Windows 7 articles, fixes and updates - October 2011

This list contains all of the known Microsoft Knowledge Base articles, howtos, fixes, hotfixes, webcasts and updates of Microsoft Windows 7 that have been released in October 2011. The list is daily updated.

• 2632965 Windows Anytime Upgrade Error “The upgrade was not successful. Please try the upgrade again.” on a Windows 7 computer with Multilingual User Interface (MUI) Q2632965 KB2632965 October 29, 2011
• 2555663 Cached User logon fails when LSASRV event 45058 indicates FIFO deletion of cached credential Q2555663 KB2555663 October 25, 2011
• 2481614 Windows 7 may connect to a guest network instead of a corporate network Q2481614 KB2481614 October 25, 2011
• 2618425 "0xC0000010" error and Http.sys intermittently ends TCP/IP connections in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2618425 KB2618425 October 24, 2011
• 2584475 "Error IOCTL_SFFDISK_DEVICE_PASSWORD" error message when you try to apply password protection to an SD card in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2584475 KB2584475 October 24, 2011
• 2524737 Error message "Windows SIM was unable to generate a catalog" or "Parameter count mismatch" Q2524737 KB2524737 October 23, 2011
• 2634534 MSInfo32 Displays "Not Available" for "Installed Physical Memory (RAM)" Q2634534 KB2634534 October 19, 2011
• 2624388 Video flickers when playing DVD with subtitles in Windows Media Center Q2624388 KB2624388 October 19, 2011
• 2530309 Internet Explorer Group Policy Preferences do not apply to Internet Explorer 9 in a Windows Server 2008 R2 domain environment Q2530309 KB2530309 October 17, 2011
• 2617157 Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 crashes if a command prompt or a PowerShell console is opened and closed many times Q2617157 KB2617157 October 14, 2011
• 2615327 You cannot cancel a shrink operation on a volume in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2615327 KB2615327 October 13, 2011
• 2601207 The code page changes after you start a Windows-based application at a Command Prompt in Windows 7 SP1 Q2601207 KB2601207 October 13, 2011
• 2600484 Certain user folders are absent from the user profile in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 if the folders are excluded from the roaming profile Q2600484 KB2600484 October 13, 2011
• 2599521 An IEEE 1394-compatible device does not communicate with a Windows 7-based or Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer that is not the IEEE 1394 bus manager Q2599521 KB2599521 October 13, 2011
• 2583905 Slow performance when you copy more than 10 gigabytes of data to a Blu-ray disk in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2583905 KB2583905 October 13, 2011
• 2582284 New VPN connections establish a session that has a smaller MTU value than expected in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7 Q2582284 KB2582284 October 13, 2011
• 2578764 Black lines appear in an application window that is displayed by using DirectX and GDI in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2578764 KB2578764 October 13, 2011
• 2569339 Some security events do not log the name of the user account that makes Local Security Policy changes in Windows Server 2008, in Windows Vista, in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2569339 KB2569339 October 13, 2011
• 2563210 SMB connection is reset if you cancel a file operation over a network connection in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2563210 KB2563210 October 13, 2011
• 2552033 "0x00000044" Stop error on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2552033 KB2552033 October 13, 2011
• 2549818 You are prompted to enter your PIN to connect to a Wi-Fi network on an SSO-enabled computer that is running Windows 7 Q2549818 KB2549818 October 13, 2011
• 2549311 You cannot access a DFS share by using a valid user account in Windows Server 2008 R2, in Windows 7, in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008 Q2549311 KB2549311 October 13, 2011
• 2479169 "Word did not save the document" error message when you try to save a document in Windows 7, in Windows Server 2008 R2, in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008 Q2479169 KB2479169 October 13, 2011
• 2028827 The applications that use the TDI driver for network traffic may stop responding in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7 Q2028827 KB2028827 October 13, 2011
• 2630193 Touch calibration may not work correctly when display is in partial scaling mode Q2630193 KB2630193 October 12, 2011
• 2620393 EUDC fonts are not printed correctly in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2620393 KB2620393 October 12, 2011
• 2618837 GDI objects are not displayed correctly on multiple monitors in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2618837 KB2618837 October 12, 2011
• 2618535 USB HID keyboard incorrectly reports the previous auto-repeat scan code in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2618535 KB2618535 October 12, 2011
• 2618517 Numeric or special characters are displayed incorrectly when you use a font that can be rendered vertically in a Korean version of Windows 7 SP1 or of Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Q2618517 KB2618517 October 12, 2011
• 2618190 You cannot access a shared file by using the SMB Version 2 protocol because of a race condition in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7 Q2618190 KB2618190 October 12, 2011
• 2616471 You may be unable to print to an IPP print queue in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2616471 KB2616471 October 12, 2011
• 2607930 Slow performance when an application retrieves a file on an SMB share by using the HTTP protocol in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2607930 KB2607930 October 12, 2011
• 2604521 An update is available to update the country codes of Curaçao, of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, or of Sint Maarten (Dutch part) in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2008, in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2604521 KB2604521 October 12, 2011
• 2603262 "Index was outside the bounds of the array" error when you use the GPMC snap-in to view the detailed settings of a GPO in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7 Q2603262 KB2603262 October 12, 2011
• 2603203 The REAgentC command does not disable WinRE on a Windows 7-based or Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer that has spanned volumes Q2603203 KB2603203 October 12, 2011
• 2601456 Device Manager does not display a drive after you hot-swap the drive between slots on a PCI-E switch in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2601456 KB2601456 October 12, 2011
• 2560452 You may be unable to access SMB shared files or printers on a remote server in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2560452 KB2560452 October 12, 2011
• 2554746 MSMQ service might not send or receive messages after you restart a computer that is running Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 Q2554746 KB2554746 October 12, 2011
• 2629805 “Windows 7 Evaluation Copy build 7601” displayed on my desktop after installing Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Q2629805 KB2629805 October 11, 2011
• 2492806 A Windows Vista-based, Windows Server 2008-based, Windows 7-based or Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer that shares some files and some folders may not respond to file share requests Q2492806 KB2492806 October 11, 2011
• 981761 An optical drive that supports DIPM does not enter a low power state when it is installed on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q981761 KB981761 October 11, 2011
• 981620 You cannot print a Web page by using an IPP printer in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q981620 KB981620 October 11, 2011
• 979745 The legacy Vista-style green progress bar shows when you start or restart Chinese Traditional HK version of Windows 7 Q979745 KB979745 October 11, 2011
• 979158 Files do not go into the Recycle Bin when you delete more than 1000 files at the same time in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q979158 KB979158 October 10, 2011
• 978949 The HBA APIs return the wrong device names for the HBAs and their external peripherals in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q978949 KB978949 October 10, 2011
• 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 October 10, 2011
• 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 October 10, 2011
• 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 October 10, 2011
• 974560 Error message during stress tests on a computer that is running Windows 7 if Driver Verifier is enabled: "Stop 0x00000050" Q974560 KB974560 October 10, 2011
• 982615 A hotfix is available to update the Daylight Saving Time for the "(UTC) Casablanca" time zone for Windows Operating Systems Q982615 KB982615 October 9, 2011
• 981721 A portable computer display does not switch back to the internal monitor after you play a DVD on an external monitor and disconnect the HDMI cable in Windows 7 Q981721 KB981721 October 9, 2011
• 979619 Tracing is inefficient when you diagnose issues that are related to iSCSI Initiator in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7 Q979619 KB979619 October 9, 2011
• 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 October 9, 2011
• 958685 A Windows-based portable computer does not resume correctly if you close the lid while the computer is asleep Q958685 KB958685 October 8, 2011
• 951418 Stop error in Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, or Windows Server 2008 R2: "0x00000050 PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA" Q951418 KB951418 October 8, 2011
• 949843 After you put a Windows Explorer window into full-screen mode on a secondary monitor, the navigation bar does not appear on a computer that is running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q949843 KB949843 October 8, 2011
• 2606439 HTML Help files (.chm) do not open from paths that contain GB 18030 or Unicode characters Q2606439 KB2606439 October 7, 2011
• 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 October 7, 2011
• 979155 FIX: The Taskbar is reset to the default settings when you use the "Automatically Log On" feature in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q979155 KB979155 October 7, 2011
• 978898 You cannot access a volume in Windows 7 or in Windows 2008 R2 when the volume is encrypted by a third-party encryption driver Q978898 KB978898 October 7, 2011
• 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 October 7, 2011
• 978206 FIX: MPEG-2 Program Stream content does not play on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q978206 KB978206 October 7, 2011
• 978205 FIX: MPEG-2 transport streams or certain variable bit rate WMV files may not play in Windows Media Player on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q978205 KB978205 October 7, 2011
• 977832 The "Arbeid frakoblet" button does not change to "Arbeid tilkoblet" after you click the button in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q977832 KB977832 October 7, 2011
• 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 October 7, 2011
• 977611 After you apply a GPO to redirect a folder to a new network share, the redirected folder is empty on client computers that are running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 Q977611 KB977611 October 7, 2011
• 977397 The icon of an offline file that you changed in offline mode always indicates that synchronization is successful even when the synchronization fails on a client computer that is running Windows 7 Q977397 KB977397 October 7, 2011
• 977020 FIX: An application that is based on the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and that invokes a Web service call asynchronously throws an exception on a computer that is running Windows 7 Q977020 KB977020 October 7, 2011
• 976759 WFP drivers may cause a failure to disconnect the RDP connection to a multiprocessor computer that is running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q976759 KB976759 October 7, 2011
• 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 October 7, 2011
• 976494 Error 1789 when you use the LookupAccountName function on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q976494 KB976494 October 7, 2011
• 976099 VSS snapshot creation may fail after a LUN resynchronization on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q976099 KB976099 October 7, 2011
• 976090 The On-Screen Keyboard displays the numeric keypad incorrectly after you set the default input language to Chinese (Simplified, PRC) in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q976090 KB976090 October 7, 2011
• 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 October 7, 2011
• 975778 The Chkdsk.exe program does not start correctly on a Windows 7-based computer Q975778 KB975778 October 7, 2011
• 975762 Black screen or error message when you watch ISDB-T television programs in Windows Media Center on a Windows 7-based computer Q975762 KB975762 October 7, 2011
• 975617 An update is available for the UDF file system driver (Udfs.sys) for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Q975617 KB975617 October 7, 2011
• 975499 A black rectangle appears on the secondary screen when you play some media from the Start menu on a Windows 7-based computer Q975499 KB975499 October 7, 2011
• 975469 A Windows Portable Devices (WPD) application crashes intermittently on a computer that is running Windows 7 Q975469 KB975469 October 7, 2011
• 975415 Error message when you pass a variant between a COM client and a COM server in Windows: "0x800706F7 (The stub received bad data)" Q975415 KB975415 October 7, 2011
• 975360 Microsoft Rebound stops responding on a multitouch computer that is running Windows 7 Q975360 KB975360 October 7, 2011
• 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 October 7, 2011
• 975212 When you use a VPN connection that uses Smart Card authentication on a client computer that is running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, the computer stops responding Q975212 KB975212 October 7, 2011
• 974912 Windows Media Center crashes in windowed mode on a computer that is running Windows 7 when you start certain Web applications while you are playing an ISDB-T TV program Q974912 KB974912 October 7, 2011
• 974259 A Windows 7-based computer that is equipped with a hybrid television tuner does not enter sleep mode Q974259 KB974259 October 7, 2011
• 973510 Downloaded files do not inherit the permissions from the parent folder when you use the Ftp.exe program to download files in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2008, in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q973510 KB973510 October 7, 2011
• 971736 Changes are not committed to the SharePoint server when you use an Office application such as Word or Excel to check in a document on a computer that is running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q971736 KB971736 October 7, 2011
• 971163 The STDIN, the STDOUT, and the STDERR redirections do not work in a WOW64 child process if the CreateProcessWithTokenW function creates the child process Q971163 KB971163 October 7, 2011
• 970789 A folder that is created under the root of the system drive is missing entries in its security descriptor, which may cause some application failures on the English version of Windows 7 Release Candidate 32-bit Ultimate Q970789 KB970789 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
• 970413 The Win32_Process class returns incorrect CreationDate property during the first week after daylight saving time begins or ends Q970413 KB970413 October 7, 2011
• 321640 An update is available for the UDF file system driver (Udfs.sys) for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Q321640 KB321640 October 7, 2011
• 2983550 You cannot use Imjpuexc.exe to change a custom dictionary back to the default IME dictionary in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2983550 KB2983550 October 6, 2011
• 2625567 Open windows change position when turning off DisplayPort monitor on Windows 7 Q2625567 KB2625567 October 6, 2011
• 982822 Some providers may receive an incorrect password value from the OLEDB32 component if the password in the connection string is blank in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q982822 KB982822 October 6, 2011
• 982614 Description of the cumulative update for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Unified Communications Managed API 2.0 Core Redist 64-bit: May 2010 Q982614 KB982614 October 6, 2011
• 981738 Hardware-accelerated video playback stops responding for more than 10 seconds in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7 Q981738 KB981738 October 6, 2011
• 981621 Streaming issues that are related to Microsoft Media Foundation in Windows 7 Q981621 KB981621 October 6, 2011
• 981431 A PostScript printer does not print a document that contains multiple paper sizes correctly on a computer that is running Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 Q981431 KB981431 October 6, 2011
• 981112 Computer cannot enter sleep or hibernation when you do not share media files Q981112 KB981112 October 6, 2011
• 980985 Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 enters sleep mode automatically when you use a scanner to scan a document Q980985 KB980985 October 6, 2011
• 980922 Some stability issues occur when you run an application that uses the DirectWrite API Q980922 KB980922 October 6, 2011
• 980393 Two users accounts that are logged on to the same computer cannot use Windows Photo Viewer at the same time in Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2008 Q980393 KB980393 October 6, 2011
• 980382 The computer stops responding when you rename a folder in Windows Server 2008, in Windows Vista, in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q980382 KB980382 October 6, 2011
• 977716 An update is available for third-party extensibility applications that start DVD playback in Windows Media Center for Windows 7 Q977716 KB977716 October 6, 2011
• 979130 Windows 7 Deployment Activation Guidance Q979130 KB979130 October 5, 2011
• 979129 Demonstration of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit With Q&A Q979129 KB979129 October 5, 2011
• 978867 Windows 7 Deployment Question and Answer Q978867 KB978867 October 5, 2011
• 974386 Platform Application Compatibility Q974386 KB974386 October 5, 2011