Visual Studio 2008 articles, fixes and updates - Year 2015

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 2015. The list is daily updated.

• 951694 TFS 2008 Not prompting for user credentials while connecting from Team Explorer Q951694 KB951694 December 10, 2015
• 950609 Enabling Client-side Tracing in Team Foundation Server Q950609 KB950609 May 20, 2015
• 972410 Error while opening work items for TFS 2008 in Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Project Q972410 KB972410 May 12, 2015
• 954638 TFS2008: "SSPI hangshake failed" in event log when connect to OLAP using virtual name in DNS Q954638 KB954638 May 12, 2015
• 948032 High Memory and CPU Usage When Debugging Lots of Dynamic Types Q948032 KB948032 January 17, 2015
• 2002482 You cannot programmatically control the position of vertical and horizontal scroll bars of Reportviewer Q2002482 KB2002482 January 16, 2015
• 973947 FIX: Some XML documentation comments are not displayed in the Object Browser in Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Q973947 KB973947 January 16, 2015
• 973882 Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Active Template Library (ATL) could allow remote code execution Q973882 KB973882 January 16, 2015
• 970596 FIX: You receive error messages when you run the VSDBCMD.exe utility to deploy a SQL 2008 database project that references several other database project schemas in Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR Q970596 KB970596 January 16, 2015
• 970577 FIX: Error message when you add a stored procedure that references a method in a managed assembly in Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR: "<Schema>.<Stored Procedure> has an unresolved reference to Assembly... Q970577 KB970577 January 16, 2015
• 970575 FIX: The Visual Studio IDE crashes when you add a permission and set the Object Name property to an empty string to the Database.sqlpermissions file in a Microsoft SQL Server database project in Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR Q970575 KB970575 January 16, 2015
• 970574 FIX: When you use an XML data type method against the result of another XML data type method in Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR, you receive a TSD04151 warning message or a TSD03006 error message incorrectly Q970574 KB970574 January 16, 2015
• 970573 FIX: When you edit and then save a Database.sqlpermissions file in a SQL server database project in Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR, it takes a long time to update the schema model of the database and complete the saving process Q970573 KB970573 January 16, 2015
• 970558 FIX: Duplicate dropdown items appear on the Data menu in the Add or Remove Programs tool after you repair or reinstall Microsoft Visual Studio Team system (VSTS) 2008 or VSTS 2008 SP 1 on a computer that has VSTS 2008 Database Edition GDR installed Q970558 KB970558 January 16, 2015
• 961771 FIX: The merge process takes four to six hours when you merge a changeset that contains more than 900 changes by using Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server Service Pack 1 Q961771 KB961771 January 16, 2015
• 960106 TFS 2008 SP1 installation fails with error: "An error has occurred: 0x80070005 Access is denied." Q960106 KB960106 January 16, 2015
• 958477 FIX: Error message when you compile a Visual C++ project that contains the try-catch block but does not contain a brace for the function body in Visual Studio 2008 SP1: "error C2590" Q958477 KB958477 January 16, 2015
• 958148 Upgrading projects from VC2005 / VC2003 to VC2008 may not properly port /O2 switch Q958148 KB958148 January 16, 2015
• 958094 FIX: Visual Studio 2008 IDE is unresponsive when you open a remote Web project Q958094 KB958094 January 16, 2015
• 957358 Multiple vsmdi Files after Running Team Test with VSMDI file under Source Control Q957358 KB957358 January 16, 2015
• 956397 FIX: Think times for redirect requests are ignored in Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 even if the Think profile is turned on Q956397 KB956397 January 16, 2015
• 955649 TFS2008: cannot create team project, "Value does not fall within the expected range" Q955649 KB955649 January 16, 2015
• 954806 Microsoft Team Foundation Server Error TF53008: "The authentication type is not supported" reported in Application Event log Q954806 KB954806 January 16, 2015
• 954447 How to: Analyze crash information using a mapfile for a mixed-mode application Q954447 KB954447 January 16, 2015
• 945627 You may encounter connectivity issues when you connect an application to SQL Server 2008 CTP Q945627 KB945627 January 16, 2015
• 942622 You are prompted to install updates for the 2007 Office system even though you have no Office system product installed Q942622 KB942622 January 16, 2015
• 971932 FIX: A debugger that uses a third-party Debug Engine (DE) in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 stops responding when the DE uses the GUIDs as Process IDs Q971932 KB971932 January 15, 2015
• 971507 An ActionsPane ActiveX control of a Microsoft VSTO solution may not load on a computer that is running a non-U.S. English version of Windows XP SP2 Q971507 KB971507 January 15, 2015
• 968133 TFS2008: When users connect to TSWA2008 with SSL enabled, they may get error "unable to create workItemStore" Q968133 KB968133 January 15, 2015
• 967486 Unable to Clear Contents of Bound Controls Contained in Visual Basic DataRepeater Control Q967486 KB967486 January 15, 2015
• 967244 Users unable to connect to new Team Foundation Server team projects following server move Q967244 KB967244 January 15, 2015
• 967138 Error "Invalid length parameter passed to the SUBSTRING function" connecting to Team Foundation Server 2008 Q967138 KB967138 January 15, 2015
• 958433 TF30207: Initialization for plugin "Microsoft.ProjectCreationWizard.WorkItemTracking" failed Q958433 KB958433 January 15, 2015
• 954901 TFS Warehouse not updating, Error: 18456, Severity: 14, State: 16 Login failed for user 'NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM' Q954901 KB954901 January 15, 2015
• 954740 FIX: Error message in the Data Source Configuration Wizard in Visual Studio 2008: "Failed to add relation(s) Unexpected error" Q954740 KB954740 January 15, 2015
• 954435 FIX: You may receive an error message when you use a Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Build server to run some test projects that were created in Visual Studio 2005 Team System Q954435 KB954435 January 15, 2015
• 952337 Insertions and updates in C++ Microsoft Jet DAO MFC applications may not work on a computer that is running Windows Vista Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2008 Q952337 KB952337 January 15, 2015
• 952237 Team System Web Access currently does not run on 64-bit server Q952237 KB952237 January 15, 2015
• 951595 Security Exceptions during debug of .NET application Q951595 KB951595 January 15, 2015
• 950789 User account does not have permission to connect to team foundation server Q950789 KB950789 January 15, 2015
• 950626 You receive a red 'X' on the documents node in Team Explorer when connected to Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Q950626 KB950626 January 15, 2015
• 949755 System.OutOfMemoryException thrown while building a large C# solution using Visual Studio 2005 SP1 IDE. Q949755 KB949755 January 15, 2015
• 949253 How to lock a record in a Microsoft Visual FoxPro table using the Visual FoxPro OLE DB Provider and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Q949253 KB949253 January 15, 2015
• 948816 FIX: You receive an MSB4018 error message when you run a .loadtest file or a .webtest file by using test containers on a Team Foundation Server 2008 Build server Q948816 KB948816 January 15, 2015
• 948040 Problems when trying to setup remote debug across network domains Q948040 KB948040 January 15, 2015
• 934834 Error message when you try to open the MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2005: "Missing shortcut" Q934834 KB934834 January 15, 2015
• 972902 The Edit and Continue feature on a mapped network drive does not work in Visual C++ 2008 Q972902 KB972902 January 14, 2015
• 960880 MenuStrip may expand the first ToolStripMenuItem for any Access Key Q960880 KB960880 January 14, 2015
• 958603 Performance issues in compute-intensive VC++ application after upgrade from VS 2003 to VS 2005 Q958603 KB958603 January 14, 2015
• 958438 TFS2008 Proxy Error: missing or invalid customActions config section Q958438 KB958438 January 14, 2015
• 957237 How to install 64 Bit WSS Extensions for Team Foundation Server 2008 Q957237 KB957237 January 14, 2015
• 956322 Visual Studio 2008 IDE may crash while building a VC++ Project after modifying Linker properties Q956322 KB956322 January 14, 2015
• 954803 TFS:Build fails on CA_AddLogonServicePrivilege_x86_enu.3643236F_FC70_11D3_A536_0090278A1BB8 custom action Q954803 KB954803 January 14, 2015
• 954746 Problems creating a Team Project in Microsoft Team Foundation Server when connecting over the Internet Q954746 KB954746 January 14, 2015
• 954497 File(s) checked out of Microsoft Team Foundation Source Code Control are downloaded into wrong local path Q954497 KB954497 January 14, 2015
• 954315 TFS2008: Admin user unable to create team project using remote desktop Q954315 KB954315 January 14, 2015
• 954251 Problem: MFC application with CHtmlView-derived view may stay running invisibly after closure if Active Accessibility client used Q954251 KB954251 January 14, 2015
• 954187 How to Merge changes if the Project has been Renamed in Team Foundation Server Q954187 KB954187 January 14, 2015
• 954039 TFS2005: unable to check out file "all files are up to date. The item <path>\FileName could not be found in your workspace Q954039 KB954039 January 14, 2015
• 953492 TFS30421 Error when trying to connect from Team Explorer Q953492 KB953492 January 14, 2015
• 953426 Visual Studio Configuration Manager does not provide a Scrollbar Q953426 KB953426 January 14, 2015
• 953184 TFS: source control problems with source files when check out or check in the project Q953184 KB953184 January 14, 2015
• 953143 Errors may occur in Team Foundation Server if TFS server has insufficient paging file size Q953143 KB953143 January 14, 2015
• 952628 Assembly Version does not change in Visual Basic Workflow projects Q952628 KB952628 January 14, 2015
• 949548 Visual Studio 2008 and 2005 Team Foundation Server Installation fails with error 28925 if less than Full Trust specified in root level web.config Q949548 KB949548 January 14, 2015
• 946732 TFS: Browser error opening workitem attachment from Visual Studio Team Explorer Q946732 KB946732 January 14, 2015
• 972411 No Security Groups Visible with .net framework 3.5 sp1 and TFS 2008 Q972411 KB972411 January 13, 2015
• 954189 You may receive a time-out error message when you try to add a domain group in 2008 Team Foundation Server Q954189 KB954189 January 13, 2015
• 954053 TFS2008: Red X on documents node after upgrade from TFS 2005 to 2008 when SSL enabled Q954053 KB954053 January 13, 2015