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Windows Vista Hotfixes

Hotfixes are intended to correct only the problem that is described in their associated Knowledge Base article. Apply them only to systems that are experiencing the specific problem that is described. Hotfixes have not yet been throughly tested across a wide range of configurations. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by the problem, it is recommend that you wait for the next service pack that contains the hotfix (A note is included to indicate if the hotfix is included in Service Pack 1). Some of these hotfixes are available from Microsoft's website, while others are only available by contacting Microsoft, but have been 'leaked' onto the web and are linked to below.
KB942364 - 319 views

When you use Windows Media Center to play live TV or a DVD on a Windows Vista-based computer, you cannot hear the audio after you wake the computer from sleep

(Resolved in SP1)
KB942309 - 279 views

Error message when you use the Reg.exe tool to query a registry subkey on a computer that is running Windows Vista: “ERROR: More data is available”

(Resolved in SP1)
KB942244 - 197 views

On a Windows Vista-based computer, when you try to set the tilt value and the pan value for a UVC-compatible camera, the pan value is out of range

(Resolved in SP1)
KB942220 - 179 views

Folders on a Windows Vista-based client computer are not redirected as expected in a Windows Server 2003 domain

(Resolved in SP1)
KB942219 - 218 views

You are prompted to type your user credentials when when you try to access a business application that is configured to use the Single Sign-On (SSO) feature on a Windows Vista-based computer

(Resolved in SP1)
KB942198 - 202 views

A user who does not have administrative credentials cannot install an ActiveX control by running an application that calls the CoGetClassObjectFromURL function on a Windows Vista-based computer

(Resolved in SP1)
64-Bit Download: Contact Microsoft
KB942174 - 156 views

The translucent layers intermittently turn gray when you browse a Web page that contains translucent layers by using Internet Explorer 7

(Resolved in SP1)
64-Bit Download: Contact Microsoft
KB942173 - 149 views

Error message when you try to move or resize a window on a computer that has Windows Internet Explorer 7 installed: “An error has occurred in the script on this page”

(Resolved in SP1)
64-Bit Download: Contact Microsoft
KB942172 - 113 views

When you open a Web page by typing a File URI in the Windows Internet Explorer 7 Address bar on a Windows Vista-based computer, the query string disappears after the Web page opens

(Resolved in SP1)
64-Bit Download: Contact Microsoft
KB942171 - 111 views

The content color does not appear as expected when you view a Web page that uses an ICM profile for the ICMFilter filter in Internet Explorer 7

(Resolved in SP1)
64-Bit Download: Contact Microsoft
KB942146 - 211 views

You receive a message when you try to open an Excel 2007 document on a Windows Vista-based computer from a remote shared folder, even if no other user is using the document: “File in use”

(Resolved in SP1)
KB942097 - 295 views

When you try to watch live TV on the LA7 channel in Windows Media Center, you hear audio, but you do not see video on a computer that is running Windows Vista

(Resolved in SP1)
KB942089 - 241 views

You cannot install version 2.0.3 of an Omniquad Total Security program on a Windows Vista-based computer

(Resolved in SP1)
KB942003 - 498 views

Error message on a Windows Vista-based computer when you try to connect to Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio by using a VPN connection: “The user is not associated with a trusted SQL Server Connection”

(Resolved in SP1)
KB941997 - 492 views

A Bluetooth device no longer works correctly, and you receive a Code 43 error in Device Manager when you wake a Windows Vista-based computer from sleep

(Resolved in SP1)
KB941996 - 479 views

The fingerprint reader may not be available for use at the Welcome screen on a Windows Vista-based computer

(Resolved in SP1)
KB941962 - 214 views

You experience problems when you try to print a document in a 32-bit program on a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Windows Vista

(Resolved in SP1)
KB941938 - 202 views

After you use the Internet Explorer Customization Wizard to remove the default elements of some features in Internet Explorer 7, these elements still exist in Internet Explorer 7

(Resolved in SP1)
64-Bit Download: Contact Microsoft
KB941895 - 347 views

When you use an integrated LCD screen to watch a video that uses a 50-Hz PAL signal, the video playback quality may be poor in Windows Media Center on a computer that is running Windows Vista

(Resolved in SP1)
KB941890 - 288 views

On a Windows Vista-based computer, you are prompted to enter your user credentials when you use Internet Explorer to access files on a WebDAV site

(Resolved in SP1)
KB941860 - 153 views

You cannot view the list of computers and of shared resources on the network in Windows Explorer or by using the “NET VIEW” command on a Windows Vista-based computer

(Resolved in SP1)
KB941858 - 401 views

You receive a Stop error message when you put a Windows Vista-based computer to sleep or into hibernation, or when you resume the computer from sleep or from hibernation: “0×0000009F DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE”

(Resolved in SP1)
KB941853 - 284 views

You are prompted to type your user credentials when you use Internet Explorer to access files on a Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDav) site on a Windows Vista-based computer

(Resolved in SP1)
KB941850 - 120 views

When you try to access files on a WebDAV site that uses only Digest authentication, the process may fail on a Windows Vista-based computer

KB941821 - 182 views

Sysprep errors are logged in the Setuperr.log file when you run the “Sysprep /generalize /oobe” command on a Windows Vista-based computer