersed it came out a "Vista was cr**"...BUT he "really liked" Windows 7. I have to say to this, once again, what I said back in 2008: Windows 7 = The Mojave Experiment II. The whole issue is really amusing. And I also say it again: to each his own. Google, Apple, Microsoft, etc., all of them create good stuff. Luckily creativity and innovation will never be anybody's or any company's monopoly. Windows Vista will be around for many years to come. Check the official Microsoft Vista website.

Is Vista more stable than Windows 7?

2010-07-16T17:38:00.000-07:00

Consider this: Vista, except for a spell of crashes in its early days, does not crash ever in my old machine, and I think it seldom does in other machines, but Windows 7 Ultimate, in a brand new laptop (a Latitude E6510) has crashed more times in 2 months than all my Windows Vista and Windows XP experience combined! Simply unacceptable. So the questions is: Is Vista more stable that windows 7? But I'm probably ahead of myself, and, of course, let's give that OS the benefit of the doubt and wait till the release of SP1. Read more about how I finally stopped getting blue screens in Windows 7!

The psychology of operating systems

2010-03-12T21:56:00.000-08:00

Traditionally, among the taboo subjects you should not bring into a social event or a simple conversation between friends, colleagues or even strangers are religion, politics and sex. But nowadays, there's another subject, which can easily bring the worst of people or simply have people start acting on the defensive and that is operating systems. I am talking about Linux, Windows and also Apple Mac.
••• Fanaticism at its best
Each one one has its own horde of followers and fanatics, known as "fanboys" with its own "fanbase", thus "Linux fanboys" (check), "Apple fanboys" (check), "Microsoft fanboys" (?). To the latter, I'm not sure that there are actual fanatics of Microsoft in the same way there are 'religious' followers of Linux and Apple. This is, in addition, a male thing. I have yet to see a woman, and for that matter, a pretty and feminine one, who is an operating system fanatic. Nope. Hard to find. They may know the stuff but never, ever boast about it. It is usually guys, who without a doubt, think they are smart for the fact of having picked either Linux or Mac. •••Oh, glorious command line
A sign of a true geek, a tired notion, something that some guys never were able to overcome, is that, he doesn't care about grooming. Look at his desk, home, car, at his persona (a lot of incongruent "stuff" all over the place) and that's, perhaps, why they love the console, that little screen, usually with a black background, to type "commands". The console is the altar of, specially, Linux geeks. Typing commands, like in the prehistory of computers, is a "macho thing", the thing to do, to know, to practice, to live by, to google about, to chat about, to text about, to talk over the phone, most of the time with another Linux guy(s), who is geekier than thou. GUIs are for "sissies", then. Apparently, real Linux geeks don't care about "appearances", just about "the power", "the speed"... and that bring us to...
•••The beauty of software is a non-issue?
Have you noticed the elegance, the usefulness, the creativity of the new, or rather revamped, search engine Bing, compared to the traditional minimalist Google home page? Well, I believe this disdain for design, good visual design, is typical of open source guys, mostly hard-core Linux guys, and some software companies (IBM?). Like old fashioned engineers all they care about is that "the thing" works, the rest is fancy schmancy. Don't you find for example ugly and unfriendly Lotus Notes? Lately, in the Linux world they have improved considerably with nice GUIs like Ubuntu and OpenSuse, particularly KDE. I personally have installed, last year, and seldom used, Ubuntu, but I definitely prefer OpenSuse, in its new incarnation. After all, my first contact ever with Linux was back in 2002 with Suse Linux, and then in 2004 with Fedora and Red Hat, and finally in 2009. It's basically a copycat of Windows functionality, including the keyboard shortcuts. What innovation, computerwise, digitalwise, have Linux accomplished? I always wonder. They just reproduce commercial software: OpenOffice as a copy of Microsoft Office, GIMP as a copy of Photoshop, etc. The list goes on. I will keep an eye on that, too, anyway. And speaking of look and feel, that brings us to usability...
•••The line between looking nice and being secure has been blurred
For traditional Microsoft users, Linux is a cryptic operating system, not easy to use, etc. and that's because they have not seen the latest "distributions" like the ones I just mentioned. For traditional Linux users, yes, Linux fanboys, Windows is not secure, is not as sophisticated and don't give you complete access under the hood, and that's because they have not seen Windows 7 and much less Windows Vista. But I believe the distinction between these two operating systems is now blurry, and the war of operating systems is over. Who won? Apparently nobody, the status quo is the same and Linux continues to be an also-ran operating system after more than a decade of comebacks... Apple, on the other hand, has all not only the beauty but also the power of a modern OS and its based on Unix (!). If Windows and Apple were free, no money needed to get them, who would care about Linux? I ask.
•••Do you actually need the source code of your operating system and/or your favorite applications?
Really. Linux followers claim that if they get their hands into the source code to tweak your operating system or any application to do what you want to do... I mean, what else in the world you want to do? All the functionality you can think of is already there, the designers of the software thought of it all, trust me. Software is what it is, like geometry and algebra, there is only so much room for improvement, this science is already there, new "ideas" on how to open and close a door are redundant. It's like the automobile. The paradigm of and engine, a steering wheel, the front wheels, turning right or left, stopping and accelerating, that is already done, thought out. You can improve how the fuel is burned and processed to make it greener, etc. but THAT is about it. How many times do you you need to disassemble your radio, TV, cell phone, iPod to make it do exactly "what you frigging want it to do"?!!! Everything is already there, you don't need to go under the hood. You don't need to do anything else. Why? Almost nobody buys or downloads or acquires software because they have the ability to get the source code. There are other more important motives. That selling point for open source software is, in my view, moot, a non-issue. Of course some high priests in the temples of Linux, the 'initiated' actually compile their own kernel and distributions... and, sure enough, boast about it, and some even take it further and compile their own operating system and that's why you see some many "flavors" of Linux around. But don't get me wrong, developing, creating and 'debugging' software is and will continue to be a source of joy, pride, and yes, jobs. I love software, myself, creating it and using it, but it is not a religion for me, just a tool.
•••You get your money's worth
If you get something for free and something fails where do you go to complain? To the Internet social networks, to the blogs...? And having the source code will make your problem any easier to solve? How many users have that ability to read and interpret source code? Perhaps less than the 0.000001 %... If you pay for something, you have more rights, as simple as that. I make a living with computers, which are my tools. Shouldn't you pay for the tools of your trade? I always do. You, Mr. Electrician, do you expect not to pay for your tools?
Finally. No, Linux did not invent the GUI
An IT guy told me with a straight face that Apple and even the Xerox Alto machine were based on Unix, and that they "copied everything", when in fact that first modern computer visual interface was programmed using BCPL (Basic Combined Programming Language), a language created in 1966, a few years before Unix was born... The rest is history: Apple took the GUI ideas and concepts from the Alto computer, etc. Linux is basically a spin-off of Unix (the kernel) and a knockoff of both Windows and Apple look and feel (KDE and GNOME). Now it looks nicer, and it may be user-friendlier, but operating systems based on text files are so 20th century! Yes, the power of the command line... 30 years ago. I know, Linux is used intensely to run the Internet.Yes, because it is brute force, a good workhorse, like a BIOS software, you set it and forget it. But that is the subject of another post, which I'm not going to write and don't care about... this subject is everywhere in the blogosphere.

Internet Explorer 8 (and below), security, Trojan horses...

2010-02-10T09:09:00.001-08:00

There's definitely something wrong with Internet Explorer (Weird things that I don't see happen in Firefox or Opera with exactly the same Websites). These are the facts: 1) Pages with Flash player ask for an "update" even if the latest version is installed; 2) When going to msn.com (from New York City) it always asks me if my location is Canada or the US and no matter how many times I say I am in the United States (!), it will revert to asking the same question; 3) Trojan horses have a way to get into your system through Internet Explorer AND Firefox (that's my assumption) and spread to other applications (see MS Access screenshot on the right). For this last occurrence take for example the Trojan horse iolo System Shield caught the other day (IFrame.gen). I looked it up, but, curiously enough, the iolo System Shield that caught it did not provide information about it, so I googled it, and one of the search results "happened to be" (?!) a Website for a Chinese "antivirus company", which surely enough after having visited it my menus changed to Chinese language (!!!). To Microsoft credit I have to say that once I downloaded and installed the security updates and fixes, this menu option in Chinese disappeared. PLEASE NOTE: the Trojan Horse was however in the Firefox cache (!) so now I'm not sure if I should try Opera or Chrome instead.
And all of these is happening when I reinstalled Vista in a new hard drive. Other that these Internet Explorer annoyances my system is working perfectly well, thanks. So, I would ask the Microsoft techies (and yes the Firefox techies, too!) to please fix these annoyances and security lapses asap! For the time being I'm avoiding Internet Explorer as much as I can but I'm becoming uneasy with Firefox as well. In addition, let me say here that Microsoft Security Essentials, the free antivirus, antimalware and antispyware (also installed in my computer) never was aware of this Trojan horse. On the other hand, do not trust Google or any other search engine to find information about viruses, the search results links provided are loaded and will most likely get you directly into the hands of the virus, malware and spyware bad guys, go directly to the trusted Internet security companies Websites, instead.

Merry Xmas and get ready for 2010!

2009-12-25T11:25:00.000-08:00

Well, another year, another Christmas time, another victory on the road to living a good life. Let's celebrate with friends and family while enjoying a delicious fruit salad of glorious pomegranate and smooth Granny Smith apples. For all you who read this blog I want to send my best wishes for this holiday season and for a great New Year! Hang on! The best is yet to come ahead for those of us who have persisted and endured through difficult times. Life's many rewards await us.

Microsoft Security Essentials does the trick, does it not?

2009-11-01T16:15:00.000-08:00

After one several years of using System Mechanic from iolo Technologies, and coinciding with the fact that my subscription was up for renewal this past Halloween, I decided to drop the entire security suite and go for the free Microsoft Security Essentials proposition, with antimalware, antivirus and antispyware included. However, something funny happened on my way to getting back my system to its usual stable state and that included a blue screen (the first one in more than a year!) but not before having my system frozen three times... I have to add here that I had also installed ZoneAlarm free firewall, another good product that I used for many years in Windows XP and previous versions. ZoneAlarm shuts down the Windows Vista firewall and everytime I turned it back on, my machine froze or got the blue screen, as mentioned. I gave Microsoft Security Essentials the benefit of the doubt and uninstalled ZoneAlarm. Now I'm back to normal.

Just a matter of knowledge and money

2009-10-21T19:20:00.000-07:00

I would say that there are three major reasons why some people (regular folks) still use Windows XP (and I want to refer only to those who are very vocal against Vista):
1) They lack good IT skills and the knowledge necessary to understand why Vista and Windows 7 are SUPERIOR to XP, hands down.
2) They don't have the right hardware and/or don't know how to configure it correctly (see reason 1, above), and
3) They're cheap (cheapskates). As simple as that.
Companies, on the other hand, don't upgrade for the same reasons above, and the guys from their IT department are usually to blame (reasons 1 and 2). They usually are too comfortable using their old stuff (hardware and software) and too lazy to learn, so they advise companies not to use, for instance, Vista, because "it's buggy and slow, etc." Basically something they read or heard somewhere and never bother(ed) to try in the first place. I have withnessed companies using XP on machines with the Vista logo. How clumsy! they bought new equipment and bought also all the nonsense circulating about Vista and downgraded to XP (!), and on top of that they're still using Internet Explorer 6 (!). Again, if you still want to use Windows XP that is (literally) your problem, but what I find plain silly is getting a brand new computer (for those who can afford it) designed for Windows Vista and Windows 7, and then reformatting the hard drive to install XP (!) and then start comparing apples with pears...

SP2: Applications

2009-10-03T13:39:00.000-07:00

1) 957388. Hotfix. December 2008 Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Application Compatibility Update. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957388

2) 954366. Hotfix. The August 2008 Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Application Compatibility Update is available. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954366

3) 951618. Hotfix. A black screen issue occurs on a Windows Vista-based computer or a Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer that has Onekey Recovery 5.0 installed when you upgrade the operating system. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951618

4) 950636. Hotfix. FIX: SQL Server 2005 is not installed on a Windows Web Server 2008-based system. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950636

5) 947562. Hotfix. May 2008 Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Application Compatibility Update. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947562

SP2: Base Technologies (1 of 9)

2009-10-03T13:29:00.001-07:00

1) 968275. Hotfix. Windows Media Player may crash when you remove a USB device from a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Windows Vista SP1 or Windows Server 2008. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968275

2) 967670. Hotfix. The NFS services stop responding after a certain period when you use a Windows Server 2008-based server that has NFS installed to export NFS shares. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967670

3) 967666. Hotfix. After you sync a file in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008, the Date Modified time for the destination file may be updated to the current time. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967666

4) 967657. Hotfix. You cannot access a CD or DVD disc on a shared optical drive after you replace one disc with another on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967657

5) 967586. Hotfix. When you run a 16-bit application on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer that has the Desktop Window Manager Session Manager service installed, some controls are not painted correctly. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967586

6) 967571. Hotfix. Error when you try to recursively delete a directory structure on an NFS share that is exported by a Windows Server 2008-based computer: "Permission denied". http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967571

7) 967535. Hotfix. FIX: A hotfix is available to fix two problems in ASP.NET on IIS 7.0 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967535

8) 967477. Hotfix. A WSD printer device displays a truncated IPv6 address in Device Manager and in the Function Discovery Browser utility on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967477

9) 967339. Hotfix. FIX: Error message after you use the ServiceKnownTypeAttribute class to specify types in an interface in the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1: "InvalidOperationException:Type 'System.Object[]' cannot be added to list of known types since another type.” http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967339

10) 967326. Hotfix. Data loss occurs after you use the Dfsrmig.exe tool to migrate the SYSVOL share from the FRS to the DFSR service in a Windows Server 2008-based domain. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967326

11) 967191. Hotfix. The Windows Experience Index rating and the WinSAT command do not work correctly on a Windows Vista-based computer that has more than 8 logical processors. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967191

12) 967168. Hotfix. Event 1005 occurs on a Windows Server 2008-based computer that is running Server for NFS when there is an unmapped user in the advanced mapping list. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967168

13) 967124. Hotfix. Hyper-V performance counters in Windows Server 2008 are displayed incorrectly or report incorrect data when you remotely query the counters from a Windows Server 2003-based computer. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967124

14) 967111. Hotfix. You cannot access a symbolic link by running Client for NFS if the path length of the symbolic link is too long. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967111

15) 966319. Hotfix. During user logon or logoff, you receive stop error code 0x00000050, and the system restarts automatically on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/966319

16) 965494. Hotfix. Stop error when a registry management problem occurs on a Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1-based computer: "0x0000007E". http://support.microsoft.com/kb/965494

17) 963676. Hotfix. FIX: The CLR fails with a fatal execution engine error, and a crash occurs when you run an application by using the .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/963676

18) 963047. Hotfix. If you cancel the Select Certificate dialog box on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, you are prompted two times for user credentials to access a WebDAV site whose SSL setting for client certificates is set to “Accept” http://support.microsoft.com/kb/963047

19) 963044. Hotfix. On a computer that runs Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, after you rename, delete, or move the files in a network share that is hosted on a Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008-based computer, files are still listed in the network share. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/963044

20) 962969. Hotfix. Error message when you run Dfsradmin.exe to set membership properties in Windows Server 2008: "The property MemberSubscriptionReadOnly cannot be used". http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962969

21) 962932. Hotfix. FIX: Some East Asian glyphs are not displayed correctly on a Windows-based computer when you run .NET Framework 3.5-based applications. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962932

SP2: Base Technologies (2 of 9)

2009-10-03T13:23:00.000-07:00

22) 962878. Hotfix. FIX: An older version of Windows CardSpace is invoked even though a newer version is installed after you upgrade to .NET Framework 3.0 SP2. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962878

23) 962351. Hotfix. FIX: The pop-out menus are not displayed when you use Internet Explorer 8.0 in Standards mode to view an ASP.NET Web page that has dynamic menus. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962351

24) 962231. Hotfix. FIX: Error message when a .NET Framework 3.5-based application displays lots of text at different sizes or has a very long process lifetime: "0xC0000005". http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962231

25) 961881. Hotfix. FIX: An access violation occurs when you start an application that runs on the CLR. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961881

26) 961730. Hotfix. A memory leak occurs in the Vmwp.exe and Vmms.exe processes on a Windows Server 2008-based computer that has the Hyper-V role enabled. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961730

27) 961719. Hotfix. Applications that perform asynchronous cached I/O read requests and that use a disk array that has multiple spindles may encounter a low performance issue in Windows Server 2008, in Windows Essential Business Server 2008, or in Windows Vista SP1. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961719

28) 961529. Hotfix. The first offline file sync operation fails when you pin an entry and then work offline on a client computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961529

29) 961366. Hotfix. You receive a confusing error message when an application tries to access an empty removable media drive on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961366

30) 961324. Hotfix. Stop error message when you run the Dynamic Partition Testing for a Hot Replace test that is included in the Windows Logo Kit in Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008: "Stop 0x0000000A". http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961324

31) 961080. Hotfix. Event ID: 19 occurs on Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based computers that use Intel Nehalem processors. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961080

32) 960816. Hotfix. Some applications or services stop responding because a deadlock condition occurs in the Ntfs.sys driver in Windows Server 2008-based or Windows Vista SP1-based systems. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960816

33) 960754. Hotfix. FIX: You receive the ObjectDisposedException exception when you refer to the Transaction.Current.TransactionInformation object. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960754

34) 960751. Hotfix. The PdhLookupPerfNameByIndex API in Windows Server 2008 returns incorrect values for V2 performance counters. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960751

35) 960632. Hotfix. After you eject and re-insert a recordable CD (CD-R) in a drive, Windows Vista no longer finds some files on the CD. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960632

36) 960251. Hotfix. Error message when you run a Borland MS-DOS based application: "The version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running". http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960251

37) 960151. Hotfix. Error message when you try to access a network drive that is mapped to a DFS shared folder on a client computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008: "Error: Location is not available". http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960151

38) 960037. Hotfix. When a 32-bit process tries to update a string value with a new value that contains the %ProgramFiles% string, the %ProgramFiles% string is converted to the %ProgramFiles(x86)% string in a 64-bit environment. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960037

39) 960014. Hotfix. Some services occasionally do not start if you repeatedly restart a computer that runs Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960014

40) 959759. Hotfix. You cannot rename a folder by using the UNC path in Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1 systems if the UNC path includes a symbolic link. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959759

41) 959546. Hotfix. FIX: An XAML browser application returns a security exception error when you use the application to connect the WCF service in partial trust. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959546

42) 959543. Hotfix. An update is available for users of Windows Services for UNIX and of Utilities and SDK for SUA to incorporate DST changes in Mauritius, in Brazil, in Morocco, in Egypt, and in Argentina. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959543

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43) 959489. Hotfix. Error message when you try to perform certain operations on the files that are located on a network share: "Access is Denied". http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959489

44) 959488. Hotfix. The logon process may take a long time when you try to log on to a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959488

45) 959464. Hotfix. A Windows Vista-based computer that has BitLocker turned on crashes when you press ESC to restart the computer. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959464

46) 959453. Hotfix. On a computer that runs Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, a PCI Express bus may run in PCI compatibility mode instead of in PCI native mode after the PCI root bus restarts. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959453

47) 959439. Hotfix. After you upload encrypted files from a computer that is running Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 to a WebDAV share, the files remain encrypted. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959439

48) 959403. Hotfix. Windows Server 2008 may restart unexpectedly when you open the Hyper-V manager console to manage virtual machines. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959403

49) 959169. Hotfix. A hotfix is available that corrects an issue in the memory allocation logic of the Itanium-based version of Windows Server 2008. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959169

50) 959125. Hotfix. The User Profile Service (ProfSvc) crashes in Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1 systems when the service loads or unloads user profiles that contain compressed files or folders. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959125

51) 959087. Hotfix. A hotfix is available that enables Windows Server 2008 to support Corrected Memory Error notification through Corrected Machine Check (CMC) interrupts and through CMC polling. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959087

52) 958960. Hotfix. A Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer may stop responding during a storage stress test or under similar conditions. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958960

53) 958932. Hotfix. You receive a Stop error message and the computer automatically restarts after you move IIS logs directory to a mount point on a Windows Server 2008-based or Windows Vista SP1-based computer: "0x0000007E". http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958932

54) 958909. Hotfix. It takes a long time to log on to a Windows Vista-based computer that has antivirus software installed, and you notice that the size of the Setupapi.app.log file is very large. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958909

55) 958868. Hotfix. Windows Server 2008 virtual machines stop responding during the restarting process when a third-party hypervisor solution is used. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958868

56) 958867. Hotfix. You receive a "Stop 0x00000050" or "Stop 0x0000000A" error message when you hot-replace memory on a Windows Server 2008-based computer. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958867

57) 958702. Hotfix. When you copy large files between two Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008-based computers in a high bandwidth WAN network environment, the copy speed may be very slow. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958702

58) 958690. Security. MS09-006: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel could allow remote code execution. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958690

59) 958687. Security. MS09-001: Vulnerabilities in SMB could allow remote code execution. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958687

60) 958685. Hotfix. A Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based portable computer does not resume correctly if you close the lid while the computer is asleep. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958685

61) 958483. Hotfix. List of the issues that are addressed by the Application Compatibility Update for the .NET Framework 3.0 SP2. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958483

62) 958315. Hotfix. A user encounters an offline file sync conflict shortly after a successful synchronization on a Windows Vista-based or a Windows Server 2008-based client computer. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958315

63) 958272. Hotfix. On a Windows Server 2008-based or Windows Server 2003 R2-based computer that hosts NFS shares, excessive I/O requests may cause a TCPZeroWindow condition, and the NFS connection cannot restart as expected. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958272

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64) 958165. Hotfix. Stop error on a Windows Server 2008-based computer that has Server for NFS enabled when an NFS client copies data to the NFS server: "Stop 0x000000C2". http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958165

65) 958144. Hotfix. The Server for NFS component on a Windows Server 2008-based system cannot read a character translation file, and event error 1057 is logged in the System log. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958144

66) 958129. Hotfix. FIX: Error message when you click Debug and attach Visual Studio 2008 as the debugger: "A buffer overrun has occurred in mscorsvw.exe which has corrupted the program's internal state". http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958129

67) 958011. Hotfix. The System Preparation tool removes all collected WinSAT data in Windows Vista, and you cannot shorten the OOBE process by running WinSAT before the image is sealed. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958011

68) 957772. Hotfix. Error message when you access a share that you pinned by using Always Available Offline: "Access is denied". http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957772

69) 957759. Hotfix. When you restart a computer that is running 32-bit version of Windows Vista or of Windows Server 2008, the system stops responding. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957759

70) 957660. Hotfix. FIX: The paths for images, SiteMap nodes, and the <form action=/> tag are rewritten when you use the URL Rewrite Module for IIS 7.0 to rewrite a URL. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957660

71) 957543. Hotfix. FIX: An application that serializes and deserializes a generic class that has at least one static member fails on a computer that is running the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957543

72) 957542. Hotfix. FIX: On a computer that is running the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1, the JIT compiler and the Native Image Generator (Ngen.exe) that use the Mscorjit.dll file may generate incorrect code. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957542

73) 957535. Hotfix. Error message on a computer that is running Windows Vista Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2008: "Stop 0x00000024". http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957535

74) 957523. Hotfix. Error message when you resume a Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer from hibernation: "Windows Failed to Start". http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957523

75) 957517. Hotfix. A dedicated complete memory dump file may not be successfully generated if the volume that stores the dedicated dump file has insufficient free space. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957517

76) 957390. Hotfix. A hotfix is available for Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications users to incorporate DST changes in Pakistan and in Morocco in 2008. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957390

77) 957097. Security. MS08-068: Vulnerability in SMB could allow remote code execution. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957097

78) 957095. Security. MS08-063: Vulnerability in SMB could allow remote code execution. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957095

79) 957065. Hotfix. Error status message from the ntfs.sys driver when some applications update very large files in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Vista systems: "0xc0000427 STATUS_FILE_SYSTEM_LIMITATION". http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957065

80) 957018. Hotfix. Stop error on a computer that is running an Itanium-based version of Windows Server 2008 and that has Qlogic 8-gigabyte Fibre Channel cards installed: "STOP 0x0000007B". http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957018

81) 957000. Hotfix. An October 2008 update is available for the Windows Vista Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP). http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957000

82) 956943. Hotfix. You are prompted unexpectedly to enter your credentials when you access a SharePoint Server site from a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based client computer that has a proxy server configured. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956943

83) 956841. Security. MS08-064: Vulnerability in Virtual Address Descriptor manipulation could allow elevation of privilege. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956841

84) 956550. Hotfix. An application that is running on a Windows Server 2008-based or Windows Vista SP1-based system may corrupt files on a local file share when these files are scanned. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956550

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85) 956548. Hotfix. An update lets you choose to execute or bypass the pthread_testcancel function in Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications on Windows Server 2003 R2-based computers. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956548

86) 956246. Hotfix. Stop error when Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1 is running in a virtual machine, and the computer that is running the virtual machine has multiple processors: "0x000000BE". http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956246

87) 956182. Hotfix. Stop error message when you try to perform directory listing of a NFS share that is mounted on a Windows Server 2008-based NFS client: "STOP 0x00000050". http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956182

88) 956067. Hotfix. FIX: Error message when the MWA console is used to configure more than 1000 users to a single SSL connection in Windows Vista: "Out of Memory". http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956067

89) 955803. Hotfix. Stop error during the shutdown process on a Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1-based computer: "Stop 0x00000050". http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955803

90) 955733. Hotfix. Incorrect status codes that are returned in failover clusters may cause operations to fail on a Windows Server 2008-based computer. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955733

91) 955635. Hotfix. The page file size may become alternately too small or too large when you start Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista if there is no available free disk space, and the page file size is managed by the system. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955635

92) 955557. Hotfix. Even when a driver is digitally signed, Device Manager displays a "Not digitally signed" message for the driver on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955557

93) 955556. Hotfix. A Windows Server 2008-based computer that supports Windows Hardware Error Architecture error collection stops responding during startup. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955556

94) 955545. Hotfix. You cannot install Windows Server 2008 on a computer that uses the Intel Xeon processor and that has the WHEA feature enabled. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955545

95) 955445. Hotfix. FIX: Access violations may occur after you enable a 64-bit version of SQL Server 2008 to use large code pages on Windows Server 2008. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955445

96) 955419. Hotfix. On a Windows Vista Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2008-based computer, when you use the built-in backup application to back up data to multiple discs in a slim slot optical device drive, the first disc may become unreadable after you eject it. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955419

97) 955252. Hotfix. Error message when you restart a multicore-processor computer that is running Windows Vista: "STOP 0x0000007B". http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955252

98) 955076. Hotfix. Stop error message on a Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008-based computer that has multiple processors installed: "STOP: 0x00000101 CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT". http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955076

99) 955015. Hotfix. Stop error message on a Windows Server 2008-based computer when the NFS feature is enabled: "Stop: 0x00000019". http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955015

100) 954809. Hotfix. 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. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954809

101) 954807. Hotfix. You are prompted for authentication four times when you try to access a file on a WebDAV server from a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954807

102) 954786. Hotfix. The computer may restart unexpectedly, and you receive a "Stop 0x000000D1" error message when you use the DHP features to hot add or hot replace processors on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954786

103) 954737. Hotfix. 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". http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954737

104) 954442. Hotfix. Applications or services that rely on the Named Pipe File System may encounter latency or time-out issues when many connections are made to a named pipe in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Vista SP1. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954442

105) 954434. Hotfix. A multiprocessor computer that is running a Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Vista stops responding on a black screen after you resume the computer from hibernation. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954434