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After a Windows Vista-based computer uses a Windows HTTP Services (WinHTTP) component, such as the ServerXmlHttp object, to send a POST request to a Web server, the same request is resent to the server.

This behavior occurs if the keep-alive connection that is used for the first POST request is reset by the Web server.

Note: To verify this behavior, you can use a network sniffer, or you can check the WinHTTP log.

This article describes the following about this hotfix release:

• The issues that are fixed by the hotfix package
• The prerequisites for installing the hotfix package
• Whether you must restart the computer after you install the hotfix package
• Whether the hotfix package is replaced by any other hotfix package
• Whether you must make any registry changes
• The files that are contained in the hotfix package

Consider the following scenario:

• You have a server that runs the Unisys MCP operating system on a network.
• On this network, the credentials that users use to access the MCP server differ from the logon credentials that they use to log on to the domain.
• A user accesses a network share on the Unisys MCP server by using a Windows Vista-based client computer.
• To access this network share, this user types the Uniform Naming Convention (UNC) path of the MCP server.

In this scenario, Windows Vista does not enumerate the share list on the server.

However, if the user accesses a network share on the Unisys MCP server by typing the Uniform Naming Convention (UNC) path together with the share name, the user can access the network share.

For example, if the user tries to access the share by typing the following UNC path, the user cannot obtain the share list on the server:

\\ServerName

However, the user can access the share by typing the UNC path together with the share name, as in the following example:

\\ServerFQDNname\ShareName

Notes:

• In these examples, ServerName represents one of the following:
  • The FQDN name of the server
  • The IP address of the server
  • The NetBIOS name of the server
• This issue does not occur on a Windows XP-based client computer.

On a Windows Vista-based client computer, you can still access offline files even though the file server is removed from the network. Additionally, you cannot delete the offline files and the temporary files in the Offline Files item in Control Panel.

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On a Windows Vista-based client computer, you can still access offline files even though the file server is removed from the network. Additionally, you cannot delete the offline files and the temporary files in the Offline Files item in Control Panel.

You cannot connect a computer that is running Windows Vista to a Cisco ASA Series VPN server by using a virtual private network (VPN) connection that is based on the “Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol with IPsec” (L2TP/IPsec) protocol. This problem occurs if another Windows Vista-based computer is already connecting to the VPN server through a L2TP/IPsec-based VPN connection. You cannot connect to the VPN server until the other computer disconnects from the VPN server.

This behavior does not occur on a computer that is running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003.