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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.
KB935963 - 217 views

Customized property pages are not displayed in the Advanced Settings dialog box of a WIA scanner on a Windows Vista-based computer

(Resolved in SP1)
KB935945 - 325 views

The packets that are sent to the local computer are dropped after you establish a VPN connection by using a third-party VPN adapter on a Windows Vista-based computer

(Resolved in SP1)
KB935936 - 574 views

You receive a Stop error message on Windows Vista-based computer: “Stop 0×00000001 (0×00000000, 0×7ffdc000, 0×0000ffff, 0×00000000)”

(Resolved in SP1)
KB935903 - 244 views

Windows Internet Explorer 7 stops responding if a modal dialog box is open when you try to redraw a Windows Internet Explorer 7 window

(Resolved in SP1)
64-Bit Download: Contact Microsoft
KB935901 - 397 views

The screen may be black or the menu screen may be unresponsive in Windows Media Center in Windows Vista

(Resolved in SP1)
KB935881 - 1,188 views

A Windows Vista-based computer restarts repeatedly after you install a security package

(Resolved in SP1)
KB935878 - 410 views

The enhanced video renderer (EVR) sends the EC_DISPLAY_CHANGED event when you play a video stream in Windows Vista

(Resolved in SP1)
KB935876 - 197 views

You may receive invalid values when you query the ifOperStatus object identifier on a Windows Vista-based computer

(Resolved in SP1)
KB935855 - 457 views

Error message when you try to start Internet Explorer 7 in Windows Vista: “You must be an administrator to open Internet Explorer on this desktop”

(Resolved in SP1)
KB935851 - 249 views

Internet Explorer 7 in Windows Vista starts to render a Web page before the handling of the “onload” event has finished

(Resolved in SP1)
64-Bit Download: Contact Microsoft
KB935807 - 5,364 views

MS07-038: Vulnerability in Windows Vista Firewall could allow information disclosure

(Resolved in SP1)
KB935786 - 215 views

You cannot add a Web site to the “Trusted sites” zone when Internet Explorer 7 is installed even when the user account belongs to the Administrators group

(Resolved in SP1)
64-Bit Download: Contact Microsoft
KB935783 - 429 views

When you resume a Windows Vista-based computer from sleep, you may experience unexpected behavior from a USB device

(Resolved in SP1)
KB935782 - 340 views

A USB device takes a long time to resume from “selective suspend” mode on a Windows Vista-based computer that uses UHCI USB controllers

(Resolved in SP1)
KB935779 - 278 views

An Internet shortcut does not display the correct icon in Internet Explorer 7

(Resolved in SP1)
64-Bit Download: Contact Microsoft
KB935778 - 181 views

Session cookies may be lost after you open a file that has a local file path or a UNC file path in Internet Explorer 7

(Resolved in SP1)
64-Bit Download: Contact Microsoft
KB935777 - 115 views

The buffer size of the InternetQueryOptionW function is half of its actual size if you use INTERNET_OPTION_URL as the second parameter in Internet Explorer 7

(Resolved in SP1)
64-Bit Download: Contact Microsoft
KB935776 - 141 views

The InternetQueryOptionW function returns a value of true when you use the INTERNET_OPTION_URL option flag as the second parameter in Internet Explorer 7

(Resolved in SP1)
64-Bit Download: Contact Microsoft
KB935775 - 195 views

You receive a script error in Internet Explorer 7 when you include certain characters to specify a window name parameter in the “Window.Open” method

(Resolved in SP1)
64-Bit Download: Contact Microsoft
KB935772 - 144 views

After you upgrade to WDS, an ACPI Multiprocessor image does not appear in the menu of operating system images when you start a PXE client that uses an ACPI Uniprocessor computer HAL

(Resolved in SP1)
32-bit Download: Contact Microsoft
64-Bit Download: Contact Microsoft
KB935765 - 278 views

A long environment variable is truncated to 1024 characters the next time that you log on to Windows Vista

(Resolved in SP1)
KB935759 - 285 views

The preinstalled Norwegian version of Windows Vista may display parts of the user interface incorrectly even after you install update 932635

(Resolved in SP1)
32-bit Download: Contact Microsoft
64-Bit Download: Contact Microsoft
KB935755 - 629 views

You cannot access a shared network resource that is hosted by a Windows Vista-based computer if the SMB request packet exceeds the MTU size

(Resolved in SP1)
KB935729 - 131 views

You cannot open a Web page by using Windows Internet Explorer 7 if the URL of the Web page contains non-ASCII characters

(Resolved in SP1)
64-Bit Download: Contact Microsoft
KB935685 - 2,134 views

Error message when you configure the Media Center feature or when a scheduled program guide download occurs in Windows Vista: “Windows Media Center Store Update Manager stopped working”

(Resolved in SP1)