Windows Server 2008 R2 articles, fixes and updates - letter A

This list contains all of the known Microsoft Knowledge Base articles, howtos, fixes, hotfixes, webcasts and updates of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 starts with letter A that have been released. The list is daily updated.

• 975363 A time-out error occurs when many NTLM authentication requests are sent from a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7 in a high latency network Q975363 KB975363 March 11, 2010
• 981128 A hotfix is available to update the Daylight Saving Time for the "(UTC-04:00) Asuncion", “(UTC+12:00) Fiji” and “(UTC-04:00) Santiago” time zone for Windows Operating Systems Q981128 KB981128 March 10, 2010
• 976264 Application Compatibility Update for Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2: February 2010 Q976264 KB976264 March 10, 2010
• 979791 A computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7 cannot come out of quarantine if you install the System Center Configuration Manager System health agent on the computer Q979791 KB979791 March 5, 2010
• 980873 A computer cannot identify the network when the computer is running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008 R2, and is a member of a child domain Q980873 KB980873 March 4, 2010
• 978000 Add a fix to improve the logging capabilities of the Storport.sys driver to troubleshoot poor disk I/O performance in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q978000 KB978000 March 1, 2010
• 978637 An application runs in a Windows Vista context instead of in a Windows 7 context on a computer that is running an x64 edition of Windows 7 or of Windows Server 2008 R2 Q978637 KB978637 February 26, 2010
• 979530 A Windows Server 2008 R2-based Remote Desktop server denies some connection requests randomly under heavy logon or logoff conditions Q979530 KB979530 February 25, 2010
• 979495 A secure channel is broken after you change the computer password on a Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2-based client computer Q979495 KB979495 February 25, 2010
• 979491 A computer stops responding when you install Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, or when you enable or install a 1394 device on the computer Q979491 KB979491 February 24, 2010
• 979383 After you apply a WMI filter, the GPO does not take effect on a client computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q979383 KB979383 February 24, 2010
• 976662 An update is available for the native JSON feature in Internet Explorer 8 Q976662 KB976662 February 24, 2010
• 980486 A new Microsoft 6to4 adapter is unexpectedly created after you restart Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q980486 KB980486 February 12, 2010
• 976883 A program icon in the notification area may be lost after the corresponding program is updated in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q976883 KB976883 February 12, 2010
• 979099 An update is available to remove the application manifest expiry feature from AD RMS clients Q979099 KB979099 February 9, 2010
• 978500 A server that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 crashes, and Stop error 0xD1 occurs Q978500 KB978500 February 9, 2010
• 979425 A combo box item in a RemoteApp application is updated incorrectly when you connect by using Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) 7.0 Q979425 KB979425 February 8, 2010
• 979223 A nonpaged pool memory leak occurs when you use a WFP callout driver in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q979223 KB979223 February 8, 2010
• 978917 A PostScript printer prints an error message instead of the expected document Q978917 KB978917 February 8, 2010
• 978884 A "Request For Permission to Use a Key" dialog box appears every time that you send an e-mail message in Outlook 2007 Q978884 KB978884 February 8, 2010
• 978462 A computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 stops responding when you disable or remove a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM device in Device Manager Q978462 KB978462 February 8, 2010
• 977648 An application that calls the ReadConsoleOutputCharacter function closes unexpectedly or data becomes corrupted when the application runs in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q977648 KB977648 February 8, 2010
• 977353 A Group Policy Immediate Task preference item does not run on a client computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q977353 KB977353 February 8, 2010
• 976373 A computer that is connected to an IEEE 802.1X authenticated network through a VOIP phone does not connect to the correct network after you resume it from Hibernate mode or Sleep mode Q976373 KB976373 February 8, 2010
• 977357 A memory leak issue occurs in the Windows Management Instrumentation service on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7 Q977357 KB977357 January 27, 2010
• 978155 A memory leak occurs when an ADO Recordset object calls the UpdateBatch method Q978155 KB978155 January 11, 2010
• 978034 Active Directory Certificate Services cannot be reinstalled by using the "Use existing private key" option on a computer that is running in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q978034 KB978034 January 4, 2010
• 958685 A Windows-based portable computer does not resume correctly if you close the lid while the computer is asleep Q958685 KB958685 January 4, 2010
• 977615 A hotfix is available for Windows Services for UNIX and for Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications to incorporate a cumulative DST update for December 2009 Q977615 KB977615 December 30, 2009
• 975351 A computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 IA-64 may automatically restart with a stop code 0x0000003B when a program tries to generate a triage dump file (975351.KB.EN-US.1.0) Q975351 KB975351 December 30, 2009
• 976418 After you change the SATA mode of disk devices to use the AHCI specification, the computer or certain applications randomly stop responding for 60 seconds or for longer in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q976418 KB976418 December 28, 2009
• 2009934 Activation Error Code 0x8004FE92 Q2009934 KB2009934 December 18, 2009
• 976781 A computer may enter sleep or hibernation before the CD or DVD burning process is complete in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q976781 KB976781 December 18, 2009
• 978325 A virtual machine connection is lost when the virtual machine tries to restart or tries to shut down after you remove the virtual networks Q978325 KB978325 December 16, 2009
• 978320 A PowerShell upgrade leaves extra files after you upgrade from a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003 R2 to a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2008 R2 Q978320 KB978320 December 11, 2009
• 978125 A hotfix is available to update the Daylight Saving Time for Bangladesh for Windows XP-based, Windows Server 2003-based, Windows Vista-based, Windows Server 2008-based, Windows 7-based and Windows Server 2008 R2-based computers Q978125 KB978125 December 11, 2009
• 943790 An update is available that extends the File Management APIs to provide discovery and restoration of deleted files Q943790 KB943790 December 9, 2009
• 977542 A hotfix is available to block standard users from logging on to a Window 7-based or Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer in safe mode Q977542 KB977542 December 8, 2009
• 976462 A hotfix for the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 is available for Windows 7 and for Windows Server 2008 R2 as a prerequisite for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2010 beta Q976462 KB976462 December 8, 2009
• 975992 After you enable large pages for a process in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2, the process stops responding intermittently Q975992 KB975992 December 8, 2009
• 975858 An application or service that calls the InitializeSecurityContext function together with the ISC_REQ_EXTENDED_ERROR flag may encounter a TLS/SSL negotiation failure on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7 Q975858 KB975858 December 8, 2009
• 975617 An update is available for the UDF file system driver (Udfs.sys) for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Q975617 KB975617 December 8, 2009
• 977567 An upgrade from Windows Server 2008 SP1 to Windows Server 2008 R2 rolls back if the default SAN policy is set to "offline shared" Q977567 KB977567 December 7, 2009
• 977748 A hotfix is available to update the Daylight Saving Time for the Fiji Standard Time time zone for the year 2009 for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2-based computers Q977748 KB977748 November 26, 2009
• 977511 About the DFS Namespaces service and its configuration data on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008 Q977511 KB977511 November 26, 2009
• 977510 Authentication fails when an external client tries to log on to a Windows Server 2008 server by using a read-only domain controller in a perimeter network Q977510 KB977510 November 24, 2009
• 977517 A computer that is running VMware cannot create a TCP connection to a NFS server that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 Q977517 KB977517 November 17, 2009
• 976755 A new user cannot use touch capacity to log on to a computer that is running Windows 7or Windows Server 2008 R2 after it resumes from sleep or hibernation Q976755 KB976755 November 11, 2009
• 2004234 After upgrading a printer driver on any Microsoft Operating system later than Windows XP and Server 2003, the old driver files are still being used. Q2004234 KB2004234 November 10, 2009
• 975354 A Hyper-V update rollup package is available for a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 Q975354 KB975354 November 10, 2009
• 975688 A snapshot may become corrupted when the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) snapshot providers take more than 10 seconds to create it on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q975688 KB975688 November 4, 2009
• 975214 An End-User Defined Character (EUDC) font that was created in Windows XP cannot be deployed to a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q975214 KB975214 November 4, 2009
• 976749 An update is available for Internet Explorer that resolves issues that occur after you apply security update 974455 (MS09-054) Q976749 KB976749 November 3, 2009
• 975496 A computer stops responding during shutdown if BitLocker is enabled on the system drive on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q975496 KB975496 November 3, 2009
• 974930 An application or service that queries information about a failover cluster by using the WMI provider may experience low performance or a time-out exception Q974930 KB974930 November 3, 2009
• 976733 A BitLocker Driver event may be logged for a drive that is not encrypted on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q976733 KB976733 October 23, 2009
• 974636 AD RMS may stop working when it queries Active Directory global catalogs on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 Q974636 KB974636 October 14, 2009
• 2000831 AD LDS Install Error "Failure for not meeting DnsValidateName constrain" Q2000831 KB2000831 September 30, 2009
• 975449 AppLocker incorrectly calculates the hash of certain files at runtime in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q975449 KB975449 September 29, 2009
• 969307 An error occurs when you run the ADPREP/FORESTPREP command on a Windows Server 2003-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer: "An attribute with the same link identifier already exists" Q969307 KB969307 September 15, 2009
• 940518 An update is available that integrates Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3.0 into Server Manager in Windows Server 2008 Q940518 KB940518 September 14, 2009
• 975606 An iSCSI image created by installing OS on a local disk first and then deploying to an iSCSI target may fail to boot. Q975606 KB975606 September 11, 2009
• 974815 A local group cannot be found if it is nested inside another group on a Windows Server-based or Windows-based client Q974815 KB974815 August 20, 2009
• 974721 A connection with the specified AD RMS cluster could not be established after upgrading from Windows Server 2003 x64 with IIS to Windows Server 2008 x64 Q974721 KB974721 August 17, 2009
• 971677 A Hyper-V differencing disk that you create in Windows Server 2008 R2 cannot be used in Windows Server 2008 Q971677 KB971677 August 5, 2009
• 973663 After you generate an MPIO configuration report on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2, some the text in the report is not readable Q973663 KB973663 July 23, 2009
• 973921 A Zip file with a long file name might be truncated to a short file name after being modified in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008 Q973921 KB973921 July 21, 2009
• 973665 A warning message is returned from the W32Time service when you run the dcdiag command on Windows Server 2008 against a Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controller Q973665 KB973665 July 21, 2009
• 971510 A .p7b certificate does not import correctly when you try to import it by using the Certificate Import Wizard in MMC on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista Q971510 KB971510 July 21, 2009
• 972133 A connection authorization failure occurs when you use Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Gateway to connect to an RD server, a virtual machine, or a desktop resource in a multidomain or multi-forest scenario Q972133 KB972133 July 16, 2009
• 972423 An optional update is available to update the Daylight Saving Time for Bangladesh for the year 2009 for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 based computers Q972423 KB972423 June 12, 2009
• 961654 A file sharing connection to a Windows Server 2008-based server drops unexpectedly if the server has Symantec Endpoint Protection prior to 11.0.4202 (MR4-MP2) or Symantec Antivirus 10.2 installed Q961654 KB961654 May 28, 2009
• 967943 A software update is available that addresses common application compatibility issues in Windows 7 Beta and in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q967943 KB967943 May 5, 2009
• 967542 Adding Server Features or Roles in Server 2008 may take a very long time Q967542 KB967542 February 4, 2009