Windows Server 2012 articles, fixes and updates - letter W

This list contains all of the known Microsoft Knowledge Base articles, howtos, fixes, hotfixes, webcasts and updates of Microsoft Windows Server 2012 starts with letter W that have been released. The list is daily updated.

• 4073119 Windows client guidance for IT Pros to protect against silicon-based microarchitectural and speculative execution side-channel vulnerabilities Q4073119 KB4073119 April 18, 2024
• 4072698 Windows Server and Azure Stack HCI guidance to protect against silicon-based microarchitectural and speculative execution side-channel vulnerabilities Q4072698 KB4072698 April 18, 2024
• 4457951 Windows guidance to protect against speculative execution side-channel vulnerabilities Q4457951 KB4457951 October 27, 2023
• 3134759 Windows Management Framework 5.0 RTM on Windows Server 2012 Q3134759 KB3134759 October 18, 2022
• 2889784 Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: November 2013 Q2889784 KB2889784 January 26, 2021
• 2853466 Windows does not create a memory dump file when a Stop error occurs in Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 Q2853466 KB2853466 January 26, 2021
• 2845533 Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: June 2013 Q2845533 KB2845533 January 26, 2021
• 2769034 WinRE is not enabled after you run the OOBE wizard in Windows 8, Windows RT, or Windows Server 2012 Q2769034 KB2769034 January 26, 2021
• 921471 Windows activation or validation fails with error code 0x8004FE33 Q921471 KB921471 January 26, 2021
• 3203884 West Bank and Gaza move DST end date to October 29, 2016 Q3203884 KB3203884 January 25, 2021
• 3146604 WMI service crashes randomly in Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2012 Q3146604 KB3146604 January 25, 2021
• 3146600 Wbengine.exe crashes when you run a backup on a GPT formatted drive in Windows Server 2012 Q3146600 KB3146600 January 25, 2021
• 3137061 Windows Azure VMs don't recover from a network outage and data corruption issues occur Q3137061 KB3137061 January 25, 2021
• 3133679 Windows Server Backup fails when you back up multiple volumes in Windows Server 2012 Q3133679 KB3133679 January 25, 2021
• 3119938 WMF 4.0 Update package for Windows Server 2012 Q3119938 KB3119938 January 25, 2021
• 3103709 Windows Server 2012 R2-based or Windows Server 2012-based domain controller update, April 2016 Q3103709 KB3103709 January 25, 2021
• 3103616 WMI query doesn't work in Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2012 Q3103616 KB3103616 January 25, 2021
• 3100530 Windows backup fails with no sufficient free space on target volume in Windows Server 2012 Q3100530 KB3100530 January 25, 2021
• 3090303 Windows freezes or applications freeze after you install security update 3076895 Q3090303 KB3090303 January 25, 2021
• 3084463 WSUSutil.exe csaimport fails upon import in Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2012 Q3084463 KB3084463 January 25, 2021
• 3048474 WMI provider cannot start when you manage Hyper-V or failover cluster in Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 Q3048474 KB3048474 January 25, 2021
• 3006207 Windows Journal crashes when you import a Word document that contains pictures in Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 Q3006207 KB3006207 January 25, 2021
• 3004905 Windows Hyper-V improvement for Linux virtual machines that have file systems that are larger than 2 TB Q3004905 KB3004905 January 25, 2021
• 3004075 Windows-based MSDSM doesn't handle sense code 02/04/03 (LUN Not Ready – Manual Intervention Required) Q3004075 KB3004075 January 25, 2021
• 2996851 Windows Server 2012 or Windows 8 always connects to Windows Update Internet locations in a WSUS environment Q2996851 KB2996851 January 25, 2021
• 2995478 Wmiprvse.exe memory leak when a program queries disk or partition storage information in Windows Server 2012 Q2995478 KB2995478 January 25, 2021
• 2989540 Windows Server 2012 or Windows 8 always connects to Windows Update locations in a WSUS environment Q2989540 KB2989540 January 25, 2021
• 2982431 Window is blank when you run a RemoteApp program that is located on a Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012-based server Q2982431 KB2982431 January 25, 2021
• 2981330 WTSQuerySessionInformation API function always returns zero bytes for WTSIncomingBytes and WTSOutgoingBytes Q2981330 KB2981330 January 25, 2021
• 2962407 Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: June 2014 Q2962407 KB2962407 January 25, 2021
• 2957560 Windows freezes or loses cluster disk reservation during a stress test in iSCSI initiator Q2957560 KB2957560 January 25, 2021
• 2955163 Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: May 2014 Q2955163 KB2955163 January 25, 2021
• 2954110 "Windows was unable to save all the data for the file" error when you log off from an RD Session Host server Q2954110 KB2954110 January 25, 2021
• 2953997 Windows MultiPoint Server occasionally crashes when you start the WMS shell in Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2012 Q2953997 KB2953997 January 25, 2021
• 2952379 Windows Server 2012 restarts unexpectedly and Application Error 1000 is logged in the Application log Q2952379 KB2952379 January 25, 2021
• 2934016 Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: April 2014 Q2934016 KB2934016 January 25, 2021
• 2930287 WSD scan fails when you scan many pages in Windows Q2930287 KB2930287 January 25, 2021
• 2929094 Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 may crash when you play back an audio file Q2929094 KB2929094 January 25, 2021
• 2928678 Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: March 2014 Q2928678 KB2928678 January 25, 2021
• 2922514 White line appears when printing an image by using an XPS printer driver in Windows Q2922514 KB2922514 January 25, 2021
• 2919393 Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: February 2014 Q2919393 KB2919393 January 25, 2021
• 2913152 Windows Photo Viewer prints white lines when you use an XPS driver to print photos in Windows Q2913152 KB2913152 January 25, 2021
• 2911101 Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: January 2014 Q2911101 KB2911101 January 25, 2021
• 2903938 Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: December 2013 Q2903938 KB2903938 January 25, 2021
• 2894875 Windows 8-based or Windows Server 2012-based computer freezes when you run the "dir" command on an ReFS volume Q2894875 KB2894875 January 25, 2021
• 2894418 Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012-based client computers switch back and forth between the old and new service versions during a Windows Update, Microsoft Update, or Windows Store service migration Q2894418 KB2894418 January 25, 2021
• 2883201 Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: October 2013 Q2883201 KB2883201 January 25, 2021
• 2877114 Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012-based computer freezes when a Fusion-io driver restarts the computer Q2877114 KB2877114 January 25, 2021
• 2876415 Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: September 2013 Q2876415 KB2876415 January 25, 2021
• 2865941 Windows-based computer crashes when you restart, shut down, or log off from the computer Q2865941 KB2865941 January 25, 2021
• 2862768 Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: August 2013 Q2862768 KB2862768 January 25, 2021
• 2855336 Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: July 2013 Q2855336 KB2855336 January 25, 2021
• 2836988 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: May 2013 Q2836988 KB2836988 January 25, 2021
• 2822241 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: April 2013 Q2822241 KB2822241 January 25, 2021
• 2811660 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: March 2013 Q2811660 KB2811660 January 25, 2021
• 2800185 Windows Error Reporting reports a crash when you shut down a computer that is running Windows RT, Windows 8, or Windows Server 2012 Q2800185 KB2800185 January 25, 2021
• 2800095 Wudfhost.exe crashes when you plug in a USB-ICCD-compliant smart card device into a Windows computer Q2800095 KB2800095 January 25, 2021
• 2800033 Windows cannot be restored on a Windows RT-based, Windows 8-based or Windows Server 2012-based computer Q2800033 KB2800033 January 25, 2021
• 2795944 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: February 2013 Q2795944 KB2795944 January 25, 2021
• 2792123 WMI does not work correctly after you run the OOBE in Windows RT, Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 Q2792123 KB2792123 January 25, 2021
• 2779768 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: December 2012 Q2779768 KB2779768 January 25, 2021
• 2770917 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: November 2012 Q2770917 KB2770917 January 25, 2021
• 2756872 Windows 8 Client and Windows Server 2012 General Availability Update Rollup Q2756872 KB2756872 January 25, 2021
• 4046168 Windows Hello for Business mitigation plan for vulnerability in TPM Q4046168 KB4046168 January 14, 2021
• 4009471 Windows Server 2012 update history Q4009471 KB4009471 January 13, 2021
• 2801406 Win32 application on a WSFC cluster cannot access a FILESTREAM share by using the VVN of a listener in SQL Server 2012 Q2801406 KB2801406 December 17, 2020
• 4514157 Windows guidance for Bluetooth key length enforcement Q4514157 KB4514157 October 23, 2020
• 2796988 Windows installation may fail with error "The product key entered does not match any of the Windows images available for installation. Enter a different product key" Q2796988 KB2796988 May 28, 2020
• 243330 Well-known security identifiers in Windows operating systems Q243330 KB243330 May 28, 2020
• 923100 When you try to install an update for the .NET Framework 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, or 3.5, you may receive Windows Update error code "0x643" or Windows Installer error code "1603" Q923100 KB923100 April 16, 2020
• 2638243 When SpecialPollInterval is used as a polling interval, the Windows Time service does not correct the time if the service gets into Spike state Q2638243 KB2638243 February 19, 2020
• 4524957 Windows Marketplace image optimization for Azure Q4524957 KB4524957 December 13, 2019
• 4482416 WSUS synchronization fails with SoapException Q4482416 KB4482416 July 10, 2019
• 2938148 Windows PowerShell cmdlet Grant-DfsnAccess does not change inheritance on DFS links Q2938148 KB2938148 October 12, 2018
• 3064434 Windows Update hangs and new updates are uninstalled after a restart Q3064434 KB3064434 April 19, 2018
• 2028504 Windows Kernel event ID 41 error "The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first" in Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2028504 KB2028504 April 17, 2018
• 2787100 Win8: How to Manage the Lock Screen Image on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 Q2787100 KB2787100 November 30, 2017
• 3205089 W32Time: Sync: SpecialPollInterval may be ignored on workgroup computers Q3205089 KB3205089 March 25, 2017
• 2009267 Windows Server 2008 and newer domain controller returns only 5000 values in a LDAP response Q2009267 KB2009267 February 13, 2017
• 3201265 Windows Time Service settings are not preserved during an in-place upgrade to Windows Server 2016 or Windows 10 Version 1607 Q3201265 KB3201265 November 22, 2016
• 3124914 WMI-Activity Event 5858 logged frequently with ResultCode = 0x80041032 Q3124914 KB3124914 January 26, 2016
• 2764870 Windows 8 Client and Windows Server 2012 General Availability Update Rollup Q2764870 KB2764870 January 5, 2016
• 2761094 Windows 8 Client and Windows Server 2012 General Availability Update Rollup Q2761094 KB2761094 January 5, 2016
• 3061415 What to do when a Windows SMB server is unresponsive Q3061415 KB3061415 December 3, 2015
• 3073881 WDS service crashes when F5 Global Traffic Manager "monitor" packets are being used Q3073881 KB3073881 July 9, 2015
• 2961238 Windows Server Backup doesn't start after you perform a BMR in Windows Server 2012 Q2961238 KB2961238 March 31, 2015
• 945058 When you use the Volume Shadow Copy Service on Windows Server based computers that run many I/O operations, disk volumes take longer to go online Q945058 KB945058 March 30, 2015
• 2823516 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: April 2013 Q2823516 KB2823516 February 25, 2015
• 2385818 Windows Time service doesn't start automatically on a workgroup computer that's running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Q2385818 KB2385818 February 16, 2015
• 942490 Windows may stop responding if it has East Asian languages installed Q942490 KB942490 January 16, 2015
• 3020858 Worker process may allocate a very large amount of memory when you have a complex directory structure on IIS Q3020858 KB3020858 December 22, 2014
• 2998556 Windows Server 2012-based cluster freezes after you enable the data deduplication feature Q2998556 KB2998556 November 13, 2014
• 3004542 Windows Server 2012-based cluster responds to requests slowly Q3004542 KB3004542 November 12, 2014
• 2931031 Windows Setup may fail if USB flash disk is removed too early Q2931031 KB2931031 October 20, 2014
• 2864629 Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: July 2013 Q2864629 KB2864629 October 9, 2014
• 2862073 Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: July 2013 Q2862073 KB2862073 October 9, 2014
• 2788261 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: December 2012 Q2788261 KB2788261 October 9, 2014
• 2784160 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: December 2012 Q2784160 KB2784160 October 9, 2014
• 2783251 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: December 2012 Q2783251 KB2783251 October 9, 2014
• 2782419 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: December 2012 Q2782419 KB2782419 October 9, 2014
• 3003081 Windows Task Manager shows incorrect CPU speed when Hyper-V is enabled Q3003081 KB3003081 September 26, 2014
• 2997378 Windows Server freezes during startup or shutdown when ALUA-capable storage is used Q2997378 KB2997378 September 4, 2014
• 2938884 Windows Deployment Services (WDS) support for UEFI Q2938884 KB2938884 August 14, 2014
• 2901606 Windows Server 2012 upgrade may fail with error 0x000000C4 Q2901606 KB2901606 February 7, 2014
• 2851710 Windows Server 2012: Server Manager can consume a large amount of private memory Q2851710 KB2851710 January 21, 2014
• 950934 When you click Continue for folder access in Windows Explorer, your user account is added to the ACL for the folder Q950934 KB950934 January 15, 2014
• 2849217 Windows 8 freezes on black screen after the computer resumes from sleep mode Q2849217 KB2849217 January 13, 2014
• 2780523 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: November 2012 Q2780523 KB2780523 July 25, 2013
• 2780342 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: November 2012 Q2780342 KB2780342 July 25, 2013
• 2778171 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: November 2012 Q2778171 KB2778171 July 25, 2013
• 2777166 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: November 2012 Q2777166 KB2777166 July 25, 2013
• 2771821 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: November 2012 Q2771821 KB2771821 July 25, 2013
• 2771744 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: November 2012 Q2771744 KB2771744 July 25, 2013
• 2758246 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: November 2012 Q2758246 KB2758246 July 25, 2013
• 2853915 Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: June 2013 Q2853915 KB2853915 June 11, 2013
• 2859362 Win8: Error 800 trying to install RDS Licensing CALs Q2859362 KB2859362 June 7, 2013
• 2823233 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: March 2013 Q2823233 KB2823233 May 31, 2013
• 2815769 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: March 2013 Q2815769 KB2815769 May 31, 2013
• 2812829 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: March 2013 Q2812829 KB2812829 May 31, 2013
• 2800088 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: March 2013 Q2800088 KB2800088 May 31, 2013
• 2803676 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: February 2013 Q2803676 KB2803676 May 29, 2013
• 2852719 WLAN may not work if we keep switching airplane mode between On and Off and adding device Q2852719 KB2852719 May 23, 2013
• 2838998 WSUS server can't connect to Windows Update in Windows Server 2012 Q2838998 KB2838998 May 15, 2013
• 2841475 Windows Deployment Services (WDS) support for UEFI Q2841475 KB2841475 May 10, 2013
• 2792009 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: January 2013 Q2792009 KB2792009 May 6, 2013
• 2790920 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: January 2013 Q2790920 KB2790920 May 6, 2013
• 2788350 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: January 2013 Q2788350 KB2788350 May 6, 2013
• 2785094 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: January 2013 Q2785094 KB2785094 May 6, 2013
• 2844050 Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Remote Web Access page displays incorrect or duplicate information Q2844050 KB2844050 May 1, 2013
• 2815697 Windows Server 2012 AD CS: "The endpoint address URL is invalid" Q2815697 KB2815697 April 27, 2013
• 2769252 Win8: OS Setup: In-place upgrade of server core DC hangs at black screen Q2769252 KB2769252 April 23, 2013
• 2817216 Windows Server 2012 - 'The request is not supported.' for SMB Read Andx requests for files managed by Data Deduplication Q2817216 KB2817216 April 17, 2013
• 2831954 When customizing installation media, the base hardware system requirements recommendations may no longer be sufficient Q2831954 KB2831954 April 4, 2013
• 2749128 "Win8 LoadGen Server Stress - Start Test for Server" test fails with the following error message "Main::RunMain:: Test Check Spsrv stopped and did not pass required pass percentage (100) (Error=0x80004005)" Q2749128 KB2749128 March 30, 2013
• 2830103 “Windows can’t be installed on this drive” warning appears during Windows Setup Q2830103 KB2830103 March 28, 2013
• 2826787 Windows Setup in a boot from SAN configuration reports "Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition." Q2826787 KB2826787 March 8, 2013
• 2814791 Windows Server 2012 default Core Parking behavior changes Q2814791 KB2814791 February 20, 2013
• 948613 Windows-based clients do not receive Print Job cancelation notifications Q948613 KB948613 February 14, 2013
• 2803741 Windows 7 client deployment over IPv6 PXE network boot does not work. Q2803741 KB2803741 January 23, 2013
• 2804678 Windows Hyper-V server has a default limit of 256 dynamic MAC addresses Q2804678 KB2804678 January 18, 2013
• 2790964 Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 installation may fail with error message: The product key entered does not match any of the Windows images available for installation. Enter a different product key Q2790964 KB2790964 December 21, 2012
• 2792088 Win32 Service Files are not reported by the System Writer as part of the System Component for Windows Server 2012 Q2792088 KB2792088 December 7, 2012
• 2770816 Windows Update stops at 13 percent in Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 Q2770816 KB2770816 November 22, 2012
• 2765375 Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 blocks Framework 4.0 Downloaded Install Q2765375 KB2765375 October 18, 2012
• 2737416 Windows PowerShell-based domain controller deployment repeats warnings Q2737416 KB2737416 September 19, 2012
• 2754875 Windows Server 2012 Essentials Log Collector does not collect log files when the operating system is not installed on drive C Q2754875 KB2754875 September 14, 2012
• 2752236 Windows PowerShell Web Access webpage that is hosted in Windows Server 2012 is not displayed in the preferred language of your browser Q2752236 KB2752236 September 4, 2012
• 981070 "Windows can't open Add Printer" error in a 64-bit version of Win7 or of Windows Server 2008 R2 Q981070 KB981070 August 17, 2012
• 972493 Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP2 Dynamic Installer for Server Manager Q972493 KB972493 August 17, 2012
• 976063 When you run an LDAP query against a Windows Server 2008-based domain controller, you obtain a partial attribute list Q976063 KB976063 July 17, 2012