On a Windows Server 2008-based computer or a Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based computer, all services or processes that require authentication may stop responding.

For example, when you type your user name and password, the system stops responding at the “Welcome” screen.

Consider the following scenario. On a Windows Vista-based computer, a Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications (SUA) process forks a child process. Because the SUA process is not required to wait for the child process to be completed, the SUA process sets the value of the SIGCHILD signal to SIG_IGN. In this scenario, the SUA process expects the child process to be cleared when the child process is complete. However, the child process is unexpectedly marked as a zombie process instead.

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When you try to install a printer by using the Web Point and Print feature on a Windows Vista-based computer, you may receive the following error message:

The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

This problem occurs when you try to install an Internet Print Protocol (IPP) printer from a Windows Vista-based print server and if the following conditions are true:

• You are logged in with a user account that is localized for a language locale that uses a non-Latin character set .
• The Windows Vista installation is localized for a language locale that uses a non-Latin character set .

Additionally, the installation does not finish.