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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.
KB938080 - 289 views

Some later keystrokes are interpreted as part of the previous keyboard shortcut in the Terminal Services session of a Remote Desktop window on a Windows Vista-based computer

(Resolved in SP1)
KB938062 - 531 views

A red “X” appears in the icon for a mapped network drive in Windows Vista, even though you can successfully access the drive

(Resolved in SP1)
KB938055 - 183 views

Ports for a MIDI device may still appear as available in a MIDI application after you disconnect the device from a Windows Vista-based computer

(Resolved in SP1)
KB937713 - 341 views

An access violation occurs in the Explorer.exe process when you right-click a shared color printer and then click “Properties” in Windows Vista

(Resolved in SP1)
KB937658 - 247 views

When a program calls Task Scheduler 1.0 APIs to display the general page property of a task, the check boxes on the task page overlap in Windows Vista

(Resolved in SP1)
KB937651 - 447 views

Error message when you reinsert a USB storage device into a Windows Vista-based computer: “There might be a problem with some files on this device or disc”

(Resolved in SP1)
KB937630 - 380 views

Error message in Windows Vista when you use Event Viewer to try to connect to another computer: “There are no more endpoints available from the endpoint mapper”

(Resolved in SP1)
KB937500 - 921 views

A Windows Vista-based computer that uses a PCI-E graphics device may stop responding when you wake the computer from sleep

(Resolved in SP1)
KB937454 - 364 views

An external USB storage device may not appear in the Safely Remove Hardware list in the notification area in Windows Vista

(Resolved in SP1)
KB937426 - 293 views

You are prompted to activate Windows Vista after you start the system in diagnostic startup mode

(Resolved in SP1)
KB937385 - 534 views

The Winsock connection fails when the program calls the setsockopt function in Windows Vista

(Resolved in SP1)
KB937381 - 403 views

Error message when you try to shut down Windows Vista: “The instruction at 0×77f05148 referenced memory at 0×96ac3ce4. The memory could not be written”

(Resolved in SP1)
KB937333 - 384 views

WDS cannot generate more than 255 client names when you use WDS to deploy Windows Vista

(Resolved in SP1)
KB937328 - 286 views

The screen of an external monitor is black, or it appears to be broken when the monitor is connected to a Windows Vista-based portable computer that is running Windows Media Center in full-screen mode

(Resolved in SP1)
KB937322 - 401 views

Stop error message when you run the “Common Scenario Stress with IO” test, print to a shared printer on the network, or perform a power management operation on a Windows Vista-based computer: “Stop 0×0000009F”

(Resolved in SP1)
KB937248 - 262 views

Description of the Jet 4.0 Database Engine update rollup for the release version of Windows Vista: May 11, 2007

(Resolved in SP1)
KB937230 - 166 views

An incorrect cell is selected when you click to select a cell in a ListView common control in Windows Vista

(Resolved in SP1)
KB937229 - 219 views

When you capture a screenshot on a Windows Vista-based computer, the screenshot unexpectedly includes the mouse pointer

(Resolved in SP1)
KB937228 - 216 views

A Windows Vista-based computer is frequently unresponsive for 30 seconds if the Documents folder is redirected to a shared folder, and the folder is made available offline

(Resolved in SP1)
KB937188 - 336 views

When an Adobe RGB profile-embedded TIFF image is printed to the Windows XPS Document Writer on a Windows Vista-based computer, the colors may be incorrect

(Resolved in SP1)
KB937187 - 1,993 views

Error message when you try to install a new hardware device in Windows Vista: “Windows encountered a problem installing the driver software for your device”

(Resolved in SP1)
KB937168 - 1,823 views

After you configure Internet Connection Sharing in Windows Vista, the network connection stops working after one-to-two hours

(Resolved in SP1)
KB937123 - 383 views

You are not prompted to log on to a wired 802.1X network in Windows Vista

(Resolved in SP1)
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KB937085 - 370 views

The Perfmon.exe process may continuously start and stop when you click the “Resource Monitor” button on a Windows Vista-based computer

(Resolved in SP1)
KB937082 - 384 views

You cannot configure the maximum number of concurrent SMB requests that are sent to a Windows Vista-based file server

(Resolved in SP1)