Windows 7 articles, fixes and updates

This list contains all of the known Microsoft Knowledge Base articles, howtos, fixes, hotfixes, webcasts and updates of Microsoft Windows 7 starts with letter Y that have been released. The list is daily updated.

981620 You cannot print a Web page by using an IPP printer in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q981620 KB981620 August 27, 2010
981177 You can still unpin a program from the taskbar unexpectedly when you enable the "Do not allow pinning programs to the Taskbar" Group Policy on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q981177 KB981177 August 27, 2010
2292301 You can't access shared files or printers in Windows Q2292301 KB2292301 August 23, 2010
2289618 You can’t use Remote Assistance to offer assistance in Windows Q2289618 KB2289618 August 23, 2010
2288085 You get a security warning telling you that the Windows Firewall is turned off Q2288085 KB2288085 August 23, 2010
942962 You receive an error message when you try to activate Windows Vista or Windows 7 on a computer that was obtained from an OEM Q942962 KB942962 August 20, 2010
2277956 You see a black desktop background after the computer switches between graphics adapters in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2277956 KB2277956 August 18, 2010
2353497 You may experience intermittent audio glitches when you play audio files or event sound on a computer that is running Windows 7 Q2353497 KB2353497 August 17, 2010
2171571 You incorrectly receive an error message when you join a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 to a Samba 3-based domain Q2171571 KB2171571 August 13, 2010
2277998 You cannot run the BCDBoot.exe tool to repair the BCD store of a Windows 7-based or Windows Server 2008 R2-based system partition by using a computer that is running Windows XP Q2277998 KB2277998 August 12, 2010
2275315 You cannot read the GPO in the SYSVOL directory in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 if you enable the "Deny write" permission of the GPO Q2275315 KB2275315 August 12, 2010
2275019 You experience delays of up to 60 seconds when you use a multiprocessor computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 to read or write lots of data to a storage device that is connected by using a 1394 port Q2275019 KB2275019 August 12, 2010
2258620 You cannot find the "Find Now," "Stop," and "Clear All" buttons in the GPMC snap-in on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2258620 KB2258620 August 12, 2010
2257487 You cannot mount shares from an NFS file server on a client computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 when you use NFS version 2 on the file server Q2257487 KB2257487 August 12, 2010
2254754 You experience a GPO report-generation issue in the GPMC window when you try to generate the report in a localized version of Windows 7 or of Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2254754 KB2254754 August 12, 2010
2194664 You cannot access a remote server that shares files and printers by using the SMB protocol from a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7 Q2194664 KB2194664 August 12, 2010
2182005 You receive an incorrect error message when you experience name collision in a shared network folder in Windows 7 Q2182005 KB2182005 August 12, 2010
2221763 You cannot open a web folder by using the httpFolder behavior from a webpage in Internet Explorer 8 on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2221763 KB2221763 August 10, 2010
952031 You cannot access the Internet through a proxy server when you use a 32-bit version of Internet Explorer on a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Windows Q952031 KB952031 August 3, 2010
983276 "Your network connection must have IPv6 enabled to create or join a homegroup" error message when you try to create a homegroup in Windows 7 Q983276 KB983276 July 19, 2010
2157332 You are denied access when you try to open the properties dialog of a network interface on a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7 even if you use the correct credentials Q2157332 KB2157332 July 16, 2010
983458 You cannot save documents to a folder or change the permission settings of folders on a SMB 1.0-based remote server from a Windows-based computer that has security update 980232 (MS10-020) installed Q983458 KB983458 July 16, 2010
983478 You experience low performance when you call the TreeView_SetItem macro of a tree-view control on a Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer Q983478 KB983478 July 5, 2010
983620 You cannot access a DFS share through a mapped network drive on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q983620 KB983620 July 2, 2010
976949 You receive a VBScript "Type Mismatch" script error message in Internet Explorer after you install cumulative security update 974455 Q976949 KB976949 July 1, 2010
883825 You receive error 0x80070020 when you use the Windows Update Web site or the Microsoft Update Web site to install updates Q883825 KB883825 July 1, 2010
2069802 You cannot safely remove a device that has an embedded USB host controller from a computer that is running Windows 7 if the computer has Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP mode installed Q2069802 KB2069802 June 28, 2010
969708 You cannot connect to an Internet printer if the Internet Printing Client is disabled or if the Internet Printing Client has recently been enabled and the Print Spooler has not restarted Q969708 KB969708 June 25, 2010
982927 You receive an error message that states the file system is broken in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q982927 KB982927 June 22, 2010
976982 You receive error 0x643 or 0x80070643 when you try to install the .NET Framework updates by using Windows Update or Microsoft Update Q976982 KB976982 June 21, 2010
983531 You experience a significant delay when you try to log on to an Active Directory site from a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q983531 KB983531 June 11, 2010
2028605 You receive a "registry.pol" corruption error in Windows Server 2008 R2 and in Windows 7 if you enable the "Certificate Services Client – Certificate Enrollment Policy" policy Q2028605 KB2028605 June 10, 2010
983633 You cannot bring a volume online when the Snapshot Protection mode is enabled in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7 Q983633 KB983633 June 10, 2010
982646 You cannot update some driver files on a computer that is running a Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system that was deployed by using a generalized system image Q982646 KB982646 June 10, 2010
982502 You cannot back up a file in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7 if the path length is longer than 260 characters Q982502 KB982502 June 10, 2010
982383 You encounter a decrease in I/O performance under a heavy disk I/O load on a Windows Server 2008 R2-based or Windows 7-based computer Q982383 KB982383 June 10, 2010
982633 You cannot write with ink in an application on a laptop that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 after you close the lid and open the lid again Q982633 KB982633 May 6, 2010
982734 You cannot access a shared folder that is located on a Windows 2000 or Windows 98-based computer from a Windows 7-based computer Q982734 KB982734 May 5, 2010
981770 You frequently experience a music library issue when you access the music library in Windows Media Center or in Windows Media Center Extender Q981770 KB981770 April 29, 2010
981709 You experience a long delay when the IVssBackupComponents::AddComponent is used to add thousands of components in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7 Q981709 KB981709 April 29, 2010
978898 You cannot access a volume in Windows 7 or in Windows 2008 R2 when the volume is encrypted by a third-party encryption driver Q978898 KB978898 April 27, 2010
981877 You cannot open an HTML GPO report that is created by the German version of Windows Server 2008 R2 or of Windows 7 Q981877 KB981877 April 23, 2010
980409 You cannot log on to a Swedish or to a German edition of Windows 7 when you enter “Benutzer” or “Gäste” as a user name Q980409 KB980409 April 19, 2010
981730 You cannot create an event in an event log in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 if the source field contains a single quotation mark Q981730 KB981730 April 14, 2010
981382 You may be unable to connect to a network by using a 3G modem after you remove the 3G modem in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q981382 KB981382 April 14, 2010
981351 You cannot connect to a network through a WWAN device after you set a PIN in Windows 7 Q981351 KB981351 April 14, 2010
979645 You cannot use a script to join a computer automatically into a specified OU in a Windows 2000 domain when the computer is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q979645 KB979645 April 14, 2010
979543 You cannot open some IIS 7.5-hosted PDF documents by using a Web browser that has the Adobe PDF Reader plug-in enabled Q979543 KB979543 April 14, 2010
979275 You cannot start a second application from an application by using the CreateProcess function in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q979275 KB979275 April 14, 2010
978836 You cannot create or delete managed service accounts in a perimeter network in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q978836 KB978836 April 14, 2010
977229 You are unable to update the target location of offline file shares in the Offline File client side cache without administrative permission in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7 Q977229 KB977229 April 14, 2010
978769 You can still close a window through the taskbar even though the "Close" button is disabled on the title bar of the window in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q978769 KB978769 April 12, 2010
981138 You cannot use certain tools to deploy Windows on a UEFI-based computer by using Windows PE 2.1 Q981138 KB981138 April 7, 2010
2020255 You my experience an audio "glitch" at end of the each song in a WMP playlist due to the interactions of 3rd Party components Q2020255 KB2020255 April 6, 2010
982116 Your CD drive or DVD drive is missing or is not recognized by Windows or other programs Q982116 KB982116 April 1, 2010
981813 You cannot save private characters by using eudcedit.exe on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q981813 KB981813 April 1, 2010
943280 You are prompted to enter your credentials when you access an FQDN site from a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows 7 and has no proxy configured Q943280 KB943280 March 18, 2010
975450 You may experience display corruption issues on certain Intel graphics processing unit (GPU) chipsets in Windows 7 Q975450 KB975450 March 12, 2010
978591 You cannot change User Account Control (UAC) settings on Windows 7 Q978591 KB978591 March 11, 2010
971605 You cannot re-enable the prompt to delete a note in Sticky Notes in Windows 7. Q971605 KB971605 March 11, 2010
980876 You cannot maximize a Remote Desktop Connection session window to full-screen when you use the /v parameter Q980876 KB980876 March 4, 2010
976590 You cannot play a Windows Media DRM protected file or a Zune DRM protected file on a computer that is preconfigured with Windows 7 Q976590 KB976590 March 3, 2010
978738 You cannot use DirectAccess to connect to a corporate network from a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q978738 KB978738 February 26, 2010
977096 You are unable to diagnose whether a snapshot creation failure is caused by issues in VSS hardware providers running in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q977096 KB977096 February 24, 2010
980871 You cannot print to some shared printers from Windows 7 Q980871 KB980871 February 23, 2010
2000843 You cannot print or print preview Web pages in Internet Explorer 8 Q2000843 KB2000843 February 13, 2010
976210 You cannot connect to an 802.1X wired network when you run an automated build process Q976210 KB976210 February 12, 2010
979443 You do not receive a warning message when a remote desktop connection fails from a Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer Q979443 KB979443 February 8, 2010
978516 You experience significant delays when you read the same set of files several times on a read-only volume in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q978516 KB978516 February 8, 2010
976972 You encounter problems when you move data over USB from a Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer that has an NVIDIA USB EHCI chipset and at least 4GB of RAM Q976972 KB976972 January 29, 2010
929707 You experience poor video quality or slow performance when you use Windows Media Extender features on a home network that uses a Gigabit Ethernet switch on a Windows Vista-based computer Q929707 KB929707 January 29, 2010
977627 You cannot open a remote application or a remote desktop by using Forefront UAG Q977627 KB977627 January 27, 2010
977620 You may receive an error message when you run the Msinfo32.exe tool in the Japanese version of Windows 7 Q977620 KB977620 January 27, 2010
978956 You cannot start a virtual application from its notification area icon in Windows Virtual PC for Windows 7 Q978956 KB978956 January 8, 2010
979233 You cannot delete READ-ONLY files hosted on a Unysis MCP server from a Microsoft client Operating Systems Q979233 KB979233 January 7, 2010
977036 You have display problems in the "Tablet PC Settings" item in Control Panel on a Tablet PC that is running a non-English version of Windows 7 Q977036 KB977036 December 28, 2009
977015 You are repeatedly prompted to insert a new disk when you use the Backup and Restore tool in Windows 7 or the Windows Server Backup tool in Windows Server 2008 R2 to back up your files or to create a system image on a recordable Blu-ray disc (BD-R) Q977015 KB977015 December 28, 2009
976528 You cannot make all nine copies of a recorded TV show that has multiple files in Windows 7 Q976528 KB976528 December 23, 2009
977178 You receive various Stop error messages in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 when you try to resume a computer that has a large SATA hard disk Q977178 KB977178 December 22, 2009
977067 You receive a stop error after you enable the RequireinClearout mode on an IPv6 network on Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7 Q977067 KB977067 December 8, 2009
977307 You cannot make a computer that is running Windows 7 shut down or sleep Q977307 KB977307 November 24, 2009
976627 You cannot use Windows Media Center to play a Microsoft Recorded TV Show file (.dvr-ms) if you set the system locale to Arabic (Saudi Arabia) in Windows 7 Q976627 KB976627 November 19, 2009
977204 You cannot customize the default input locale in Windows RE on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q977204 KB977204 November 10, 2009
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 Q975921 KB975921 November 4, 2009
976917 You cannot upgrade to Windows 7 and the computer rolls back to Windows Vista Q976917 KB976917 October 28, 2009
951495 You cannot start Windows Recovery Environment after you start a computer by using the installation DVD that has been provided by the computer manufacturer Q951495 KB951495 October 28, 2009
2004709 You may revieve an system blue screen in usbvideo.sys when sleeping or resuming a system running Microsoft Windows 7 Q2004709 KB2004709 October 27, 2009
2003968 You may receive an event ID 12289 when importing a snapshot to another server which has a floppy disk drive Q2003968 KB2003968 October 22, 2009
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 Q976419 KB976419 October 22, 2009
976482 You may receive an error when previewing a scan using Windows Fax and Scan: "An error occurred while setting scanner properties." Q976482 KB976482 October 9, 2009
2002121 You may receive a misleading error message when trying to join a Windows 7 Homegroup, when the computer's date and time does not match the date/time of system that owns the homegroup Q2002121 KB2002121 October 8, 2009
971613 You cannot install the Microsoft Compressed (LZH) Folder add-in in Windows 7 Q971613 KB971613 October 5, 2009
975321 You cannot access OEM recovery applications on the System Recovery Options menu after you upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7 Q975321 KB975321 October 2, 2009
975940 You may be unable to access some user interface controls that extend off the screen in Windows 7 Q975940 KB975940 September 29, 2009
975651 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 Q975651 KB975651 September 29, 2009
975451 You cannot remove a printer that has the at sign (@) in its name from a computer that is running Windows 7 Q975451 KB975451 September 24, 2009
975377 You cannot use the CoCreateInstance function to create an instance of the 32-bit version of Internet Explorer on a computer that is running the 64-bit version of Windows 7 Q975377 KB975377 September 14, 2009
326549 You cannot view or change the Read-only or the System attributes of folders in Windows Server 2003, in Windows XP, or in Windows Vista Q326549 KB326549 August 18, 2009
973479 You cannot print or print preview Web pages in Internet Explorer on Windows Vista or on Windows 7 Q973479 KB973479 August 5, 2009
973561 You cannot convert a basic disk to a dynamic disk when the computer name contains double-byte characters Q973561 KB973561 August 4, 2009
973599 You encounter issues when you try to use Orange Connect Manager on a Windows 7-based computer Q973599 KB973599 July 29, 2009
973783 You cannot remotely configure the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) or Windows Error Reporting (WER) in Windows Server 2008 R2 from a computer that is running Windows 7 Q973783 KB973783 July 28, 2009
972090 Your voice is discontinuous when you use Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 to make a call on a Windows 7 or a Windows Server 2008 R2-based remote computer Q972090 KB972090 July 28, 2009
973423 You cannot set page files on a partition that is larger than 2 terabytes on a Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer Q973423 KB973423 July 23, 2009
973282 You cannot use the Safely Remove Hardware feature to detach a virtual hard disk (VHD) on Windows 7 Q973282 KB973282 July 22, 2009
973226 You cannot reset the IPsec authentication method to Default in Windows Firewall with Advanced Security on Windows 7 or on Windows Server 2008 R2 Q973226 KB973226 July 22, 2009
969986 You cannot open the "C:\Programme" folder in the German version of Windows Vista or Windows 7 Q969986 KB969986 May 20, 2009
970344 You cannot import a favorite into Internet Explorer when the URL string contains a percent sign Q970344 KB970344 May 6, 2009
927520 You cannot select or format a hard disk partition when you try to install Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q927520 KB927520 September 14, 2007
928152 You may experience connectivity issues or performance issues when you connect a mobile PC that is running Windows Vista or Windows 7 to a wireless access point Q928152 KB928152 March 17, 2007
923947 You cannot modify the Hosts file or the Lmhosts file in Windows Vista and Windows 7 Q923947 KB923947 February 7, 2007

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