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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.
KB931654 - 749 views

Error message when you format a disc by using the Live File System component on a Windows Vista-based computer: “Windows was unable to complete the format”

(Resolved in SP1)
KB931621 - 302 views

Only the internal storage is available when you synchronize content from Windows Media Player 11 to a Windows Mobile 5-based device with AKU 2.3 or a later AKU

(Resolved in SP1)
KB931621 - 184 views

Only the internal storage is available when you synchronize content from Windows Media Player 11 to a Windows Mobile 5-based device with AKU 2.3 or a later AKU

(Resolved in SP1)
KB931619 - 670 views

When you click the Safely Remove Hardware icon in Windows Vista, the device in question may not be removed as expected

(Resolved in SP1)
KB931573 - 396 views

You may be prompted to activate Windows Vista on a computer on which Windows Vista activation was not previously required.

(Resolved in SP1)
KB931369 - 781 views

The Windows Vista installation process may take several hours on a system that uses an ATI SB600 Series chipset

(Resolved in SP1)
KB931365 - 2,061 views

Error message when you use an IPsec tunnel mode connection to communicate from a Windows Vista-based computer to another computer: “STOP 0×000000D1 DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL”

(Resolved in SP1)
KB931364 - 357 views

Error message when you use the Online Media feature of Media Center Extender on a Windows Vista-based computer: “Video Error”

KB931338 - 160 views

Error message when you use DEVPATH environment variables in a .NET Framework 2.0 ASP.NET Web application: “Could not load file or assembly ‘[AssemblyName]‘ or one of its dependencies”

(Resolved in SP1)
32-bit Download: Contact Microsoft
64-Bit Download: Contact Microsoft
KB931324 - 168 views

Error message when you try to run a Web application that uses the window.external property in Internet Explorer 7: “Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close”

(Resolved in SP1)
64-Bit Download: Contact Microsoft
KB931278 - 173 views

Internet Explorer 7 may stop responding when you try to resize a frame

(Resolved in SP1)
32-bit Download: Contact Microsoft
64-Bit Download: Contact Microsoft
KB931263 - 214 views

Disk enumeration optimizations are disabled on certain Windows Vista-based computers that are using a hot swappable drive bay

(Resolved in SP1)
KB931213 - 1,578 views

MS07-032: Vulnerability in Windows Vista could allow information disclosure

(Resolved in SP1)
KB931195 - 186 views

Error message when an application tries to use Internet Explorer 7 to retrieve a proxy configuration script: “1003 ERROR_CAN_NOT_COMPLETE”

(Resolved in SP1)
64-Bit Download: Contact Microsoft
KB931174 - 221 views

Update for the Windows Vista Customer Experience Improvement Program

(Resolved in SP1)
KB931174 - 206 views

Update for the Windows Vista Customer Experience Improvement Program

(Resolved in SP1)
KB931099 - 243 views

An update is available for Windows Defender on Windows Vista

(Resolved in SP1)
KB930979 - 633 views

You may receive a “Stop 0×0000007E” error message after you enable the BitLocker Drive Encryption feature in Windows Vista

(Resolved in SP1)
KB930955 - 199 views

Moveuser.exe is incompatible with Windows Vista and is replaced by the new Win32_UserProfile WMI functionality

(Resolved in SP1)
KB930917 - 430 views

An optical disc appears to be blank after you format the disc by using the Live File System component on a Windows Vista-based computer

(Resolved in SP1)
KB930883 - 839 views

Programs that play audio stop working and duplicate entries appear in the Default Format audio format list in Windows Vista

(Resolved in SP1)
KB930828 - 320 views

A Visual Basic 6.0 modal form is no longer modal when the form is displayed from a user control in Internet Explorer 7

(Resolved in SP1)
KB930819 - 436 views

Windows Image Acquisition imaging software may stop responding in Windows Vista

(Resolved in SP1)
KB930627 - 1,720 views

The private data of the DEVMODE data structure may be corrupted when you use raw mode to print a document in a 32-bit application on a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or a 64-bit version of Windows Vista

(Resolved in SP1)
32-bit Download: Contact Microsoft
KB930618 - 995 views

You cannot access files on a memory card in a networked printer’s built-in memory card reader, and you receive an error message in Windows Vista: “\\[IP_Address]\memory_card refers to a location that is unavailable”

(Resolved in SP1)