Just a matter of knowledge and money

I would say that there are three major reasons why some people (regular folks) still use Windows XP (and I want to refer only to those who are very vocal against Vista):
1) They lack good IT skills and the knowledge necessary to understand why Vista and Windows 7 are SUPERIOR to XP, hands down.
2) They don't have the right hardware and/or don't know how to configure it correctly (see reason 1, above), and
3) They're cheap (cheapskates). As simple as that.
Companies, on the other hand, don't upgrade for the same reasons above, and the guys from their IT department are usually to blame (reasons 1 and 2). They usually are too comfortable using their old stuff (hardware and software) and too lazy to learn, so they advise companies not to use, for instance, Vista, because "it's buggy and slow, etc." Basically something they read or heard somewhere and never bother(ed) to try in the first place. I have withnessed companies using XP on machines with the Vista logo. How clumsy! they bought new equipment and bought also all the nonsense circulating about Vista and downgraded to XP (!), and on top of that they're still using Internet Explorer 6 (!). Again, if you still want to use Windows XP that is (literally) your problem, but what I find plain silly is getting a brand new computer (for those who can afford it) designed for Windows Vista and Windows 7, and then reformatting the hard drive to install XP (!) and then start comparing apples with pears...

SP2: Applications

1) 957388. Hotfix. December  2008 Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Application Compatibility Update.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957388 2) 954366. Hotfix. The August 2008 Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Application Compatibility Update is available.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954366 3) 951618. Hotfix. A black screen issue occurs on a Windows Vista-based computer or a Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer that has Onekey Recovery 5.0 installed when you upgrade the operating system.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951618 4) 950636. Hotfix. FIX: SQL Server 2005 is not installed on a Windows Web Server 2008-based system.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950636 5) 947562. Hotfix. May 2008 Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Application Compatibility Update.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947562

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1) 968275. Hotfix. Windows Media Player may crash when you remove a USB device from a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Windows Vista SP1 or Windows Server 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968275 2) 967670. Hotfix. The NFS services stop responding after a certain period when you use a Windows Server 2008-based server that has NFS installed to export NFS shares.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967670 3) 967666. Hotfix. After you sync a file in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008, the Date Modified time for the destination file may be updated to the current time.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967666 4) 967657. Hotfix. You cannot access a CD or DVD disc on a shared optical drive after you replace one disc with another on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967657 5) 967586. Hotfix. When you run a 16-bit application on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer that has the Desktop Window Manager Session Manager service installed, some controls are not painted correctly.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967586 6) 967571. Hotfix. Error when you try to recursively delete a directory structure on an NFS share that is exported by a Windows Server 2008-based computer: "Permission denied".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967571 7) 967535. Hotfix. FIX: A hotfix is available to fix two problems in ASP.NET on IIS 7.0 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967535 8) 967477. Hotfix. A WSD printer device displays a truncated IPv6 address in Device Manager and in the Function Discovery Browser utility on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967477 9) 967339. Hotfix. FIX: Error message after you use the ServiceKnownTypeAttribute class to specify types in an interface in the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1: "InvalidOperationException:Type 'System.Object[]' cannot be added to list of known types since  another type.”  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967339 10) 967326. Hotfix. Data loss occurs after you use the Dfsrmig.exe  tool to migrate the SYSVOL share from the FRS to the DFSR service in a Windows Server 2008-based domain.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967326 11) 967191. Hotfix. The Windows Experience Index rating and the WinSAT command do not work correctly on a Windows Vista-based computer that has more than 8 logical processors.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967191 12) 967168. Hotfix. Event 1005 occurs on a Windows Server 2008-based computer that is running Server for NFS when there is an unmapped user in the advanced mapping list.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967168 13) 967124. Hotfix. Hyper-V performance counters in Windows Server 2008 are displayed incorrectly or report incorrect data when you remotely query the counters from a Windows Server 2003-based computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967124 14) 967111. Hotfix. You cannot access a symbolic link by running Client for NFS if the path length of the symbolic link is too long.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967111 15) 966319. Hotfix. During user logon or logoff, you receive stop error code 0x00000050, and the system restarts automatically on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/966319 16) 965494. Hotfix. Stop error when a registry management problem occurs on a Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1-based computer: "0x0000007E".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/965494 17) 963676. Hotfix. FIX: The CLR fails with a fatal execution engine error, and a crash occurs when you run an application by using the .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/963676 18) 963047. Hotfix. If you cancel the Select Certificate dialog box on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, you are prompted two times for user credentials to access a WebDAV site whose SSL setting for client certificates is set to “Accept”   http://support.microsoft.com/kb/963047 19) 963044. Hotfix. On a computer that runs Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, after you rename, delete, or move the files in a network share that is hosted on a Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008-based computer, files are still listed in the network share.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/963044 20) 962969. Hotfix. Error message when you run Dfsradmin.exe to set membership properties in Windows Server 2008: "The property MemberSubscriptionReadOnly cannot be used".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962969 21) 962932. Hotfix. FIX: Some East Asian glyphs are not displayed correctly on a Windows-based computer when you run  .NET Framework 3.5-based applications.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962932

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22) 962878. Hotfix. FIX: An older version of Windows CardSpace is invoked even though a newer version is installed after you upgrade to .NET Framework 3.0 SP2.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962878 23) 962351. Hotfix. FIX: The pop-out menus are not displayed when you use Internet Explorer 8.0 in Standards mode to view an ASP.NET Web page that has dynamic menus.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962351 24) 962231. Hotfix. FIX: Error message when a .NET Framework 3.5-based application displays lots of text at different sizes or has a very long process lifetime: "0xC0000005".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962231 25) 961881. Hotfix. FIX: An access violation occurs when you start an application that runs on the CLR.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961881 26) 961730. Hotfix. A memory leak occurs in the Vmwp.exe and Vmms.exe processes on a Windows Server 2008-based computer that has the Hyper-V role enabled.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961730 27) 961719. Hotfix. Applications that perform asynchronous cached I/O read requests and that use a disk array that has multiple spindles may encounter a low performance issue in Windows Server 2008, in Windows Essential Business Server 2008, or in Windows Vista SP1.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961719 28) 961529. Hotfix. The first offline file sync operation fails when you pin an entry and then work offline on a client computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961529 29) 961366. Hotfix. You receive a confusing error message when an application tries to access an empty removable media drive on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961366 30) 961324. Hotfix. Stop error message when you run the Dynamic Partition Testing for a Hot Replace test that is included in the Windows Logo Kit in Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008: "Stop 0x0000000A".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961324 31) 961080. Hotfix. Event ID: 19 occurs on Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based computers that use Intel Nehalem processors.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961080 32) 960816. Hotfix. Some applications or services stop responding because a deadlock condition occurs in the Ntfs.sys driver in Windows Server 2008-based or Windows Vista SP1-based systems.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960816 33) 960754. Hotfix. FIX: You receive the ObjectDisposedException exception when you refer to the Transaction.Current.TransactionInformation object.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960754 34) 960751. Hotfix. The PdhLookupPerfNameByIndex API in Windows Server 2008 returns incorrect values for V2 performance counters.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960751 35) 960632. Hotfix. After you eject and re-insert a recordable CD (CD-R) in a drive,  Windows Vista no longer finds some files on the CD.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960632 36) 960251. Hotfix. Error message when you run a Borland MS-DOS based application: "The version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960251 37) 960151. Hotfix. Error message when you try to access a network drive that is mapped to a DFS shared folder on a client computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008: "Error: Location is not available".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960151 38) 960037. Hotfix. When a 32-bit process tries to update a string value with a new value that contains the %ProgramFiles% string, the %ProgramFiles% string is converted to the %ProgramFiles(x86)% string in a 64-bit environment.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960037 39) 960014. Hotfix. Some services occasionally do not start if you repeatedly restart a computer that runs Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960014 40) 959759. Hotfix. You cannot rename a folder by using the UNC path in Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1 systems if the UNC path includes a symbolic link.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959759 41) 959546. Hotfix. FIX: An XAML browser application returns a security exception error when you use the application to connect the WCF service in partial trust.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959546 42) 959543. Hotfix. An update is available for users of Windows Services for UNIX and of Utilities and SDK for SUA to incorporate DST changes in Mauritius, in Brazil, in Morocco, in Egypt, and in Argentina.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959543

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43) 959489. Hotfix. Error message when you try to perform certain operations on the files that are located on a network share: "Access is Denied".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959489 44) 959488. Hotfix. The logon process may take a long time when you try to log on to a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959488 45) 959464. Hotfix. A Windows Vista-based computer that has BitLocker turned on crashes when you press ESC to restart the computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959464 46) 959453. Hotfix. On a computer that runs Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, a PCI Express bus may run in PCI compatibility mode instead of in PCI native mode after the PCI root bus restarts.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959453 47) 959439. Hotfix. After you upload encrypted files from a computer that is running Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 to a WebDAV share, the files remain encrypted.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959439 48) 959403. Hotfix. Windows Server 2008 may restart unexpectedly when you open the Hyper-V manager console to manage virtual machines.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959403 49) 959169. Hotfix. A hotfix is available that corrects an issue in the memory allocation logic of the Itanium-based version of Windows Server 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959169 50) 959125. Hotfix. The User Profile Service (ProfSvc) crashes in Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1 systems when the service loads or unloads user profiles that contain compressed files or folders.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959125 51) 959087. Hotfix. A hotfix is available that enables Windows Server 2008 to support Corrected Memory Error notification through Corrected Machine Check (CMC) interrupts and through CMC polling.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959087 52) 958960. Hotfix. A Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer may stop responding during a storage stress test or under similar conditions.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958960 53) 958932. Hotfix. You receive a Stop error message and the computer automatically restarts after you move IIS logs directory to a mount point on a Windows Server 2008-based or Windows Vista SP1-based computer: "0x0000007E".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958932 54) 958909. Hotfix. It takes a long time to log on to a Windows Vista-based computer that has antivirus software installed, and you notice that the size of the Setupapi.app.log file is very large.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958909 55) 958868. Hotfix. Windows Server 2008 virtual machines stop responding during the restarting process when a third-party hypervisor solution is used.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958868 56) 958867. Hotfix. You receive a "Stop 0x00000050" or "Stop 0x0000000A" error message when you hot-replace memory on a Windows Server 2008-based computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958867 57) 958702. Hotfix. When you copy large files between two Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008-based computers in a high bandwidth WAN network environment, the copy speed may be very slow.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958702 58) 958690. Security. MS09-006: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel could allow remote code execution.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958690 59) 958687. Security. MS09-001: Vulnerabilities in SMB could allow remote code execution.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958687 60) 958685. Hotfix. A Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based portable computer does not resume correctly if you close the lid while the computer is asleep.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958685 61) 958483. Hotfix. List of the issues that are addressed by the Application Compatibility Update for the .NET Framework 3.0 SP2.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958483 62) 958315. Hotfix. A user encounters an offline file sync conflict shortly after a successful synchronization on a Windows Vista-based or a Windows Server 2008-based client computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958315 63) 958272. Hotfix. On a Windows Server 2008-based or Windows Server 2003 R2-based computer that hosts NFS shares, excessive I/O requests may cause a TCPZeroWindow condition, and the NFS connection cannot restart as expected.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958272

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64) 958165. Hotfix. Stop error on a Windows Server 2008-based computer that has Server for NFS enabled when an NFS client copies data to the NFS server: "Stop 0x000000C2".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958165 65) 958144. Hotfix. The Server for NFS component on a Windows Server 2008-based system cannot read a character translation file, and event error 1057 is logged in the System log.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958144 66) 958129. Hotfix. FIX: Error message when you click Debug and attach Visual Studio 2008 as the debugger: "A buffer overrun has occurred in mscorsvw.exe which has corrupted the program's internal state".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958129 67) 958011. Hotfix. The System Preparation tool removes all collected WinSAT data in Windows Vista, and you cannot shorten the OOBE process by running WinSAT before the image is sealed.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958011 68) 957772. Hotfix. Error message when you access a share that you pinned by using Always Available Offline: "Access is denied".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957772 69) 957759. Hotfix. When you restart a computer that is running 32-bit version of Windows Vista or of Windows Server 2008, the system stops responding.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957759 70) 957660. Hotfix. FIX: The paths for images, SiteMap nodes, and the <form action=/> tag are rewritten when you use the URL Rewrite Module for IIS 7.0 to rewrite a URL.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957660 71) 957543. Hotfix. FIX: An application that serializes and deserializes a generic class that has at least one static member fails on a computer that is running the .NET Framework 3.5  Service Pack 1.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957543 72) 957542. Hotfix. FIX: On a computer that is running the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1, the JIT compiler and the Native Image Generator (Ngen.exe) that use the Mscorjit.dll file may generate incorrect code.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957542 73) 957535. Hotfix. Error message on a computer that is running Windows Vista Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2008: "Stop 0x00000024".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957535 74) 957523. Hotfix. Error message when you resume a Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer from hibernation: "Windows Failed to Start".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957523 75) 957517. Hotfix. A dedicated complete memory dump file may not be successfully generated if the volume that stores the dedicated dump file has insufficient free space.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957517 76) 957390. Hotfix. A hotfix is available for Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications users to incorporate DST changes in Pakistan and in Morocco in 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957390 77) 957097. Security. MS08-068: Vulnerability in SMB could allow remote code execution.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957097 78) 957095. Security. MS08-063: Vulnerability in SMB could allow remote code execution.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957095 79) 957065. Hotfix. Error status message from the ntfs.sys driver when some applications update very large files in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Vista systems: "0xc0000427 STATUS_FILE_SYSTEM_LIMITATION".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957065 80) 957018. Hotfix. Stop error on a computer that is running an Itanium-based version of Windows Server 2008 and that has Qlogic 8-gigabyte Fibre Channel cards installed: "STOP 0x0000007B".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957018 81) 957000. Hotfix. An October 2008 update is available for the Windows Vista Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP).  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957000 82) 956943. Hotfix. You are prompted unexpectedly to enter your credentials when you access a SharePoint Server site from a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based client computer that has a proxy server configured.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956943 83) 956841. Security. MS08-064: Vulnerability in Virtual Address Descriptor manipulation could allow elevation of privilege.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956841 84) 956550. Hotfix. An application that is running on a Windows Server 2008-based or Windows Vista SP1-based system may corrupt files on a local file share when these files are scanned.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956550

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85) 956548. Hotfix. An update lets you choose to execute or bypass the pthread_testcancel function in Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications on Windows Server 2003 R2-based computers.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956548 86) 956246. Hotfix. Stop error when Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1 is running in a virtual machine, and the computer that is running the virtual machine has multiple processors: "0x000000BE".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956246 87) 956182. Hotfix. Stop error message when you try to perform directory listing of a NFS share that is mounted on a Windows Server 2008-based NFS client: "STOP 0x00000050".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956182 88) 956067. Hotfix. FIX: Error message when the MWA console is used to configure more than 1000 users to a single SSL connection in Windows Vista: "Out of Memory".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956067 89) 955803. Hotfix. Stop error during the shutdown process on a Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1-based computer: "Stop 0x00000050".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955803 90) 955733. Hotfix. Incorrect status codes that are returned in failover clusters may cause operations to fail on a Windows Server 2008-based computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955733 91) 955635. Hotfix. The page file size may become alternately too small or too large when you start Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista if there is no available free disk space, and the page file size is managed by the system.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955635 92) 955557. Hotfix. Even when a driver is digitally signed, Device Manager displays a "Not digitally signed" message for the driver on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955557 93) 955556. Hotfix. A Windows Server 2008-based computer that supports Windows Hardware Error Architecture error collection stops responding during startup.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955556 94) 955545. Hotfix. You cannot install Windows Server 2008 on a computer that uses the Intel Xeon processor and that has the WHEA feature enabled.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955545 95) 955445. Hotfix. FIX: Access violations may occur after you enable a 64-bit version of SQL Server 2008 to use large code pages on Windows Server 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955445 96) 955419. Hotfix. On a Windows Vista Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2008-based computer, when you use the built-in backup application to back up data to multiple discs in a slim slot optical device drive, the first disc may become unreadable after you eject it.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955419 97) 955252. Hotfix. Error message when you restart a multicore-processor computer that is running Windows Vista: "STOP 0x0000007B".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955252 98) 955076. Hotfix. Stop error message on a  Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008-based computer that has multiple processors installed: "STOP: 0x00000101 CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955076 99) 955015. Hotfix. Stop error message on a Windows Server 2008-based computer when the NFS feature is enabled: "Stop: 0x00000019".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955015 100) 954809. Hotfix. You cannot access a WebDAV site whose SSL setting for client certificates is set to Accept if you cancel the Select Certificate dialog box on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954809 101) 954807. Hotfix. You are prompted for authentication four times when you try to access a file on a WebDAV server from a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954807 102) 954786. Hotfix. The computer may restart unexpectedly, and you receive a "Stop 0x000000D1" error message when you use the DHP features to hot add or hot replace processors on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954786 103) 954737. Hotfix. Error message when you try to install the Ultrasound tool on a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2008: "Error 1720 There is a problem with this Windows Installer package".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954737 104) 954442. Hotfix. Applications or services that rely on the Named Pipe File System may encounter latency or time-out issues when many connections are made to a named pipe in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Vista SP1.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954442 105) 954434. Hotfix. A multiprocessor computer that is running a Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Vista stops responding on a black screen after you resume the computer from hibernation.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954434

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106) 954429. Hotfix. A multiprocessor computer that is running Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2008 stops responding on a black screen after you resume the computer from hibernation.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954429 107) 954211. Security. MS08-061: Vulnerabilities in Windows kernel could allow elevation of privilege.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954211 108) 953990. Hotfix. FIX: When you run a common language runtime (CLR) application on an x64 computer that is running the .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1, you may receive an access violation in the mscorwks!SetAsyncResultProperties object.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953990 109) 953932. Hotfix. The Fc.exe command does not work correctly in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008 when the two files that you are comparing have the TAB or SPACE character around the 128th byte in a character string.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953932 110) 953931. Hotfix. The Fc.exe command does not work correctly in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008 when the command compares files that differ at every 128th byte of a character string.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953931 111) 953698. Hotfix. Only the built-in domain administrator or the built-in local administrator can perform certain privileged operations such as creating sockets and opening disk devices on a computer that is running Subsystem for SUA in Windows Vista.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953698 112) 953631. Hotfix. After you use the Last Known Good Configuration feature to start a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, some .inf files may be deleted from the %windir%\inf folder.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953631 113) 953603. Hotfix. When an SUA process forks a child process on a Windows Vista-based computer, the child process is unexpectedly marked as a zombie process.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953603 114) 953585. Hotfix. Error message when you try to start a Hyper-V virtual machine on a Windows Server 2008-based or Windows Vista-based computer that uses the NUMA architecture: "An error occurred while attempting to change the state of virtual machine VMNAME”  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953585 115) 953347. Hotfix. An application that uses the VDMEnumProcessWOW function to enumerate virtual DOS machines returns no output or incorrect output on a computer that is running a 32-bit version of Windows Vista.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953347 116) 953341. Hotfix. A dump file may not be generated on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista if the dump file and the paging file reside on the same volume.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953341 117) 953325. Hotfix. A Windows Server 2003-based computer becomes unresponsive because the paged pool memory is exhausted when an application calls the GetFileAttributesEx and MoveFileEx functions on lots of files.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953325 118) 953290. Hotfix. An application may crash when it uses legacy methods to query performance counter values in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953290 119) 953263. Hotfix. When you use a file handle for FileStream access in a SQL Server 2008 transaction, the transaction may randomly fail to commit in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953263 120) 953197. Hotfix. Windows Server 2008 system cannot start in a dual boot system with Windows 7 system.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953197 121) 953186. Hotfix. Description of the Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 hotfix that resolves certain system and application crashes on computers that have multi-core processors.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953186 122) 953029. Hotfix. The monitor reverts to a low-power state several seconds after you wake it up by pressing the power button or by using the remote control on a computer that is running Windows Vista SP1 or Windows Server 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953029 123) 952942. Hotfix. When you try to install Windows Server 2008 on an iSCSI target, the installation fails, and the computer restarts repeatedly.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967818 124) 952883. Hotfix. FIX: The return type or the out argument of an ASMX service method that includes a property that has an internal setter may not be serialized on a computer that has the .NET Framework installed.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952883 125) 952876. Hotfix. The TCP/IP Registry Compatibility service may stop responding when a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 is under high stress.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952876 126) 952790. Hotfix. An application is unable to obtain an exclusive lock to a volume  after the system runs for several hours in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Vista Service Pack 1.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952790

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127) 952714. Hotfix. A June 2008 update is available for the Windows Vista Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP).  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952714 128) 952696. Hotfix. FIX: An application cannot read stream data from an encrypted file on a Windows Server 2008-based computer or on a Windows Vista-based computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952696 129) 952694. Hotfix. A computer that is running Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems and that has an Intel ICH6 chipset installed may not shut down completely.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952694 130) 952605. Hotfix. FIX: The deactivated event is not triggered in a .NET Framework 3.0-based WPF application after you move the focus from a Windows Forms control that is included in the WPF application to another application.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952605 131) 952584. Hotfix. The index of a 2007 Office offline file is removed from the Windows Search index if you save the file while you are working offline on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952584 132) 952139. Hotfix. When you restart a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, and a volume on the hard disk is corrupted, a black screen is displayed, or the system stops responding.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952139 133) 951726. Hotfix. Corrected hardware errors are marked incorrectly as previous boot errors by the WHEA error processing code on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951726 134) 951684. Hotfix. A computer that is running Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems may restart unexpectedly when you hot-replace CPUs, and a Stop error message occurs: "0x0000003B".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951684 135) 951250. Hotfix. Error message when Symantec Endpoint Protection MR2 quarantines a file in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008: "Stop 0x000000E3".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951250 136) 951149. Hotfix. Stop error on a Windows Server 2008-based terminal server when the server is running under a heavy load: "0x0000000A".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951149 137) 951116. Hotfix. A memory leak occurs in performance counters that are used to monitor Windows Server 2008-based computers.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951116 138) 951088. Hotfix. Error message when you use SMB-to-NFS gateway software that exposes mounted NFS shared folders as SMB shared folders on a Windows Server 2008-based computer: "Stop 0x0000007E".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951088 139) 950986. Hotfix. FIX: In the .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1, the ModuleBuilder.GetTypeToken method returns an incorrect token.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950986 140) 950974. Security. MS08-049: Vulnerability in Event System could allow remote code execution.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950974 141) 950917. Hotfix. A kernel dump file is not analyzable on a computer that is running an x86-based edition of Windows Server 2008 or a 32-bit version of Windows Vista Service Pack 1.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950917 142) 950876. Hotfix. Group Policy settings are not applied on member computers  that are running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1 when certain SMB signing policies are enabled.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950876 143) 950811. Hotfix. The Windows Server 2008 failover cluster cannot start because of a deadlock condition in the Cluster service.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950811 144) 950790. Hotfix. Error message when you use the Robocopy command together with the /ZB option to copy data from a file server to a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based client: "Error 5: Access is denied".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950790 145) 950772. Hotfix. A computer that is running an x64-based version of Windows Server 2003, of Windows Vista, or of Windows Server 2008 randomly restarts and then generates a Stop error.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950772 146) 950233. Hotfix. The Microsoft System Information (Msinfo32.exe) tool reports the incorrect amount of physical memory in a Windows Server 2008-based or Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based computer that has more than 4 GB of physical memory installed.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950233 147) 950194. Hotfix. You cannot write to a BD-RE disc or to a DVD-RAM disc on a Windows Vista SP1-based computer even after you disable the write-protection feature.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950194

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148) 950182. Hotfix. A computer that is running an x86-based version of Windows Server 2008 or an x86-based version of Windows Vista may use fewer processors than expected if the number of cores on a socket is not a power of 2.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950182 149) 950162. Hotfix. A computer that is running Windows XP or Windows Vista becomes unresponsive after the driver load and unload operation is repeated many times.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950162 150) 950106. Hotfix. You receive an access error message when an application calls the StgOpenStorage method on a Windows Vista-based computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950106 151) 950098. Hotfix. When an application on a computer uses the socket system that is provided by SUA to send data, a value of -1 and an EAGAIN error are returned.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950098 152) 949857. Hotfix. Error message when you try to delete a folder after an SMB share has been removed on a computer that is running Windows Vista Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2008: "The action can't be completed because the folder is open in another program”  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949857 153) 949707. Hotfix. On a Windows Vista-based computer, you cannot suspend a DFS share root or directory tree by using the SuspendRoot  method even if you have the local administrator permission.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949707 154) 949671. Hotfix. Offline files that are ghost items on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 cannot be synchronized with the corresponding files on a file server.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949671 155) 949552. Hotfix. A Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based client computer may stop responding when you try to log on to a domain if roaming profiles, folder redirection, and the offline folder feature are enabled.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949552 156) 949482. Hotfix. After you hot-replace a processor in a Windows Server 2008-based computer, you cannot remove the partition unit until you restart the computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949482 157) 949481. Hotfix. Error message when you hot-replace a CPU in a computer that is running the Itanium-based version of Windows Server 2008: "STOP 0x0000007E".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949481 158) 949480. Hotfix. When you dynamically add a system board on a Windows Server 2008-based computer, the driver for the system board processor does not work correctly.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949480 159) 949272. Hotfix. FIX: A Windows Forms application that uses ActiveX controls may crash, and a null reference exception occurs after you install the .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949272 160) 949224. Hotfix. When you copy files onto a DVD-R on a Windows Vista-based computer, you cannot see or access the copied files on another computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949224 161) 948885. Hotfix. The Work Online button remains visible for an offline folder after you put the folder into suspend mode on a Windows Vista-based computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948885 162) 948818. Hotfix. The "Prohibit 'Make Available Offline' for these files and folders" Group Policy setting does not remove the "Always available offline" check box on a Windows Vista-based computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948818 163) 948815. Hotfix. Availability of the .NET Framework 2.0 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix rollup package for System.Data.dll and System.Data.OracleClient.dll.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948815 164) 948720. Hotfix. You cannot install device drivers in a Windows Server 2008 cluster environment if the drivers contain LZ-compressed files.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948720 165) 948610. Hotfix. List of fixed issues in the .NET Framework 3.0 Cumulative Update.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948610 166) 948609. Hotfix. List of fixed issues in the .NET Framework 2.0 Cumulative Update.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948609 167) 948572. Hotfix. A handle leak occurs in a Server Message Block (SMB) session between computers that are running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948572 168) 948531. Hotfix. You are prompted for user credentials two times on a Windows Vista-based client computer when you access an online document that is on a site that uses Windows Live ID authentication.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948531

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169) 947848. Hotfix. On a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 or a 64-bit version of Windows XP, an application that uses the FlushViewOfFile() function stops responding when you manually disconnect a removable storage device.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947848 170) 947581. Hotfix. FIX: The value of the "WsdlContractConversionContext.WsdlPortType" property is null in the .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 1.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947581 171) 947148. Hotfix. FIX: Incorrect methods are called when you call some COM APIs that are included in a .NET Framework 2.0-based 64-bit application.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947148 172) 946927. Hotfix. FIX: An installation may fail with error 1935 when an .msi file tries to install many policy files on a computer that has the .NET Framework 2.0 installed.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946927 173) 946924. Hotfix. When a 32-bit process calls the GetRawInputDeviceList function on a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Windows Vista or a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003, memory corruption occurs.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946924 174) 946573. Hotfix. The WebProxy.BypassList property may be changed incorrectly when the HttpWebRequest class reads the Internet Explorer settings.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946573 175) 946503. Hotfix. FIX: Error message when you use the installer tool to install an assembly that is located on a remote computer: "An exception occurred during the Install phase".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946503 176) 946487. Hotfix. No data is transferred to the request buffer through the named pipe when an application calls the "TransactNamedPipe" function in Windows Vista.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946487 177) 946411. Hotfix. FIX: When you print an XPS file on a Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Service Pack 3-based computer, the characters in the XPS file print incorrectly.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946411 178) 946331. Hotfix. A Windows Server 2008-based or Windows Server 2003-based multiprocessor system stops responding when you resume the system from standby or from hibernation.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946331 179) 946223. Hotfix. FIX: The input language in a text box on the Microsoft Expression Design surface does not function correctly when you change the input language to an East Asian language.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946223 180) 946084. Hotfix. Stop error message when you start a Windows Vista-based computer: "0x0000C1F5".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946084 181) 945711. Hotfix. The Universal Disk Format (UDF) component may incorrectly set the IoStatus.Information field on a Windows Vista-based computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945711 182) 945015. Hotfix. An extra forward slash mark (/) is appended to the query path of a WebDAV PROPFIND request when you visit a SharePoint Portal Server site by using Internet Explorer on a Windows-based computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945015 183) 944386. Hotfix. When a Windows Vista-based client computer synchronizes a cached Outlook .pst file with the server, you cannot access the .pst file.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944386 184) 942392. Hotfix. On a Windows Vista-based computer, you cannot access certain directories on a Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) server.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942392 185) 941850. Hotfix. 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.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941850 186) 941693. Security. MS08-025: Vulnerability in Windows Kernel could allow elevation of privilege.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941693 187) 928563. Hotfix. FIX: The System.Net.HttpWebRequest class may not maintain a persistent connection to a proxy in the .NET Framework 2.0.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928563 188) 925492. Hotfix. FIX: Error message when you add a Web reference to a project in Visual Studio 2005: "The custom tool 'MSDiscoCodeGenerator' failed".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925492 189) 843524. Hotfix. FIX: Side-by-side COM DLL module manifest for Visual Basic 6.0 ActiveX Controls is overridden by the registry.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843524

SP2: Computer Management (1 of 2)

1) 967729. Hotfix. Only part of the network bandwidth is used when you transfer multiple large files at the same time through a high-bandwidth network connection on a Windows Vista-based computer or on a Windows Server 2008-based computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967729 2) 967718. Hotfix. Queries to SNMP devices stop responding when Windows Server 2008-based systems or Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based systems receive multiple SNMP WMI queries at the same time.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967718 3) 962920. Hotfix. Many "Shutdown occurred" events are logged unnecessarily in the System log for every shutdown on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista Service Pack 1.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962920 4) 961981. Hotfix. The tracing option for Group Policy Preferences uses incorrect code in the German version of Windows Server 2008-based systems.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961981 5) 961270. Hotfix. A custom event is logged incorrectly when you run a 32-bit application in a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2008 or of Windows Vista.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961270 6) 961027. Hotfix. Unexpected behavior occurs in the Windows Time service when you enable the Windows Time Service Group Policy setting in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Vista Service Pack 1.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961027 7) 959606. Hotfix. You find that the Drive Maps node is still available even though you disable it by using Group Policy.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959606 8) 959516. Hotfix. Multiple pagefiles are created when you set the AutomaticManagedPagefile property of the Win32_ComputerSystem class to False on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959516 9) 959438. Hotfix. On computers that are running Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1, RSAT GPMC has long delays in domain environments that have many GPOs.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959438 10) 959220. Hotfix. When you use Group Policy to create a VPN connection item, the IPv6 and IPv4 protocols may not be bound to the VPN connection item when you log on to the domain from a Windows Vista-based client computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959220 11) 958901. Hotfix. The text filter function may not return any results in the Group Policy Management Editor window on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958901 12) 958124. Hotfix. A wmiprvse.exe process may leak memory when a WMI notification query is used heavily on a Windows Server 2008-based or Windows Vista-based computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958124 13) 957081. Hotfix. The query fails when you enter the terminal server farm name in the TS Web Access Administration window  to query remote program information in Windows Server 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957081 14) 956774. Hotfix. A Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) client cannot handle files that have paths that contain the volume GUID in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Vista.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956774 15) 956524. Hotfix. You cannot edit the Administrative Templates when you apply a "Restrict users to the explicitly permitted list of snap-ins" setting in a Group Policy object in a Windows Server 2008 domain.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956524 16) 956519. Hotfix. A scheduled task may not run after it wakes a Windows Vista-based or a Windows Server 2008-based computer from hibernation.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956519 17) 955857. Hotfix. The "Create symbolic links" Group Policy setting is not displayed in GPMC on a Windows Server 2008-based computer or a Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955857 18) 955515. Hotfix. A memory leak occurs when you use Windows Event Log API (Wevtapi.dll) to receive WHEA events in real time on a Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955515 19) 954563. Hotfix. Memory corruption may occur with the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista Service Pack 1.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954563 20) 954234. Hotfix. A hotfix is available that addresses several problems on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer that supports the Intelligent Platform Management Interface.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954234

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21) 954061. Hotfix. When you run a WMI query against the CIM_DataFile class by using the "Run as administrator" option in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008, the query returns incomplete results.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954061 22) 953582. Hotfix. You may be unable to install a program that tries to register extensions under the IQueryForm registry entry in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Vista.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953582 23) 953153. Hotfix. Error message when you change the running user context of a scheduled task to another domain account on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008: "The specified account name is not valid".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953153 24) 952685. Hotfix. A deadlock situation occurs in Windows Management Instrumentation Service (WMI) on a Windows Server 2008-based or Windows Vista SP1-based computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952685 25) 952664. Hotfix. The Event Log service may stop responding because of a deadlock on a Windows Server 2008-based or Windows Vista-based computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952664 26) 952610. Hotfix. You cannot investigate a Stop error that occurs on an x64-based version of Windows Server 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952610 27) 951725. Hotfix. An update that extends the mechanism for displaying snap-in context Help topics is available for the MMC in Windows Server 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951725 28) 951246. Hotfix. A scheduled task does not run as expected if a command-line argument is enclosed in quotation marks on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951246 29) 950923. Hotfix. The SNMP Event Log Extension Agent does not initialize correctly on a computer that is running Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950923 30) 950904. Hotfix. The system stop responding and no dump file is generated when a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 receives a nonmaskable interrupt.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950904 31) 950363. Hotfix. The "Stop if the computer ceases to be idle" option is not saved for tasks that are configured for Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000 in Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista when triggers are enabled for the task.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950363 32) 950134. Hotfix. On a Windows Vista-based computer, an application that uses the EnableStatic method of the Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration class may not always set a static IP address for a network adapter.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950134 33) 950085. Hotfix. The Group Policy Object Editor MMC snap-in displays a Group Policy setting as "Not configured" in Windows Server 2003 when the value of the setting is longer than 1,024 characters.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950085 34) 950035. Hotfix. The value in the Next Run Time field in Task Scheduler is incorrect in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950035 35) 949700. Hotfix. A memory leak may occur when an application uses the Refresh method of the IWbemRefresher interface on a Windows Vista-based computer or on a Windows Server 2008-based computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949700 36) 949545. Hotfix. An update is available to resolve an issue in which the Wusa.exe tool returns a "1 (S_FALSE)" error code in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949545 37) 949425. Hotfix. The IPMI SEL viewer utility is incorrectly disabled in Windows Server 2008 if the BMC interrupt is enabled in BIOS.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949425 38) 948030. Hotfix. Internet Explorer Maintenance-related Group Policy results are not displayed correctly in Group Policy Management Console on a Windows Vista-based computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948030 39) 946820. Hotfix. The upload operation may fail when you use APIs in the Background Intelligent Transfer Service SDK to upload a file whose name contains Unicode characters in Windows Server 2003.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946820

SP2: Core Virtualization

1) 967902. Hotfix. You cannot connect to a virtual machine when the Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V VMMS certificate has expired.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967902 2) 963709. Hotfix. The AltGr key does not work on  a Linux virtual machine on a Windows Server 2008-based server that has the Hyper-V role enabled.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/963709 3) 960578. Hotfix. The IRET and IRETD instructions do not support the Nested Task (NT) flag in protected mode in a Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V environment.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960578 4) 959962. Hotfix. An update is available for Windows Server 2008-based computers to address issues with backing up and restoring Hyper-V virtual machines.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959962 5) 958184. Hotfix. Virtual machine backup operations fail in Windows Server 2008 when Hyper-V virtual machine files are saved on a volume that is mounted on a failover cluster by using a volume GUID.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958184 6) 957967. Hotfix. Stop error message on a Windows Server 2008-based computer that has the Hyper-V role installed: "STOP 0x0000001A".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957967 7) 956710. Hotfix. A Hyper-V update is available to increase the number of logical processors and virtual machines on a Windows Server 2008 x64-based computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956710 8) 956697. Hotfix. Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V VSS writer is not used during a backup job because of corrupted or invalid virtual machine configuration files.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956697 9) 956589. Hotfix. Description of the Hyper-V update for issues that may occur when you manage the Hyper-V role on the 64-bit editions of Windows Server 2008 by using SCVMM.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956589

SP2: Data Services

1) 960380. Hotfix. A hyperlink control that is used to open a file or an e-mail message fails in an application that uses MSXML 6.0 on a Windows XP-based or Windows Vista-based computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960380 2) 960071. Hotfix. An access violation occurs when you use an application that calls the SQLExecDirect function of the SQL Server ODBC driver to run a long query in Windows Server 2003 or in Windows XP.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960071 3) 958378. Hotfix. You cannot open a compiled database (.mde) file or run a .Net Framework application on a Windows Vista-based computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958378 4) 955069. Security. MS08-069: Description of the security update for XML Core Services 3.0: November 11, 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955069 5) 954920. Hotfix. When an application requests a result set from new SQL Server 2008 collations, you may receive an "MSG 40242" or "MSG 40205" error when the ODBC driver for SQL Server is used or an "MSG 40234" error when the SQL OLE DB provider is used.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954920 6) 954459. Security. MS08-069: Description of the security update for XML Core Services 6.0: November 11, 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954459 7) 954193. Hotfix. Description of the Jet 4.0 Database Engine cumulative hotfix package for Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Windows Vista, Windows Vista SP1, and Windows Server 2008: July 2, 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954193 8) 953661. Hotfix. FIX: You receive a fatal error message when you use the SAX parser to validate an XML file according to an external XSD.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953661 9) 953589. Hotfix. An access violation may occur if you pass an INTEGER value to the ValuePtr parameter of the SQLSetConnectAttr function in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953589 10) 952287. Hotfix. An application that uses the ADO interface may malfunction, or data loss may occur when the application connects to SQL Server in Windows Vista, in Windows XP, or in Windows Server 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952287 11) 951937. Hotfix. On a computer that is running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003, an incorrect value is returned when an application queries the identity column value of a newly inserted row in SQL Server 2005 and in SQ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951937 12) 950982. Hotfix. A list of ODBC system DSNs is truncated when the total number of characters that are used in all the DSN names is more than 7,500 on a Windows XP-based computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950982 13) 950565. Hotfix. FIX: Error message when you insert data to a table that contains two image columns by using the SQL Server ODBC driver: "[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Invalid locator de-referenced".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950565 14) 943509. Hotfix. Description of the Jet 4.0 Database Engine hotfix package for Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP1, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista,  Windows Vista SP1, and Windows Server 2008: October 23, 2007.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943509

SP2: Desktop Shell (1 of 2)

1) 963051. Hotfix. A roaming profile user experiences a long delay during the logon or logoff process of a Windows Vista-based or a Windows Server 2008-based client computer in a WAN environment.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/963051 2) 961477. Hotfix. On a Windows Vista-based computer or on a Windows Server 2008-based computer, when you use Windows Explorer to view offline files in Remote Storage, the files are recalled.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961477 3) 961038. Hotfix. Windows Explorer may crash when you try to expand a parent folder in the Windows Explorer navigation pane in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961038 4) 960954. Hotfix. When you open a network share by using a previously created shortcut in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008, a newly created file or folder in the network share does not appear until you update the screen.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960954 5) 960758. Hotfix. You receive an error when you use the Add a Network Location Wizard to connect to a WebDAV site that uses certificate-based authentication on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960758 6) 960711. Hotfix. A .pst file backup fails even when there is sufficient free space on the destination disk on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer that has the Pfbackup utility installed.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960711 7) 960646. Hotfix. If the "Reconnect at logon" option is selected, a network drive that is mapped to a Web share is displayed as a red X after you restart a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960646 8) 960644. Hotfix. When you click a file protocol-based hyperlink that points to a 2007 Office system file in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008, an application that is associated with the file may not start.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960644 9) 960464. Hotfix. Error message when you log on to a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer that uses roaming user profiles: "Unable to log you on because your profile could not be loaded, please contact your administrator".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960464 10) 960417. Hotfix. Description of updates to APIs that enable Windows-based applications to retrieve historically accurate time stamps.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960417 11) 959441. Hotfix. The "GetFileVersionInfo" function for localized binary files may return incorrect file-version information in Windows Server 2008 and in Windows Vista Service Pack 1.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959441 12) 959349. Security. MS08-075: Vulnerabilities in Windows Search could allow remote code Execution.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959349 13) 958970. Hotfix. A long delay occurs when you try to open a network share by entering a path in the Run box on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958970 14) 958624. Security. MS08-075: Description of the security update for Windows Explorer: December 9, 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958624 15) 958623. Security. MS08-075: Description of the security update for Windows Search: December 9, 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958623 16) 958605. Hotfix. The logon screen on a portable computer may not be resized correctly when you remove an external monitor, and then you wake the Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer from sleep or hibernation.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958605 17) 958360. Hotfix. The physical video memory capacity is displayed incorrectly in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008 if the graphics adapter's physical video memory is at least 4 GB.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958360 18) 958193. Hotfix. The "Burn" button may still appear on a Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008-based client computer after you enable the "Remove CD Burning features" Group Policy.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958193 19) 957653. Hotfix. Windows Search may fail if you search a network folder from the toolbar in the Windows Explorer while offline on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957653 20) 957201. Hotfix. A hotfix is available to update the "(GMT-3:00) Brasilia" time zone and the "(GMT-4:00) Manaus" time zone for 2008 through 2009 in Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957201 21) 956767. Hotfix. The VerFindFile function always returns the value "VFF_CURNEDEST (0x1)" on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956767 22) 956592. Hotfix. A significant delay occurs when you try to expand a subfolder of a network drive in Windows Explorer on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server-based client computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956592 23) 955839. Hotfix. December 2008 cumulative time zone update for Microsoft Windows operating systems.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955839 24) 955625. Hotfix. Mandatory user profiles do not work as expected on Windows Vista-based and Windows Server 2008-based client computers when the %LogonServer% environment variable is set in the profile path.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955625 25) 955562. Hotfix. When you click the button on the taskbar for an inactive window to make that window active in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008, the currently active window is selected again.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955562 26) 955559. Hotfix. Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista Service Pack 1 may not display tooltip text correctly if the text contains both alphabetical characters and Japanese characters.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955559 27) 955086. Hotfix. When you run the Netproj.exe utility on a Windows Vista SP1-based computer, some network projectors may not be found.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955086

SP2: Desktop Shell (2 of 2)

28) 954037. Hotfix. Error message when you try to copy a file to a DFS shared folder or to a shared folder that is a mount point in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008: "The selected files could not be copied. There is not enough free space on the device" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954037 29) 953826. Hotfix. The logon screen may be clipped on a Windows Vista-based computer after you reset the screen font size to the "Larger scale (120 DPI)" setting, and then you restart the computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953826 30) 953732. Hotfix. A hotfix is available to update the daylight saving time for the "(GMT+02:00) Cairo" time zone for the year 2008 for Windows Vista-based, Windows Server 2008-based, Windows XP-based, and Windows Server 2003-based computers.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953732 31) 953537. Hotfix. The contents of a DFS share do not appear if you access the share by using a shortcut to the DFS link from a Windows Vista-based computer or from a Windows Server 2008-based client computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953537 32) 953407. Hotfix. A Group Policy "Documents" setting is localized incorrectly as "Recently used files" on a computer that is running a Japanese version of Windows Server 2008 or of Windows Vista.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953407 33) 953348. Hotfix. A file moves out of the visible region in Windows Explorer when you use the List format in Windows Vista or in Windows 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953348 34) 953181. Hotfix. After you use the ReportResult method to customize the error icon when a logon failure occurs in Windows Vista, the general error icon (CPSI_ERROR) is displayed unexpectedly.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953181 35) 952585. Hotfix. Offline file icons randomly change to different icons every time that you refresh the desktop on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952585 36) 952249. Hotfix. Error message when you extract items from a .zip file in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008: "Error 0x800004005: Unspecified error".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952249 37) 951327. Hotfix. The System Center Operations Manager 2007 console may  crash in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Vista when you open the Health Explorer window.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951327 38) 951072. Hotfix. August 2008 cumulative time zone update for Microsoft Windows operating systems.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951072 39) 950612. Hotfix. The classic Start menu is not displayed correctly in Windows Server 2008 without Hyper-V.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950612 40) 950571. Hotfix. A hotfix is available to update the "(GMT +03:00) Baghdad" time zone for 2008 in Windows Server 2008 and in Windows Vista.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950571 41) 949904. Hotfix. On a Windows Vista-based computer, a shared folder disappears in Windows Explorer after you rename the folder.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949904 42) 949896. Hotfix. The Play item and the AutoPlay item do not appear on the shortcut menu that is retrieved by the IShellFolder and IContextMenu interfaces on a Windows Vista-based computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949896 43) 949843. Hotfix. After you put a Windows Explorer window into full-screen mode on a secondary monitor, the navigation bar does not appear on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949843 44) 949528. Hotfix. On a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, a mandatory user profile is not deleted when the "Delete cached copies of roaming profiles" Group Policy setting is enabled.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949528 45) 949505. Hotfix. The "Connect to a network" dialog box takes a long time to appear on a Windows Vista-based client computer that has many virtual private network (VPN) connections.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949505 46) 949073. Hotfix. In Windows Explorer, you cannot copy a file that contains extended attributes from an NTFS volume to a FAT volume on a Windows Vista-based computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949073 47) 947782. Hotfix. When you drag files onto an application shortcut, the application does not start on a Windows Vista-based computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947782 48) 947334. Hotfix. Error message when you try to connect a Windows Vista-based computer to a network projector in Windows Meeting Space: "The Network Projector could not be added to the meeting".  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947334 49) 947279. Hotfix. A hotfix is available to add a new time zone in Argentina (GMT -3:00) for 2007 through 2008 in Windows XP and in Windows Server 2003.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947279 50) 947265. Hotfix. In Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008, the Content Indexer service cannot index the custom properties of a document.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947265 51) 943632. Hotfix. The volume label of the storage media is not updated and the AutoPlay dialog box is not displayed after you insert the storage media into a removable drive on a Windows Vista-based computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943632 52) 941821. Hotfix. Sysprep errors are logged in the Setuperr.log file when you run the "Sysprep /generalize /oobe" command on a Windows Vista-based computer.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941821 53) 941598. Hotfix. On a Windows XP-based computer, you cannot access subfolders and files in a share folder in Windows Explorer if Access-based Enumeration is enabled for the share folder.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941598