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Updated April 2nd, 2006 - 249 hotfixes total (more coming next week, check back soon) Also watch for Windows 2003 Server SP2, SQL Server, and other server packs!
SP3 News - Internet Explorer 7 will NOT be included in SP3
SP3 may include Windows Media Player 10 (possibly 11, depending on release date)
SP3 may include Windows Media Center Update
906681
- A user can log on to a Windows XP-based computer by using a user name
and a password, even though the "Smart card is required for interactive
logon" user account property is set
892346 - You cannot drag or copy files to the CD drive on a computer that is running
Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1, Windows XP with Service Pack 1, or
Windows XP with Service Pack 2
901017 - Download - Vulnerability in the Microsoft Collaboration Data Objects could allow code
execution (Windows)
898781 - FIX: You experience slow performance or a program stops responding when the
program calls a COM method and the MIDL defines an [out] pointer to pointer
argument
901122 - The network interface on a multifunction, composite USB device does not work in
Windows XP
896427 - You cannot view the contents of a subfolder on a network share in Windows XP
after you install the security bulletin MS-05-11 redirector update
307154 - The Default Beep sound is played instead of the Low Battery Alarm sound or the
Critical Battery Alarm sound on a Windows XP-based computer
816045 - Group Policies may not apply because of network ICMP policies
887186 - Logon process takes an unexpectedly long time to complete in Windows XP Service Pack 2
319740 - MFC applications leak GDI objects on computers that are running Windows XP
890582 - CPU utilization reaches 100 percent when you run programs after you install
Windows XP Service Pack 2
905905 - Hotfix rollup package for Identity Manager and Profile Manager in Connected
Services Framework
893366 - The Japanese IME may stop responding when you shift focus from one window to
another window in Windows XP or in Windows 2000
894395 - The IME Composition window or the IME Candidate window remains visible even
after that window loses focus when you use Japanese IME on a computer that is
running Windows XP or Windows 2000
870997 - Windows XP and Windows 2000 clients that share a single organizational unit stop
responding or spontaneously restart
896256 - Computers that are running Windows XP Service Pack 2 and that are equipped with
multiple processors that support processor power management features may
experience decreased performance
883523 - Your CD-RW drive is not recognized as a rewritable drive in Windows XP Service
Pack 2 or in Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005
888111 - Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) High Definition Audio class driver version
1.0a available for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows 2000
885626 - Download - Your computer stops responding when you restart to complete the installation of
Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005
886716 - Download - Transcoding as MPEG-2 in Adobe Premiere Pro may cause the program or Windows XP
Service Pack 2 to stop responding
904706 - Download - MS05-050: Vulnerability in DirectShow could allow remote code execution
895181 - Download - FIX: You may experience a color smearing or bleeding effect when you play MPEG4
videos in Windows Media Player 9 or 10
890737
- You receive a "No mapping between account names and security IDs was
done" error when you edit and then save a Group Policy object in
Windows XP Professional
888656 - Download - FIX: Update to enable DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) of Windows Media Video
content in Windows Media Player 10
892313 - Download - FIX: Updates for Windows Media Player 9 Series and for Windows Media Player 10
900725 - Download - MS05-049: Vulnerabilities in the Windows shell could allow for remote code
execution
901017 - Download - Vulnerability in the Microsoft Collaboration Data Objects could allow code
execution (Windows)
906569 - Download - The 906569 update adds the Tools tab to the System Configuration utility in
Windows XP Service Pack 2
907245 - Download - MS05-048: Vulnerability in the Microsoft Collaboration Data Objects could allow
code execution
902400 - Download - MS05-051: Vulnerabilities in MS DTC and COM+ could allow remote code execution
899589 - Download - MS05-046: Vulnerability in the Client Service for NetWare could allow remote
code execution
896626 - Download - Windows XP TV tuner program stops responding or displays corrupted video
905414 - Download - MS05-045: Vulnerability in Network Connection Manager could allow denial of
service
904710 - WinINet ignores the policies that you set when you create a custom
administrative template file in Windows XP with Service Pack 2
901377 - The printer display panel does not display the complete document name if the
document name is a Multi-Byte Character Set string
899418 - Programs may not be able to make a telephone connection after you disconnect and
then reconnect a serial cable in Windows XP with Service Pack 2
896360 - If a 16-bit PC Card is removed and replaced with another 16-Bit PC Card while
Windows XP is in standby or hibernation, the new PC Card may not be correctly
recognized when you resume the computer
898458 - Download - MS05-031: Vulnerability in step-by-step interactive training could allow remote
code execution
905749 - Download - MS05-047: Vulnerability in Plug and Play could allow remote code execution and
local elevation of privilege
890927 - A Windows XP-based computer may stop responding when you disconnect a mobile
device
891122 - Download - Update for Windows Media Digital Rights Management-enabled players
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
884020 - Download - Programs that connect to IP addresses that are in the loopback address range may
not work as you expect in Windows XP Service Pack 2
896427 - You
cannot view the contents of a subfolder on a network share in Windows
XP after you install the security bulletin MS-05-11 redirector update
907865 - Download - A hotfix that updates the IPSec Policy Agent is available for Windows Server
2003 and Windows XP
893317 -
Your Windows XP SP2-based computer may become slow and unresponsive when you use
the ADSI IADs interface that is retrieved from the IEnumVariant::Next method
899811 - You may receive a "The memory could not be read" error message when you click certain Web site links in Internet Explorer 6
900325 - Windows Media Center Rollup 2
897663 - Download - An exception may not show up in the Windows Firewall graphical user interface if
you create the exception by modifying the registry
901122 - The network interface on a multifunction, composite USB device does not work in
Windows XP
891630 - Windows Server 2003-based or Windows XP-based client computers may not receive
any Group Policy objects from a new organization unit
890463 - You may receive a "Stop 0x000007B INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE" error message after you install Windows XP Service Pack 2
904829
- You receive a "This folder already contains a file named
''" message when you copy an NTFS encrypted file to a
new location on a Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer
900732
- The "Never Dial a Connection" option that you configure in an
Internet Explorer Maintenance policy is not implemented in Windows
Server 2003 or in Windows XP Professional
894472 - Third-party programs that require lots of memory do not run in Windows XP Service Pack 2
899588 - Download - MS05-039: Vulnerability in Plug and Play could allow remote code execution and elevation of privilege
899591 - Download - MS05-041: Vulnerability in Remote Desktop Protocol could allow denial of service
899587 - Download - MS05-042: Vulnerabilities in Kerberos could allow denial of service, information disclosure, and spoofing
896727 - Download - MS05-038: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer
894391 - Download
- FIX: DBCS attachment file names are not displayed in Rich Text e-mail
messages and you may receive a "Generic Host Process" error message
after you install security update MS05-012
893756 - Download - MS05-040: Vulnerability in Telephony service could allow remote code execution
896423 - Download - MS05-043: Vulnerability in Print Spooler service could allow remote code execution
901105 - Download
- The Intel High Definition audio functionality unexpectedly quits
working in Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 or Windows XP
Professional x64 Edition
895406 - All policies on a Windows XP-based computer are refreshed when you enable an IPsec policy
900930 - Download - An update that addresses Outlook Express 6.0 issues is available for Windows XP
903234 - Download
- An update is available to optimize the way that the Volume Shadow
Copy Service client accesses snapshots in Windows Server 2003 and in
Windows XP
891070
- Packet-writing programs for optical media recording devices run
slower than expected on Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computers
889073 - The IIS and SMTP services do not start when you deploy a Windows XP SP2 Sysprep image on your Windows XP SP2-based computer
891117 - FIX: A custom application that uses context activation stops responding in Windows XP with Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2
893066 - Download - MS05-019: Vulnerabilities in TCP/IP could allow remote code execution and denial of service
319740 - Download - MFC applications leak GDI objects on computers that are running Windows XP
888302 - Download - MS05-007: Vulnerability in Windows could allow information disclosure
885222 - Download - Performance of 1394 devices may decrease after you install Windows XP Service Pack 2
885884 - Download - Description of the critical update for Office XP on Windows XP Service Pack 2
887822 - Download - Some pre-Service Pack 1 (SP1) hotfixes do not migrate to the SP1 version when you update your computer to Windows XP SP1
885894 - Download - Computer stops responding when you try to install an update in Windows XP Service Pack 2
885464 - SBP-2 drive stops responding when you try to write data in Windows XP
885932 - Download
- Internet Explorer stops responding or crashes, and you receive an
access violation in Vgx.dll, when you view a Web page in Internet
Explorer 6.0
886677 - Download
- Double-byte character set (DBCS) characters may appear corrupted in
Internet Explorer on Windows XP when you browse a Web site that uses
Shift-JIS character encoding
888240 - Download
- Some add-ons are not listed in the Manage Add-ons dialog box in
Internet Explorer on your Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer
889320
- When you disable the Windows Firewall service on your Windows XP
Service Pack 2-based computer, the Computer Browser service stops after
five minutes and Event ID 7023 is logged in the Event Viewer
888092 - Download
- You may receive an error message in module Mshtml.dll and Internet
Explorer quits when you run a custom Web program in Internet Explorer 6
887816
- Changes in behavior of the SysPrep and RIPREP tools after you install
Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
885887 - You cannot access network resources after you try to log on to a Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer
889016 - Download
- You cannot obtain debug information about the resource objects of
Application Verifier Stop errors in Windows Server 2003 or in Windows XP
884838 - Download
- You receive a "Microsoft Internet Explorer has encountered a problem
and needs to close." error message when two pop-up windows appear at
the same time in Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1
884883 - Download - Multiple versions of Comctl32.dll may cause both Windows XP style and Windows Classic style windows to appear in Windows XP
884538
- You receive a "This application has requested the Runtime to
terminate it in an unusual way" error message when you run a custom
Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 program in Windows XP
883517 - You do not receive the "Safe to remove hardware" message when you click the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in Windows XP
890042 - You lose access to network resources after you resume your Windows XP-based computer from standby
887170 - You experience problems when you disconnect a single IEEE 1394 device from a computer that is running Windows XP SP2
885898 - Initialization phase of a Setup program may take longer than expected to complete in Windows XP
885885 - You cannot use infrared communications to transfer files on a computer that is running Windows XP Service Pack 2
884575 - Battery power may be drained more quickly than expected on your Windows XP-based portable computer
888402 - Hard disk volume monitoring may stop in Windows XP
885295 - AOL file downloads may abruptly stop or AOL broadband connections may be dropped after you install Windows XP Service Pack 2
889334
- File upload in Internet Explorer 6 to a Web page may time out or take
longer than expected to complete in Windows XP Service Pack 2
885443 - Stop:0x00000082 occurs after you install Windows XP Service Pack 2 on Windows XP
889085
- "Show only specified control panel applets" policy does not display
applets that use dynamic icons in Windows XP Service Pack 2
885843
- No results are returned when you search for files or for folders over
a slow network link in Windows Server 2003 or in Windows XP
885453 - PEAP authentication is not successful when you connect to a third-party RADIUS server
888404 - An Office hotfix may not install or update files
889407
- You receive an "Access is denied" error message when you open a Web
page that runs a script in a frameset in Internet Explorer 6
867795 - 100 percent of your CPU usage is consumed when you run WinSNMP on a Windows XP-based computer
886809 - Live video conversations in chat sessions may be choppy after you install Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2)
888603
- Update to disable Volume Shadow Copy Service restore options on
Terminal Server client computers that are running Windows Server 2003
or Windows XP
887186 - Logon process takes an unexpectedly long time to complete in Windows XP Service Pack 1 or Windows XP Service Pack 2
872789 - Logging off or restarting the computer after switching users may cause Windows XP to stop responding
816045 - A fast link may be detected as a slow link because of network ICMP policies
870997 - Windows XP and Windows 2000 clients that share a single organizational unit stop responding or spontaneously restart
883483
- Only the first page of a Rich Text Format (RTF) document may preview
or print in an application that uses Msftedit.dll on a Windows XP-based
computer
885865
- Other computers on the network cannot connect to your Windows XP
Service Pack 2-based DHCP client computer after you log on to a network
that is running the DHCP Server service
870979
- "Cannot copy " error message when you use the Cut
command and the Paste command to move a file or a folder from one
folder to another folder in the same NetWare volume on your Windows
XP-based computer
842520 - "Delayed Write Failed" error may occur after you save a file in Windows XP
840837 - Connection security may not be detected correctly in Internet Explorer 6 or Internet Explorer 5
888432 - A component that runs in the same process as the Windows Time service is stopped or is disabled unexpectedly in Windows XP
887589 - You receive a 0x0000008E Stop error message when you cancel a print job in Windows XP
885293
- Your computer may indicate that your wireless network connection is
unavailable after you resume your computer from hibernation in Windows
XP
870975 - Custom window settings are lost when you deploy a Windows XP image
887173
- Windows XP stops responding after your Windows XP-based computer
resumes from hibernation and then you safely remove a USB floppy disk
drive
884539
- The taskbar is not visible when a program window is maximized on your
Windows XP Service Pack 1-based computer or on your Windows XP Service
Pack 2-based computer
888083
- The "Write these files to CD" option is not available in Windows
Explorer after a Group Policy setting is applied in Windows XP
884868 - 0x7E Stop error occurs after you disconnect your USB 2.0 flash storage device
873392 - If you delete or add folders in a network-shared folder, Windows Explorer does not show the change in Windows XP
884562 - Enhanced Metafiles (EMF) are slow or do not play at all in Windows XP or Windows 2000
885270 - A program that calls the DhcpRequestParams function may not work correctly on your Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer
886659
- You may receive an access violation in Cmd.exe or in Command.com when
you send command prompt output in Windows XP SP1, in Windows XP SP2, or
in Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005
884897
- Print features, such as the watermarks feature, the n-up printing
feature, and the collate feature, do not work if you print to a Novell,
to an IPP, or to another partial print provider in Windows 2000,
Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003
822686 - Unusable results when you search a network location in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows XP
886199 - You cannot redirect audio to a client computer when you are running a Remote Desktop Connection in Windows XP
888622 - You cannot read data on a multisession recordable DVD after you record a new session in Windows XP
885838 - User-added trusted sites are overwritten by an automatic configuration script in Internet Explorer 6
888426
- Your USB 2.0 printer may be slow to print in Windows XP 64-bit
Edition 2002 and Windows XP 64-bit Edition 2003 on an Itanium-based
computer
885423 - The network provider may not function as expected on your Windows XP-based computer
889315
- Unexpected results after you remove a 1394 PC Card while your Windows
XP Service Pack 2-based computer is on standby or in hibernation
884558 - Some performance objects and counters are not available in the System Monitor tool on your Windows XP-based computer
873407 - Slow performance when you apply Access Control Lists remotely on a DFS shared path in Windows Server 2003
888321
- A Stop 50 error may occur in Scsiport.sys when you try to add a SCSI
device or a PCI storage device to a computer that is running Windows XP
Service Pack 2
884862 - User authentication may take one to two minutes when you log on to the network in Windows XP
888413 - Windows XP stops responding and you receive a stop error message after you install Windows XP Service Pack 2
870981
- Printer tray assignments on a print server may not transfer to the
client computer when you install a network printer in Windows XP, or
Windows Server 2003
888239
- The Welcome music and video do not play during the Out-Of-Box
Experience Wizard after you use a Sysprep image to distribute Windows
XP Service Pack 2
889527 - Download
- ICMP packets are dropped even though you have configured the Windows
firewall feature to allow ICMP packets on your Windows XP Professional
Service Pack 2-based computer
843518
- The host header is not updated to reflect the new port number in
Internet Explorer when you redirect HTTP requests that contain a port
number
887823 - Your portable computer stops responding when you try to put it on standby in Windows XP
307154
- The Default Beep sound is played instead of the Low Battery Alarm
sound or the Critical Battery Alarm sound on a Windows XP-based computer
883529 - Removing a smart card immediately after you log off a Windows XP-based computer may cause the computer to stop responding
884568
- You receive a "MCI Error - All wave devices that can play files in
the current format are in use" error message when you play many AVI
files in Windows XP
819978 - Download - Replication tools fail when a COM+ application proxy is installed on the source computer
884047
- The RichEdit control stores data that is not valid when you enter a
surrogate pair that is not valid in the RichEdit control on computers
that are running Windows XP or Windows 2000
Beta Invite ID's |
COMObeta |
Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile |
miisguest |
Identity Integration Server |
Native802.11 |
Native 802.11 |
NDIS_Nominate |
NDIS 6.0 |
MOM2004Beta |
Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 |
SCGUEST |
System Center Reporting Manager 2005 |
WFPBeta5 |
Windows Filtering Platform |
smallbiz |
Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting 2006 |
|
System Center Reporting Manager 2005 |
|
DirectX SDK October 2005 Update
|
O12Guest |
Office 12 |
RoamFavs |
Roaming Favorites Add-In to the MSN Toolbar |
MBSA20 |
Baseline Security Analyzer 2.0 |
BizTalkBetaTeam |
BizTalk Server 2006 |
mshPDC |
Command Shell Codenamed "Monad" |
MSDEVICE |
Device Emulator Version 1.0 |
DebugDiag |
IIS Debug Diagnostics 1.0 |
iSCSI |
iSCSI Software Initiator 2.0 Codenamed "Osaka" |
longhornsurvey |
Codenamed "Longhorn" Developer Platform |
MMC21Guest |
Microsoft Management Console 2.1 |
BetaFandF |
MSN Friends and Family Testing Opportunity |
msnmob |
MSN Mobile |
myshows |
MSN Remote Record Service |
NDISTest |
Network/Connectivity Device & Driver Testing Suite |
MOCclient |
Office Communicator Web Access Codenamed "Budapest" |
LCclient |
Office Live Communications Client |
MABeta |
RACF Management Agent |
smallbizsolutions |
Small Business Software |
sql05beta |
SQL Server 2005 Codenamed "Yukon" |
SSMA_test1 |
SQL Server Migration Assistant for Oracle |
dpmbeta |
System Center Data Protection Manager 2006 |
SMSInvite |
Systems Management Server 2003 SP1, DM, OSD, and SDK |
SMSSP2Invite |
Systems Management Server 2003 SP2 |
vssp1BetaTester |
Virtual Server 2005 SP1 |
Win2kURPTest |
Windows 2000 Update Rollup Package |
Guest4WDF |
Windows Driver Foundation |
WinInstBeta |
Windows Package Installer 6.2 |
OneCare |
Windows OneCare |
wInr2nOm or R2B2Beta |
Windows Server 2003 Codenamed "R2" |
WUSOEPPart |
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) Open Evaluation Program (OEP) |
MaestroTester |
Business Scorecard Manager 2005 |
MS_BetaApp |
Windows XP Media Center Edition Update |