Windows Server 2008 R2 articles, fixes and updates - February 2011

This list contains all of the known Microsoft Knowledge Base articles, howtos, fixes, hotfixes, webcasts and updates of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 that have been released in February 2011. The list is daily updated.

• 2509372 UxSms service may terminate unexpectedly while running Citrix XenApp and the Windows Server "User Desktop Experience" feature enabled. Q2509372 KB2509372 February 25, 2011
• 2493935 Applications using SQL_API_SQLCANCELHANDLE should be recompiled for Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 and later Windows releases Q2493935 KB2493935 February 25, 2011
• 980642 A long delay occurs when you manage a DFS replication group from Windows Server 2008 R2 or from Windows 7 Q980642 KB980642 February 25, 2011
• 2489092 DHCP Server does not provide both Server- and Scope-defined DHCP Vendor Class Options Q2489092 KB2489092 February 24, 2011
• 2487292 The maximum number of WAN Miniport (IKEv2) ports changes from 128 to two after you install Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Q2487292 KB2487292 February 24, 2011
• 2485986 An update is available for Hyper-V Best Practices Analyzer for Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2485986 KB2485986 February 24, 2011
• 2316412 An application that calls the "InterlockedExchange" function may stop responding or may encounter various exceptions when you run the application on a VM that is hosted on a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2008 or of Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2316412 KB2316412 February 24, 2011
• 2512878 RemoteFX VMs do not start after you uninstall the RemoteFX role service in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Q2512878 KB2512878 February 23, 2011
• 2507353 Remote Desktop Service cannot be restarted if Keep-Alive feature is enabled Q2507353 KB2507353 February 21, 2011
• 2418738 Windows 2000 to Windows Server 2008 R2 DFSN Q2418738 KB2418738 February 21, 2011
• 2418726 Windows 2000 FRS to Windows Server 2008 R2 DFSR Q2418726 KB2418726 February 21, 2011
• 2418597 Windows 2000 CA to Windows Server 2008 R2 AD CS Q2418597 KB2418597 February 21, 2011
• 2276908 Windows Server 2008 R2 - RDWeb Access and RemoteApp Configuration Q2276908 KB2276908 February 21, 2011
• 2276880 Windows 2008 Session Broker Load Balancing Q2276880 KB2276880 February 21, 2011
• 2276874 Windows Server 2008 R2 RD Web Single Sign On Q2276874 KB2276874 February 21, 2011
• 2275811 TS Web Access And Remoteapp Configuration Q2275811 KB2275811 February 21, 2011
• 2275629 Windows Server 2003 Server Print Queue Migration Q2275629 KB2275629 February 21, 2011
• 2253278 Windows Server 2008 R2 RD Connection Broker Q2253278 KB2253278 February 21, 2011
• 2253250 Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Installation Q2253250 KB2253250 February 21, 2011
• 2253198 Remote Desktop Gateway Installation And Public Configuration Q2253198 KB2253198 February 21, 2011
• 2253032 DirectAccess Installation and Configuration Q2253032 KB2253032 February 21, 2011
• 2253004 Active Directory Migration Tool v3.1 Q2253004 KB2253004 February 21, 2011
• 2252967 Active Directory Federation Service (AD FS) v1.1 Q2252967 KB2252967 February 21, 2011
• 2510090 Installation of the Service Pack 1 update package for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 fails with "Service pack installation can't continue" Q2510090 KB2510090 February 17, 2011
• 2504962 Dynamic Memory allocation in a Virtual Machine does not change although there is available memory on the host Q2504962 KB2504962 February 17, 2011
• 2510159 Hardware Events Logged as Invalid SEL When Hardware Monitoring is Enabled on Windows Server 2003 or 2008 Q2510159 KB2510159 February 16, 2011
• 2506391 In Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1, RemoteFX virtual machines cannot start, and you receive an error: "Failed to Power on with Error 'Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service'" Q2506391 KB2506391 February 16, 2011
• 2505694 Error message when you try to start a RemoteFX-enabled virtual machine: "Microsoft Synthetic 3D Display Controller : Failed to Power on with Error 'Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service'" Q2505694 KB2505694 February 16, 2011
• 2505030 A RemoteFX VM does not start, and you receive the error "Microsoft Synthetic 3D Display Controller: Failed to Power on" when you try to add the RemoteFX 3D Video adapter from Hyper-V settings Q2505030 KB2505030 February 16, 2011
• 2502370 "The following updates might need to be reinstalled" message when you try to install SP1 for Windows 7 or for Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2502370 KB2502370 February 16, 2011
• 2501763 Read-only pass-through disk after you add the disk to a highly available VM in a Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 failover cluster Q2501763 KB2501763 February 16, 2011
• 977519 Description of security events in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q977519 KB977519 February 16, 2011
• 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 February 16, 2011
• 976839 Error message in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7 when you try to connect to a remote server: "Server Manager cannot connect to <server_name>" Q976839 KB976839 February 16, 2011
• 976736 How to install Windows PowerShell on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 Core Q976736 KB976736 February 16, 2011
• 2505238 CreateProcess won't eliminate duplicated variables from the environment block in lpEnvironment parameter Q2505238 KB2505238 February 14, 2011
• 2428216 FIX: Performance may decrease when you use the IIS ADSI provider to query some metabase properties in IIS 7.5 Q2428216 KB2428216 February 14, 2011
• 2427997 A process that connects to a smart card hangs when a program that requires you to use the smart card crashes in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2008, in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2427997 KB2427997 February 14, 2011
• 2408168 A connection to a load-balancing Exchange mailbox from an Outlook client fails on a computer that is running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2408168 KB2408168 February 14, 2011
• 981704 The file name of an ADM file is displayed incorrectly in the GPMC report in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2008, in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q981704 KB981704 February 14, 2011
• 2505383 Bugcheck 0xF4 occurs on a Hyper-V guest VM running in Windows Server 2008 R2 while under stress when MPIO PathVerify is enabled Q2505383 KB2505383 February 12, 2011
• 2394849 The DACL of a DFS link is corrupted in Windows Server 2008, in Windows Vista, in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 if you use the Dfsutil.exe utility to export DFS configuration data from the DFS link Q2394849 KB2394849 February 12, 2011
• 2394535 You cannot open the generated .tif file after you print a Word document or an Excel workbook to a fax device in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2008, in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2394535 KB2394535 February 12, 2011
• 2508359 Windows Explorer is unable to update the status of the mapped network drive automatically when being published through RemoteApp Q2508359 KB2508359 February 11, 2011
• 2495786 Error messages are not displayed or are not redirected when you run the FTP command and a connection error occurs in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2495786 KB2495786 February 11, 2011
• 2495375 DNS does not respond to a request for a SPF (TXT) DNS record correctly in Windows Server 2008 R2 if the record is larger than 512 bytes Q2495375 KB2495375 February 11, 2011
• 2444677 Error message when you try to start Explorer.exe in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2: "Server Execution Failed" Q2444677 KB2444677 February 11, 2011
• 2065362 "Unable to log you on because your profile could not be loaded, please contact your administrator" error when you try to log on to a computer in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2008, in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2065362 KB2065362 February 11, 2011
• 2498993 A memory leak occurs when you run an application that is developed by using the Windows Media Format SDK in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 and that uses the IWMSyncReader or IWMReader interface Q2498993 KB2498993 February 10, 2011
• 2495879 Enable Windows Deployment Services to support the SSM protocol in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2495879 KB2495879 February 10, 2011
• 2495655 The contents of some Message Queuing messages may become corrupted when you enable message encryption in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2495655 KB2495655 February 10, 2011
• 2495076 Windows Media Player stops responding when you open a WMV video in Windows Media Player from a remote session in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2495076 KB2495076 February 10, 2011
• 2495074 Incorrect printout of an Office document that contains a pattern-filled shape in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 if the shape is rotated Q2495074 KB2495074 February 10, 2011
• 2494427 Windows Explorer may crash randomly when the network discovery state is set to On in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2494427 KB2494427 February 10, 2011
• 2493115 "Access is denied" error when you try to open the Properties dialog box of a shared printer that is connected to a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2493115 KB2493115 February 10, 2011
• 2493017 The AD RMS provision fails when an instance of SQL Server is configured to use a case-sensitive collation in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2493017 KB2493017 February 10, 2011
• 2492705 DNS Server service leaks memory when you perform Zone Transfer operations in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2492705 KB2492705 February 10, 2011
• 2492704 When you use a VPN connection to log on to a client computer, the computer is not locked after a smart card is removed in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2492704 KB2492704 February 10, 2011
• 2492505 Computer does not crash when the disk is full after CrashOnAuditFail is set in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2492505 KB2492505 February 10, 2011
• 2491890 Message Queuing may become unresponsive when you enable message encryption in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2491890 KB2491890 February 10, 2011
• 2491809 Logged-on user accounts do not receive a pop-up balloon to authenticate an 802.1X secured network in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2491809 KB2491809 February 10, 2011
• 2489291 You cannot start an application to open a file that has an associated file name extension after you specify the file association by using GPP in Window 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2489291 KB2489291 February 10, 2011
• 2485543 You cannot access or mount a Windows Server 2008 R2-based NFS share after a failover if the NFS share uses Krb5 or Krb5i authentication Q2485543 KB2485543 February 10, 2011
• 2482122 "0x0000009F" Stop error when you restart a Windows 7-based or Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer that has certain Wi-Fi drivers installed Q2482122 KB2482122 February 10, 2011
• 2481453 Device URL in Device Stage of a printer device does not open in a non-English version of Windows 7 or of Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2481453 KB2481453 February 10, 2011
• 2480994 "ASN1 out of memory" error when the CryptMsgUpdate function decodes a message that is larger than 5 MB in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2480994 KB2480994 February 10, 2011
• 2477932 You cannot deploy advanced security audit policy settings to Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core Q2477932 KB2477932 February 10, 2011
• 2477730 The TCP Chimney Offload feature fails on all network adapters in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7 if you disable or change the properties of a network adapter Q2477730 KB2477730 February 10, 2011
• 2477220 The RasSetEntryPropertiesA function does not support Japanese Shift-JIS characters in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2477220 KB2477220 February 10, 2011
• 2475491 A memory leak occurs when you run a web service that is implemented by using the Windows Web Services API in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2475491 KB2475491 February 10, 2011
• 2471472 An NDIS device cannot be failed over on a fault-tolerant system that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 after you suddenly remove another NDIS device Q2471472 KB2471472 February 10, 2011
• 2470092 You cannot publish a CRL for an imported certificate after the certificate is revoked in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2470092 KB2470092 February 10, 2011
• 2468353 The MPR still calls the NPPasswordChangeNotify function to notify a password change event in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 even though the password change is unsuccessful Q2468353 KB2468353 February 10, 2011
• 2466438 An error message is logged in Sync Center when the offline synchronization for a user’s home folder fails in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2: "Object name not found" Q2466438 KB2466438 February 10, 2011
• 2466373 BACKSPACE or arrow keys do not work in MMC on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2466373 KB2466373 February 10, 2011
• 2466181 A crash in the Ntfs.sys component on a computer that is running an IA-64-based version of Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2466181 KB2466181 February 10, 2011
• 2466048 Previous versions of a file or of a folder in a DFS share are not listed if you access the share through a nested DFS link from a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2466048 KB2466048 February 10, 2011
• 2466040 Post-install customization does not start after you use Group Policy to configure a deployed printer in Windows Vista, in Windows 7, in Windows Server 2008, or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2466040 KB2466040 February 10, 2011
• 2462585 You cannot save changes to the Dial-in property settings of a user account on a Windows Server 2008-based domain controller or on a Windows 7-based computer that has RSAT installed Q2462585 KB2462585 February 10, 2011
• 2462576 The NFS share cannot be brought online in Windows Server 2008 R2 when you try to create the NFS share as a cluster resource on a third-party storage disk Q2462576 KB2462576 February 10, 2011
• 2462362 A query to a large database times out for a troubleshooting report on a Windows Server 2008 R2-based RMS server Q2462362 KB2462362 February 10, 2011
• 2462137 The Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in and Active Directory Administrative Center display Serbia and Montenegro as one country instead of as two countries in Windows Server 2008 R2 and in Windows 7 Q2462137 KB2462137 February 10, 2011
• 2461385 The DFS Replication service leaks download tasks, and an outgoing replication backlog occurs in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2461385 KB2461385 February 10, 2011
• 2461108 The Add Port Wizard dialog box is displayed incorrectly in an x64-based version of Windows 7 or of Windows Server 2008 R2 when you run an application that uses the AddPort function Q2461108 KB2461108 February 10, 2011
• 2457866 Event 602 is logged after you log on to a Windows 7-based or Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer that has a network printer installed Q2457866 KB2457866 February 10, 2011
• 2457402 You experience delays with an application or service that uses NTDSA APIs for passing changes from RWDC data centers to RODC data centers Q2457402 KB2457402 February 10, 2011
• 2456741 You cannot create an Authorization Manager SQL store in a SQL Server 2008 R2 database that has a case-sensitive collation in Windows Server 2008 R2, in Windows 7, in Windows Vista, or in Windows Server 2008 Q2456741 KB2456741 February 10, 2011
• 2446607 You cannot enable BitLocker on a disk volume in Windows Server 2008 R2 if the computer is a failover cluster node Q2446607 KB2446607 February 10, 2011
• 2443101 Print queue restore operations through the "printui.exe" command fail, error code 0x000000C in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7 Q2443101 KB2443101 February 10, 2011
• 2439181 A buffer alignment error may occur when you use ADMA2 host controller implementation in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2439181 KB2439181 February 10, 2011
• 2417168 The scan application does not start automatically when you push the scan button on a scanner or on a multifunction printer in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7 Q2417168 KB2417168 February 10, 2011
• 2417038 A child process cannot be created by calling a CreateProcess function that uses the PROC_THREAD_ATTRIBUTE_PREFERRED_NODE parameter in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2417038 KB2417038 February 10, 2011
• 2416849 SSL authentication fails and X.509 error occurs when a WCF-enabled application performs mutual authentication in Windows 7, in Windows Server 2008 R2, in Windows Vista, or in Windows Server 2008 Q2416849 KB2416849 February 10, 2011
• 2415644 "Could not find destination computer" error when you connect an assigned VDI desktop that is deployed through Remote Desktop Connection Broker in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2415644 KB2415644 February 10, 2011
• 2411938 "An external error has occurred" error when you change the user rights of an account in Local Security Policy in Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2411938 KB2411938 February 10, 2011
• 2409416 New files that are added to a CD-RW disc may be missing after multiple burns on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2409416 KB2409416 February 10, 2011
• 2400157 The operating system may crash when you run a D3D application full-screen in an immediate mode on Windows 7 or on Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2400157 KB2400157 February 10, 2011
• 2391591 The RtlCaptureContext function returns an invalid context in IA-64-based versions of Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2391591 KB2391591 February 10, 2011
• 2277904 You cannot access an MPIO-controlled storage device in Windows Server 2008 R2 after you send the "IOCTL_MPIO_PASS_THROUGH_PATH_DIRECT" control code that has an invalid MPIO path ID Q2277904 KB2277904 February 10, 2011
• 2121690 The Windows Deployment Service cannot be started on a computer that has more than 20 logical processors and that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2008 Q2121690 KB2121690 February 10, 2011
• 2029054 An application which calls the ReadFile function on a named pipe server may stop responding when you run the application on a computer that is running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2029054 KB2029054 February 10, 2011
• 2500271 The Microsoft iSCSI Initiator may fail to login to Favorite Targets after the Initiator Name is changed on Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 or Windows 7 Q2500271 KB2500271 February 9, 2011
• 2159360 The import process for a metadata file that contains an empty "Reference URI" reference tag fails in AD FS 2.0 on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2159360 KB2159360 February 9, 2011
• 2506505 Remote Printer Management snap-in shows no printers Q2506505 KB2506505 February 7, 2011
• 2221763 You cannot open a web folder by using the httpFolder behavior from a webpage in Internet Explorer 8 on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2221763 KB2221763 February 3, 2011
• 971257 Formatted content that is copied and then pasted from an RTF document is not displayed correctly on a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Windows Q971257 KB971257 February 3, 2011