On a multiprocessor computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, a network connectivity failure occurs randomly when you run certain utilities, such as the Remote Shell (Rsh.exe) utility or the Remote Copy (Rcp.exe) utility. This problem occurs if a network application is using the same four-tuple (server IP address, server port, client IP address, and client port) every time that the utility reconnects a TCP session in a TCP TIME-WAIT delay period.

For example, consider the following scenario:

• On the Windows XP-based computer, the Remote Shell service is installed.
• On the Windows Vista-based computer that has multiple processors, the Remote Shell utility (Rsh.exe) is installed.
• You use the Remote Shell utility on the Windows Vista-based computer to access the Windows XP-based computer.
• The Remote Shell utility commands continue to run one after another for several minutes.

In this scenario, the Remote Shell utility may fail. Additionally, you may receive an error message that resembles the following:

Windows XP computer name: Operation timed out

Consider the following scenario:

• On a Windows Vista-based computer, you join a meeting by using Windows Meeting Space.
• In Windows Meeting Space, you click Options in the upper-right corner, and then you click Connect to a projector.

In this scenario, you cannot connect to the projector. Additionally, you receive the following error message:

The Network Projector could not be added to the meeting.
The projector does not support the display resolution you are currently using. In order to add the projector to the session stop the shared session, decrease your desktop resolution and then try again.

However, when you connect to the same projector by clicking Connect to a Network Projector, the connection succeeds.

Notes

• This problem occurs if the screen resolution of the computer is higher than the screen resolution that the network projector supports.
• This problem occurs even after you have installed hotfix 938906.

On a Windows Vista-based computer, when you click Install a program from the network in Control Panel, you do not see the status column in the Get Programs dialog box that shows whether applications are installed.

In earlier Windows operating systems such as Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, when you click Add New Programs in the Add or Remove Programs dialog box, you see the status column that shows whether applications are installed.

You access the network from a Windows Vista-based computer. When you unplug the network cable, the computer may crash. Additionally, you may receive a Stop error message that resembles the following:

STOP 0×000000D1 (parameter1, parameter2, parameter3, parameter4)
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

This problem may also occur when the computer is switching between different wireless access points.

You install Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) on a computer that is running the release version of Windows Vista. When you uninstall Windows Vista SP1, an exclamation point (!) on a yellow field appears next to a WAN Miniport (SSTP) network adapter or next to a WAN Miniport (NDISWANBH) network adapter in Device Manager. When you view the properties of the device, you receive the following error message:

Error code 39.

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When you try to install a network printer on a Windows Vista-based computer, you may receive the following error message:

Windows cannot connect to the printer. Operation could not be completed (error 0×0000000d).

When you redirect the Documents folder on a Windows Vista-based computer to a network share, the folder name unexpectedly changes back to Documents. You expect the folder name to be the user name.

This behavior may create many Documents folders on the network share. If you try to rename one Documents folder, all the other Documents folders change to that name.

After you uninstall a network adapter in the Device Manager on a Windows Vista-based computer, you receive the following message in the notification area at the far right of the taskbar:

Installing device driver software

Then, the network adapter is automatically reinstalled.

Note: When you uninstall a network adapter in the Device Manager on a Windows XP-based computer, the network adapter is reinstalled only when you right-click Network adapters and then click Scan for hardware changes.

You use the Intel Pro/Wireless 3945ABG or Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN wireless local area network (WLAN) device on a Windows Vista-based computer (computer A) to establish a computer-to-computer (ad hoc) network that has WPA2 specified. You have a Windows Vista-based computer (computer B) that also has a wireless adapter installed. When you try to connect to the ad hoc connection from computer B, you may receive the following error message:

Windows cannot connect to Network Name

Note: Network Name represents the name of the ad hoc connection.