Visual Studio 2008 articles, fixes and updates - Year 2017

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 2017. The list is daily updated.

• 2500212 MS11-025: Vulnerability in Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) Library could allow remote code execution: April 12, 2011 Q2500212 KB2500212 September 15, 2017
• 980263 FIX: String literals are misinterpreted by the Visual C++ compiler in Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 when the string literals use UTF-8 encoding and contain Asian characters Q980263 KB980263 March 30, 2017
• 973462 Visual Studio 2008 takes a long time to open the toolbox for a solution that contains many custom controls Q973462 KB973462 March 30, 2017
• 969394 FIX: The Visual Studio 2008 SP1 IDE shows no response for several seconds when you set at least one breakpoint in the application Q969394 KB969394 March 30, 2017
• 969265 FIX: The Visual Studio 2008 SP1 IDE crashes when you start it, and a Dr. Watson error that has the Bucket ID 881158574 is generated Q969265 KB969265 March 30, 2017
• 968436 Error message when you use the Visual Studio 2008 IDE to manipulate a SQL Server Compact 3.5 Database file which is larger than 128 Megabytes: "The database file that is larger than the configured maximum database size" Q968436 KB968436 March 30, 2017
• 967690 FIX: Performance of testing decreases after several hours when you run load tests by using team system load testing tools in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 TFS Q967690 KB967690 March 30, 2017
• 963035 FIX: When you use WPF designer or you rebuild a WPF application in the Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) IDE, the IDE stops responding and you receive a message in the notification area: "Microsoft Visual Studio is Busy" Q963035 KB963035 March 30, 2017
• 962968 FIX: You receive one or more error messages when you use a local account to install Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 TFS or when you try to add a local account to Visual Studio 2008 TFS Q962968 KB962968 March 30, 2017
• 959417 Error message when you try to repair, uninstall, or install Visual Studio Team System 2008 after you install an update that adds a new Windows Installer feature: "A problem has been encountered while loading the setup components" Q959417 KB959417 March 30, 2017
• 958017 A hotfix rollup is available for WPF Designer Q958017 KB958017 March 30, 2017
• 957944 FIX: Error message when you connect to a 64-bit instance of SQL Server Express 2008 by using Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1): "Connections to SQL Server files (*.mdf) require SQL Server Express 2005 to function properly" Q957944 KB957944 March 30, 2017
• 956420 FIX: Error message when you run an application that is configured to be built for the x64 platform by using the MSVCR90.dll file that calls the strncpy function: "An unhandled win32 exception occurred in 'application_name'" Q956420 KB956420 March 30, 2017
• 946581 A cumulative update for Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer Express 2008 is available Q946581 KB946581 March 30, 2017
• 958314 FIX: The Explorer.exe process becomes unresponsive when Windows Explorer hosts a shell extension which is developed by MFC library Q958314 KB958314 February 16, 2017
• 957912 Updates for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 debugging and breakpoints Q957912 KB957912 February 16, 2017
• 960109 FIX: Error message when you debug an application that contains a set of Workflow activities in Visual Studio 2008 SP1: "R6034 - An application has made an attempt to load the C runtime library incorrectly" Q960109 KB960109 February 15, 2017
• 960096 FIX: Error message when you try to add files to SCC: Unhandled exception has occurred in a component in your application" Q960096 KB960096 February 15, 2017
• 4011768 Visual Studio Team Explorer work item form doesn't display inline images Q4011768 KB4011768 February 8, 2017