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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.
KB934839 - 204 views

You may receive an exception when you browse a .NET Framework 2.0 ASP.NET Web application

(Resolved in SP1)
32-bit Download: Contact Microsoft
64-Bit Download: Contact Microsoft
KB934797 - 291 views

The size of the Ntds.dit file on the domain controller grows continually larger after you enable the “Credential Roaming” feature for Windows Vista-based client computers in the domain

(Resolved in SP1)
KB934796 - 704 views

Error message on a Windows Vista-based computer that is running a USB composite device: “STOP 0×000000FE”

(Resolved in SP1)
KB934641 - 464 views

A Toshiba Device Bay optical drive is not recognized in Windows Vista when you hot swap the drive or when you warm swap the drive

(Resolved in SP1)
KB934637 - 1,237 views

You may be unable to install a USB device on a computer that is running a non-English version of Windows Vista

(Resolved in SP1)
KB934633 - 776 views

When you connect a USB multifunction printer device to a Windows Vista-based computer, a second instance of the printer object is created, and the first instance no longer works

(Resolved in SP1)
KB934611 - 545 views

Windows Vista may stop responding when you install software that adds legacy network drivers

(Resolved in SP1)
KB934529 - 126 views

An update that lets you configure the location of the temp folder is available for the .NET Framework 2.0

(Resolved in SP1)
32-bit Download: NDP20-KB934529-X86.exe
64-Bit Download: Contact Microsoft
KB934455 - 622 views

A “Web Services on Devices”-based printer appears as Offline after you wake a Windows Vista-based computer from sleep

(Resolved in SP1)
KB934429 - 452 views

The “Allow hybrid sleep” option is intermittently missing from the Advanced Settings tab of the Power Options dialog box in Windows Vista

(Resolved in SP1)
64-Bit Download: Contact Microsoft
KB934376 - 198 views

You may be unable to use an FTP application to upload a file to a remote server on a computer that has Internet Explorer 7 installed

(Resolved in SP1)
64-Bit Download: Contact Microsoft
KB934374 - 595 views

Error message when you connect a portable Windows Vista-based computer to a docking station: “STOP: 0×000000fe”

(Resolved in SP1)
KB934327 - 377 views

You may be unable to use a WSD-based scanner driver to transfer data if the scanned data is very large in Windows Vista

(Resolved in SP1)
KB934314 - 460 views

Performance is slower than you expect when you read from or write to an IEEE 1394 hard disk that uses a VIA Technologies 1394 host controller in Windows Vista

(Resolved in SP1)
KB934282 - 213 views

Warning message when you upgrade Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer 7 on a Windows Vista-based computer: “This program will open outside of Protected mode”

(Resolved in SP1)
32-bit Download: Contact Microsoft
64-Bit Download: Contact Microsoft
KB934275 - 545 views

You cannot watch streaming video or download a file after you install Windows Internet Explorer 7

(Resolved in SP1)
64-Bit Download: Contact Microsoft
KB934274 - 199 views

Applications that use CDO process the current time in the incorrect time zone after you apply DST updates on a computer that is running Windows Vista

(Resolved in SP1)
KB934237 - 1,231 views

A high definition audio device may no longer work after you resume Windows Vista from hibernation or from sleep, and then you restart the computer

(Resolved in SP1)
32-bit Download: Contact Microsoft
64-Bit Download: Contact Microsoft
KB934202 - 420 views

You experience slow performance on a Windows Vista-based computer after you establish a VPN connection

(Resolved in SP1)
KB934111 - 132 views

An update is available for Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications in Windows Vista that addresses daylight saving time changes in 2007

(Resolved in SP1)
KB934056 - 433 views

Error message when you try to print a picture from the Search window in Windows Vista: “Windows can’t find this picture”

(Resolved in SP1)
KB934014 - 164 views

Windows Internet Explorer 7 does not download an ActiveX control that is referenced in a CODEBASE attribute when you open a Web page that contains the OBJECT element and the CLSID attribute is missing

(Resolved in SP1)
64-Bit Download: Contact Microsoft
KB934008 - 428 views

The Windows Vista desktop appears black after you enable the “Hide and disable all items on the desktop” policy setting or the “Disable all items” policy setting

(Resolved in SP1)
KB933942 - 1,167 views

Error message when you restart a Windows Vista-based computer: “Windows Calendar has stopped working”

(Resolved in SP1)
KB933928 - 4,702 views

Update for Windows Vista to improve the product activation and validation process

(Resolved in SP1)