Windows Server 2003 articles, fixes and updates - May 2008

This list contains all of the known Microsoft Knowledge Base articles, howtos, fixes, hotfixes, webcasts and updates of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 that have been released in May 2008. The list is daily updated.

• 952145 An application exits unexpectedly when an application that uses remote procedure call (RPC) runtime tries to enter a critical section on a Window Server 2003-based computer Q952145 KB952145 May 31, 2008
• 953797 Time Synchronization issue in Windows Server 2003 systems running as VMware Guests Q953797 KB953797 May 30, 2008
• 953794 The error "Stop 0x0000007E" occurs when you try to shut down a Windows Server 2003 based computer with a Broadcom NIC installed but disabled Q953794 KB953794 May 30, 2008
• 953176 A handle leak occurs when you call the InitializeClientContextFromToken2 method on a Windows Server 2003-based computer Q953176 KB953176 May 29, 2008
• 952887 Error message when you use ADMT or the Movetree utility to migrate a group that contains more than 1,000 members from one Windows Server 2003 domain to another: "ERROR: 0x2093" Q952887 KB952887 May 29, 2008
• 952244 The Kernel Patch Protection code may incorrectly cross cache lines and cause the Front Side Bus lock to be raised on a computer that is running an x64-based version of Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Q952244 KB952244 May 29, 2008
• 951568 VSS-based backup operations may fail if VSS tracing is enabled on a Windows Server 2003-based computer that has hotfix 940349 applied Q951568 KB951568 May 29, 2008
• 949140 Error message when you run a script in Windows Script: "Library not registered" Q949140 KB949140 May 29, 2008
• 947186 My Computer stops responding after you map a drive from an NFS share on a Windows Server 2003 R2-based computer Q947186 KB947186 May 29, 2008
• 950323 Event ID 6008 is logged in the System log even though the Windows Server 2003-based computer shuts down successfully Q950323 KB950323 May 28, 2008
• 944043 Description of the Windows Server 2008 read-only domain controller compatibility pack for Windows Server 2003 clients and for Windows XP clients Q944043 KB944043 May 28, 2008
• 943509 Description of the Jet 4.0 Database Engine hotfix package for Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP1, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista, Windows Vista SP1, and Windows Server 2008: October 23, 2007 Q943509 KB943509 May 28, 2008
• 938120 Error message when you use user credentials to connect to a network share from a Windows-based computer: "The network folder specified is currently mapped using a different user name and password" Q938120 KB938120 May 28, 2008
• 953617 Disk space runs out on Windows Server 2003 based computers where Veritas backup is running Q953617 KB953617 May 27, 2008
• 953616 Network Load Balancing does not work on Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 host with "HP NC373i" NIC installed. Q953616 KB953616 May 27, 2008
• 953615 Clients cannot get IP address from a Windows Server 2003 based DHCP server with Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0 installed Q953615 KB953615 May 27, 2008
• 953613 System hangs or crashes on a Windows Server 2003 based computer that has HP LaserJet Printers installed Q953613 KB953613 May 27, 2008
• 953612 Performance decreases and event Netlogon 5719 occurs on Windows Server 2003 computer with Patchlink Update Server installed Q953612 KB953612 May 27, 2008
• 952775 Error message after you uninstall MPIO on a Windows Server 2003-based computer that has the iSCSI boot sequence enabled: "STOP: 0x0000007B" Q952775 KB952775 May 27, 2008
• 950474 Error message when you run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard on a Windows Server 2003-based computer: "Application has generated an exception that could not be handled" Q950474 KB950474 May 27, 2008
• 938397 Applications that use the Cryptography API cannot validate an X.509 certificate in Windows Server 2003 Q938397 KB938397 May 27, 2008
• 811833 The effects of enabling the "System cryptography: Use FIPS compliant algorithms for encryption, hashing, and signing" security setting in Windows XP and in later versions of Windows Q811833 KB811833 May 27, 2008
• 952813 In the Power Options item in Control Panel, the "Estimated UPS capacity" field remains unavailable after you reconnect a Smart-UPS device to a Windows Server 2003-based computer Q952813 KB952813 May 23, 2008
• 952690 Internet Explorer automatically changes top-level domains (TLDs) when you add them to the "Trusted sites" security zone or to the "Restricted sites" security zone Q952690 KB952690 May 23, 2008
• 946504 Several WMIxWDM error events are not logged as expected in an x86-based version of Windows Server 2003 that has Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2 installed Q946504 KB946504 May 23, 2008
• 942835 When client computers try to access resources on a Windows Server 2003-based file server, the Server service on the file server may stop responding Q942835 KB942835 May 23, 2008
• 952832 The print operation is unsuccessful when you use the "Point and Print" feature on a client computer that is running Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista Service Pack 1, or Windows Server 2003 Q952832 KB952832 May 22, 2008
• 929103 Error message when you try to renew the default recovery agent certificate in Windows Server 2003, in Windows XP, or in Windows 2000: "This certificate cannot be renewed because it does not contain enough information to generate a renewal request" Q929103 KB929103 May 22, 2008
• 927291 The "Dfsutil /import" command takes a long time to finish when you run this command to import DFS links to a stand-alone DFS root under a heavy load on a Windows Server 2003-based computer Q927291 KB927291 May 22, 2008
• 953028 On a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP, an application experiences an access violation and then crashes if the computer has more than four cores or more than four logical processors Q953028 KB953028 May 21, 2008
• 946633 The "Font smoothing" feature has no effect in Windows Server 2003 terminal sessions Q946633 KB946633 May 21, 2008
• 936970 Error message when you work in a Terminal Services session and save a document in a 2007 Office program to a redirected drive: "There has been a network or file permission error" Q936970 KB936970 May 21, 2008
• 936775 You cannot set the maximum number of nested windows in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2003 Q936775 KB936775 May 21, 2008
• 931689 The Chkdsk.exe tool cannot detect bad clusters or bad sectors on a Windows Server 2003-based computer when the size of a compressed file is larger than 4 gigabytes (GB) Q931689 KB931689 May 21, 2008
• 840675 Configuration and operational recommendations for the File Replication Service in Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 Server Q840675 KB840675 May 21, 2008
• 321044 Event ID 11 in the System log of domain controllers Q321044 KB321044 May 21, 2008
• 291988 A description of the 4 GB RAM Tuning feature and the Physical Address Extension parameter Q291988 KB291988 May 21, 2008
• 941660 Windows PowerShell 1.0 does not work correctly with custom locales or with programs that prevent Windows PowerShell 1.0 from accessing the root of each file system drive in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2003, and in Windows XP Q941660 KB941660 May 20, 2008
• 939778 MS07-053: Vulnerability in Windows Services for UNIX could allow elevation of privilege Q939778 KB939778 May 20, 2008
• 934275 You cannot watch streaming video or download a file after you install Windows Internet Explorer 7 Q934275 KB934275 May 20, 2008
• 933579 MS07-042: Description of the security update for Microsoft XML Core Services 6.0: August 14, 2007 Q933579 KB933579 May 20, 2008
• 951593 Error message when the Mshtml.dll component causes Internet Explorer 6 to exit unexpectedly in Windows XP SP2 or in Windows Server 2003: "Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close" Q951593 KB951593 May 19, 2008
• 950834 When you try to restore a large amount of data, a dead lock condition occurs in the NTFS file system, and a Windows Server 2003-based file server may stop responding Q950834 KB950834 May 19, 2008
• 943510 A memory leak occurs in the Msctf.dll component when you use a WebBrowser control application in Windows XP, in Windows Server 2003, or in Windows Vista Q943510 KB943510 May 16, 2008
• 942894 An update that addresses the change to daylight saving time in 2007 is available for Windows Server 2003 R2-based computers and for Windows Vista-based computers that are running Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications Q942894 KB942894 May 16, 2008
• 941644 MS08-001: Vulnerability in TCP/IP could allow remote code execution Q941644 KB941644 May 16, 2008
• 941568 MS07-064: Vulnerabilities in DirectX could allow remote code execution Q941568 KB941568 May 16, 2008
• 940526 Audit event ID 560 incorrectly displays the name of a deleted file in an 8.3 file name format if you delete the file at a command prompt in Windows Server 2003, in Windows XP, or in Windows Vista Q940526 KB940526 May 16, 2008
• 940427 A hotfix is available to change the daylight saving time for the (GMT+02:00) Cairo time zone in the year 2007 for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista Q940427 KB940427 May 16, 2008
• 939989 Windows Server 2003 startup times increase over time when you use a backup program that uses the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) to create snapshot volumes Q939989 KB939989 May 16, 2008
• 939786 An application that is started by a non-administrative user cannot listen to the HTTP traffic of the computer on which the application is running in Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, or Windows XP Q939786 KB939786 May 16, 2008
• 938977 A hotfix is available to add a new time zone in Venezuela (GMT-4:30) for the year 2007 in Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista Q938977 KB938977 May 16, 2008
• 933876 The USN journal record contains an incorrect file name when you move a file in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2003, or in Windows XP Q933876 KB933876 May 16, 2008
• 933105 Relative file: URIs of the form "/<DriveLetter>:/<path>/<FileName>" do not resolve correctly in Internet Explorer 7 Q933105 KB933105 May 16, 2008
• 933014 FIX: An application uses the Favorites folder of Internet Explorer 7 as the root directory when the application calls the "DoOrganizeFavDlg" function Q933014 KB933014 May 16, 2008
• 932044 A Web site cannot set a cookie if the Domain attribute is in uppercase characters and has an odd number of characters in Internet Explorer 7 Q932044 KB932044 May 16, 2008
• 930627 The private data of the DEVMODE data structure may be corrupted when you use raw mode to print a document in a 32-bit application on a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Windows Q930627 KB930627 May 16, 2008
• 922498 FIX: Error message when you use an IEEE 1394-based scanner on a computer that is running Windows XP 64-bit, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Vista: 0x0000000A or 0x000000BE Q922498 KB922498 May 16, 2008
• 916846 Server Message Block communication between a client-side SMB component and a server-side SMB component is not completed if the SMB signing settings are mismatched in Group Policy or in the registry Q916846 KB916846 May 16, 2008
• 951009 An application may be unresponsive, documents may not print, and event IDs 6162 or 61 may be logged on a Windows Server 2003-based computer Q951009 KB951009 May 15, 2008
• 936357 A microcode reliability update is available that improves the reliability of systems that use Intel processors Q936357 KB936357 May 15, 2008
• 933873 FIX: You may receive a script error when you try to run a script on a computer that has Internet Explorer 7 installed Q933873 KB933873 May 15, 2008
• 932494 When you use Automatic Updates to scan for updates or to apply updates to applications that use Windows Installer, you experience issues that involve the Svchost.exe process Q932494 KB932494 May 15, 2008
• 936882 FIX: An access violation may occur and you may receive an error message when you open a Web page that uses SSL in Internet Explorer 6 Q936882 KB936882 May 14, 2008
• 932590 FIX: Windows-based applications that use the TZ environment variable may not work as expected because of changes to DST Q932590 KB932590 May 14, 2008
• 906473 FIX: A new window always opens when you click a link that has a specified target in a WebBrowser control-based application Q906473 KB906473 May 14, 2008
• 884776 How to configure the Windows Time service against a large time offset Q884776 KB884776 May 14, 2008
• 884534 FIX: Internet Explorer may stop responding when you set the "display" style for the DIV HTML element to "none" Q884534 KB884534 May 14, 2008
• 327825 New resolution for problems with Kerberos authentication when users belong to many groups Q327825 KB327825 May 14, 2008
• 319440 Logon delays occur over a slow connection if opportunistic locking is not granted for the policy file in Windows Q319440 KB319440 May 14, 2008
• 952726 Detection and deployment guidance for the May 13, 2008 security release Q952726 KB952726 May 13, 2008
• 950574 A Windows Server 2003-based DHCP server does not respond correctly to DHCP INFORM requests if the requests are forwarded from the IP Helper API or from relay agents Q950574 KB950574 May 13, 2008
• 949793 Applications may not observe regional settings or may not start when they use a Unicode-only locale Q949793 KB949793 May 13, 2008
• 948928 Stop error message when multiple console applications are opened and closed within a short time frame on a Windows Server 2003-based computer: "0x000000F4" Q948928 KB948928 May 13, 2008
• 309283 HAL options after Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 Setup Q309283 KB309283 May 13, 2008
• 931661 Message Queuing may not start after you install Message Queuing with the Active Directory Integrated option enabled on a Windows Server 2003-based computer or on a Windows Server 2008-based computer Q931661 KB931661 May 12, 2008
• 235305 Interoperability between MSCS and NLB Q235305 KB235305 May 9, 2008
• 950565 FIX: Error message when you insert data to a table that contains two image columns by using the SQL Server ODBC driver: "[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Invalid locator de-referenced" Q950565 KB950565 May 8, 2008
• 949391 When Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) tries to delete hardware support snapshots on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 or an x64 version of Windows XP, the operation may fail Q949391 KB949391 May 8, 2008
• 928366 Description of the security update for the .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1 for Windows XP and Windows 2000: July 10, 2007 Q928366 KB928366 May 7, 2008
• 928365 Description of the security update for the .NET Framework 2.0 for Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000: July 10, 2007 Q928365 KB928365 May 7, 2008
• 556082 You may not be able to add a second name space server in the DFS console in Windows 2003 R2 Q556082 KB556082 May 7, 2008
• 289650 Event ID 4100 appears repeatedly in Event Viewer on Windows 2000 Professional or on Windows Server 2003 Q289650 KB289650 May 7, 2008
• 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 May 6, 2008
• 952171 You are prompted multiple times for authentication when you try to access Central Administration, or you receive an error message when you try to configure the Office SharePoint Server Search service in SharePoint Server 2007 Q952171 KB952171 May 5, 2008
• 951059 On a Windows Server 2003-based computer, registry-based policy settings are unexpectedly removed after a user logs on to the computer Q951059 KB951059 May 5, 2008
• 947478 A Windows Server 2003-based computer may restart randomly when you set the System Failure option or you may receive an error message when you set the "Disable automatic restart on system failure" option Q947478 KB947478 May 5, 2008
• 828873 LsaSrv event 5000 disables authentication packages Q828873 KB828873 May 5, 2008
• 312403 Distributed Link Tracking on Windows-based domain controllers Q312403 KB312403 May 5, 2008
• 258503 Event ID 5788 and event ID 5789 occur when the DNS domain name and the Active Directory domain name differ on a Windows-based computer Q258503 KB258503 May 5, 2008