Visual Studio 2008 articles, fixes and updates - Year 2011

This list contains all of the known Microsoft Knowledge Base articles, howtos, fixes, hotfixes, webcasts and updates of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 that have been released in Year 2011. The list is daily updated.

• 2646294 TF30177: Team Project Creation failed with error Operation aborted (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80004004 (E_ABORT)) Q2646294 KB2646294 November 23, 2011
• 2615194 FIX: The Resource Name field is blank if the Display Name field contains a special character in Project 2010 on a computer that has Team Explorer installed Q2615194 KB2615194 November 15, 2011
• 2468183 An update is available for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 that extends support for Windows Embedded Compact 7 Q2468183 KB2468183 October 26, 2011
• 968552 Team System Web Access 2008 Sp1 exception - Unable to create workitemstore Q968552 KB968552 October 26, 2011
• 2597335 FIX: Win32 application crashes when you debug it in Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Q2597335 KB2597335 October 18, 2011
• 981651 The Visual Studio 2008 SP1 IDE crashes when you try to open a large TFS build report Q981651 KB981651 October 9, 2011
• 981077 Incorrect results are returned by a Visual C++ 2008 SP1 application Q981077 KB981077 October 9, 2011
• 956863 FIX: You cannot publish Word format manual tests that Visual Studio 2008 Team Edition System generates to Team Foundation Server 2005 Q956863 KB956863 October 9, 2011
• 953196 FIX: In the WPF Designer for Visual Studio 2008, IntelliSense for XAML may stop working after you install the Windows SDK or MSDN Q953196 KB953196 October 9, 2011
• 951845 List of changes and fixed issues in Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 for Team Editions Q951845 KB951845 October 9, 2011
• 959595 FIX: Error message when you view a SQL Server Reporting Services report in the ReportViewer control in Visual Studio 2008: "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" Q959595 KB959595 October 8, 2011
• 957451 FIX: When you run a load test that uses a goal-based load pattern in Visual Studio Team System 2008 Test Edition, you receive a LoadTestGoalCounterNotFoundException exception and an error message that states the pattern cannot be applied Q957451 KB957451 October 8, 2011
• 957259 FIX: Live semantic analysis incorrectly reports error messages on a computer that has Visual Studio 2008 SP1 installed Q957259 KB957259 October 8, 2011
• 957196 FIX: After you configure a URL to your Team System Web Access site by using the TfsAdminUtil ConfigureConnections command on a computer that has Team Foundation Server 2008 SP1 installed, you may receive an inaccurate e-mail notification Q957196 KB957196 October 8, 2011
• 953595 The Visual Basic compiler (Vbc.exe) may use 100 percent of the CPU resources when you build a .NET Framework 3.5-based application that has many assemblies and references Q953595 KB953595 October 8, 2011
• 951977 FIX: Error message after Visual Studio 2008 starts successfully in the Application Virtualization Client even though you have a valid volume license: "Invalid license data" Q951977 KB951977 October 8, 2011
• 951708 FIX: The Visual Basic compiler (Vbc.exe) may use 100 percent of the CPU resources when you build a Visual Basic 2008 application that depends on many assemblies and on many references Q951708 KB951708 October 8, 2011
• 948127 Error message when you link a Visual C++ project by using the /INCREMENTAL build option in Visual Studio 2008: "LNK1000: Internal error during IncrBuildImage" Q948127 KB948127 October 8, 2011
• 948064 FIX: You may be unable to undo local changes after you upgrade Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server to Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server Q948064 KB948064 October 8, 2011
• 947751 FIX: The shortcut menu does not appear for many seconds when you right-click a project name in Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Explorer Q947751 KB947751 October 8, 2011
• 947540 FIX: Error message when you try to use the Data Source Configuration Wizard together with an ODBC data source in Visual Studio 2008: "Procedures not supported" Q947540 KB947540 October 8, 2011
• 946673 FIX: The Web recorder may miss a request or may miss some parameters when you use a Web recorder to record Web tests in Visual Studio 2008 Team System Test Edition Q946673 KB946673 October 8, 2011
• 946502 FIX: You may receive a System.OutOfMemoryException exception when you run a load test in Visual Studio 2008 Team System Test Load Agent Q946502 KB946502 October 8, 2011
• 946458 FIX: You can no longer connect to a Team Foundation server from Excel after you insert a column in a worksheet Q946458 KB946458 October 8, 2011
• 946344 FIX: You may experience performance issues in the IDE after you use Visual Studio 2008 to build a Visual Basic project Q946344 KB946344 October 8, 2011
• 944899 FIX: Visual Studio 2008 performance decreases when you step through source code that you downloaded from Reference Source Server Q944899 KB944899 October 8, 2011
• 942371 FIX: The Visual C# IDE for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 crashes if you try to use the IntelliSense feature for a class in a project Q942371 KB942371 October 8, 2011
• 979576 You cannot upgrade Visual Studio 2008 Trial Edition on a computer that is running Windows 7 Q979576 KB979576 October 7, 2011
• 979335 The value of a stream pointer is incorrect when an application calls the ifstream::seekg function in Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Q979335 KB979335 October 7, 2011
• 977260 A "Not implemented" error occurs when you run a basic source control command for a BizTalk Server 2009 project in the Visual Studio 2008 IDE that uses Visual SourceSafe 2005 Q977260 KB977260 October 7, 2011
• 976222 FIX: Error message in Visual Studio 2008 TFS when you synchronize files that are in a source control folder to files that are in a local folder that has BitLocker Drive Encryption enabled: "Access is denied" Q976222 KB976222 October 7, 2011
• 975919 FIX: The name of a source file appears in all lowercase letters incorrectly in the Visual Studio 2008 SP1 IDE on a Windows XP-based computer Q975919 KB975919 October 7, 2011
• 975247 A "Not implemented" error when you use Source Code Control Interface to run a basic source control command in a Visual Studio 2008 isolated shell Q975247 KB975247 October 7, 2011
• 975001 FIX: Duplicate items appear on the lookup table for the work item tracking in Microsoft Office Project 2007 that is connected to a TF 2005\2008 Server Q975001 KB975001 October 7, 2011
• 974804 FIX: Error in Excel when you open a customized Team Foundation Server work item type: "F80070: Team Foundation Server encountered an error while performing an operation" Q974804 KB974804 October 7, 2011
• 974402 Error message when you use Visual Studio Team System Web Access 2008 to connect to Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server: "Unable to create workitemstore see exceptions for more details." Q974402 KB974402 October 7, 2011
• 974328 FIX: The Visual Studio 2008 SP1 IDE crashes when you expand database connection nodes in Server Explorer Q974328 KB974328 October 7, 2011
• 974158 You receive an error message when you build a Visual Studio 2008 project or click Run Custom Tool for an .xsd file that includes another .xsd file in the same project Q974158 KB974158 October 7, 2011
• 974116 FIX: You encounter problems when you use Visual C++ 2008 SP1 to compile SSE 4.1 code when the optimization option /O2 or the optimization option /Ox is enabled Q974116 KB974116 October 7, 2011
• 973124 FIX: Incorrect debug information is generated for local variables in a try block or a catch block in a Visual C++ 2008 Service Pack 1 application Q973124 KB973124 October 7, 2011
• 972678 FIX: When you play back a successfully recorded Web test in Visual Studio Team System 2008 SP1, the user authentication fails, and then you are redirected to the logon page Q972678 KB972678 October 7, 2011
• 972497 FIX: The fmod function returns an indeterminate (IND) value instead of the correct floating-point value in an x64-bit Visual C++ 2008 application Q972497 KB972497 October 7, 2011
• 972489 FIX: An object that you renamed by using the Rename refactoring feature is not changed when you deploy a database project to a target database in Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition Q972489 KB972489 October 7, 2011
• 971676 FIX: Error message when you compile a Visual C++ 2008 project in which you import type libraries that refer to an external type library: fatal error C1001: An internal error has occurred in the compiler Q971676 KB971676 October 7, 2011
• 971672 FIX: Error message when you build a Visual C++ 2008 project that contains a specific struct type: "fatal error C1001: An internal error has occurred in the compiler" Q971672 KB971672 October 7, 2011
• 971487 A hotfix is available that contains two improvements and one problem resolution for Microsoft Device Emulator 3.0 Q971487 KB971487 October 7, 2011
• 970449 FIX: When you run a unit test on a computer that is running Windows 7 together with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) installed, the Result field in the Test Result window always shows "Pending" and the test cannot be completed Q970449 KB970449 October 7, 2011
• 970106 FIX: You can access documents in a network location even if you do not provide logon credentials or if access is denied in Visual Studio Team System Web Access 2008 Q970106 KB970106 October 7, 2011
• 969873 A Stop error occurs when you profile an application in Visual Studio 2008 SP1 on a computer that uses an AMD processor and has Hyper-V enabled Q969873 KB969873 October 7, 2011
• 969868 FIX: When you run a build of a project that is created in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server SP1, some changesets are not detected as expected in the GenCheckinNotesUpdateWorkItems task Q969868 KB969868 October 7, 2011
• 969210 FIX: Error messages in various reports in Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server Service Pack 1 with SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Q969210 KB969210 October 7, 2011
• 967631 When you debug in Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1, more breakpoints are generated unexpectedly, or the IDE crashes or becomes unresponsive for about 15 seconds Q967631 KB967631 October 7, 2011
• 967583 FIX: Error message when you move a folder and then check in the changes in Source Control Explorer in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server SP1: "TF30073: Please contact your administrator" Q967583 KB967583 October 7, 2011
• 967253 FIX: When you create a Web application in the Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 IDE, some changes are not synchronized in some views, or some changes are displayed incorrectly in some views Q967253 KB967253 October 7, 2011
• 961594 FIX: Error message when a Web application that is not run at the Full Trust level uses the Visual Studio 2008 ReportViewer control: "System.Security.SecurityException: That assembly does not allow partially trusted callers" Q961594 KB961594 October 7, 2011
• 980848 You cannot move the toolbars into a row that contains many invisible toolbars when you run an MFC application that is created in Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Q980848 KB980848 October 6, 2011
• 980140 Performance is slow when you save a work item that is assigned to certain users in Visual Studio 2008 TFS SP1 Q980140 KB980140 October 6, 2011
• 946539 Visual Studio 2008 may stop working when you use the Windows Presentation Foundation Designer in Windows Vista Q946539 KB946539 September 22, 2011
• 941192 You may experience unexpected behavior in WPF applications or in ASP.NET applications after you install the .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 2 on a computer that is running Windows Vista Q941192 KB941192 September 22, 2011
• 2022915 Upgrade from Office 2007 to Office 2010 on a 64-bit OS Causes Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Web Designer and Editor to Hang Q2022915 KB2022915 September 20, 2011
• 2581078 FIX: Incorrect TBBS_CHECKED value when an MFC application calls submenu methods in Visual Studio 2008 if the MF_CHECKED flag is set Q2581078 KB2581078 September 16, 2011
• 2588094 Limitations with Visual Studio .NET Source Code Debugging using Reference Source Code Center Q2588094 KB2588094 July 28, 2011
• 2585317 Unit Tests may fail to run with "Not Executed" error with Visual Studio 2008 Q2585317 KB2585317 July 28, 2011
• 2465361 MS11-025: Description of the security update for Visual Studio 2008 SP1: April 12, 2011 Q2465361 KB2465361 June 14, 2011
• 2550971 FIPS is not support with Team Foundation Server 2010 Q2550971 KB2550971 May 12, 2011
• 2529021 Visual Studio 2008 SP1 or a Visual Studio 2008 SP1 update cannot be installed when the installer is unable to create a log file Q2529021 KB2529021 April 12, 2011
• 2495003 FIX: Multithreaded MFC application may stop responding in Windows that has an MUI language pack installed if the application is developed in Visual Studio 2008 Q2495003 KB2495003 March 31, 2011
• 974596 The size of the TfsVersionControl database is not reduced as much as expected when you run the "tf destroy" command in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server Q974596 KB974596 March 7, 2011
• 2479245 FIX: It takes more than a minute to check out a file on a server that is running Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Service Pack 1 Q2479245 KB2479245 March 2, 2011
• 2483802 An update is available for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 that adds support for Windows Embedded Compact 7 Q2483802 KB2483802 February 25, 2011
• 2283187 Use MSI or MSP to update an application in its life cycle Q2283187 KB2283187 February 21, 2011
• 2283157 Software updates by using Windows Installer Msi Version 3.1 Q2283157 KB2283157 February 21, 2011
• 2283132 Servicing enhancements in Windows Installer 4.5 Q2283132 KB2283132 February 21, 2011
• 2212738 Team Foundation Server process template and work item type customization Q2212738 KB2212738 February 21, 2011
• 2435853 FIX: The value that the trigonometric method in a Visual C++ 2008 SP1 application returns on an x86 platform may differ from the value that the same method returns on an x64 platform Q2435853 KB2435853 January 18, 2011