Windows Server 2003 Post RTM Updates- Computer stops responding with a "Stop error code 0x000000D1 (Driver_IRQL_Not_Less_Or_Equal)" error message
Provides a resolution for an issue that occurs when your Windows Server 2003-based computer stops responding, and you receive a Stop error 000000D1 (Error 0xD1, Driver IRQL Not Less Or Equal). - Error message: "Stop error code 0x0000007e (SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED)"
Discusses that you may receive Stop error 0000007e (Error 0x7e, SYSTEM THREAD EXCEPTION NOT HANDLED). - Intermittent "Stop error code 0x0000001E" error message
An intermittent Stop error 0000001E (Error 0x1E) error message occurs. - A "Stop error code 0x0000008E (KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED)" error occurs when a Terminal Services client prints a document
A Stop error 0000008E (Error 0x8E, KERNEL MODE EXCEPTION NOT HANDLED) error occurs when a Terminal Services client prints a document. - Intermittent errors in IA64 editions of Windows Server 2003: Stop error code 0x0000009C (MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION), Stop error code 0x00000024 (NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM), or Stop error code 0x0000000A (IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL)
Describes a problem where Windows gives an HBA device a scatter-gather element that crosses a 4-GB boundary, and random Stop errors are triggered: Stop error 0x0000009C (MACHINE CHECK EXCEPTION, error 0x9C), 0x00000024 (NTFS FILE_SYSTEM, error 0x24),... - Stop error code 0x0000000A in srv.sys during Windows Server 2003 startup
Fixes a problem that can cause a Stop error 0x0000000A (error 0x0A) when you try to start your Windows Server 2003-based computer. - Stop error code 0x000000D1 (DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL) on your Windows Server 2003-based computer
Discusses a Stop error 0x000000D1 (DRIVER IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL, error 0xD1) problem that occurs if you are running Windows Server 2003 on a multiprocessor computer, and there is a heavy network load on your server. Requires that you install a hotfix... - "Stop error code 0x000000D1" occurs after Windows Server 2003 stops unexpectedly
Fixes a problem where a Windows Server 2003-based computer stops unexpectedly and you receive a Stop error 0x000000D1 (error 0xD1) message. - "Stop error code 0x000000C2 BAD_POOL_CALLER" in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem where you receive a Stop error 0x000000C2 (error 0xC2) BAD POOL CALLER error message when your computer starts or during ordinary operation. - Windows Server 2003 may stop unexpectedly and you may receive a Stop error code 0x000000C4 in storport!StorInsertEventQueue
Fixes a Stop error 0x000000C4 (error 0xC4) problem in Windows Server 2003 that occurs if you run the Driver Verifier tool on the Storport.sys file. - "The operating system image you selected does not contain the necessary drivers for your network adapter" error message during the text-mode part of Setup when you deploy an operating system image by using RIS
When you deploy a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 image, a Microsoft Windows XP image, or a Microsoft Windows 2000 image from a Windows Server 2003-based Remote Installation Services (RIS) server or from a Windows 2000-based RIS server, the installation... - Event 2020 is logged and your Windows Server 2003-based file server stops responding
Provides a fix for a problem where your Windows Server 2003-based file server stops responding and event 2020 is logged. Requires that you install a hotfix to resolve this problem. - An application that runs in a Terminal Services environment stops running or runs slower than expected in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem that occurs when an application that runs in a Terminal Services environment stops running or runs slower than expected in Microsoft Windows Server 2003. Provides a workaround. - When you run Microsoft Windows Server 2003 under a heavy load, Windows stops responding
Describes a problem where Windows Server 2003 stops responding when it runs under a heavy load. The heavy load creates a race condition in the Memory Manager. A resolution is provided. - After you install support files for East Asian languages on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003, applications may not allocate sufficient memory
Describes a problem that occurs after you install East Asian language support. Some applications may not allocate sufficient contiguous memory. - A process that runs in the Physical Address Extension (PAE) kernel may experience memory corruption in Windows Server 2003
Provides a hotfix to resolve a problem where the computer may unpredictably stop responding. Explains that any user mode process, kernel mode component, or driver that runs in the PAE kernel may experience memory corruption. - "Windows - Delayed Write" error message and Event ID 14800 when you try to copy a large file to a Web folder by using WebDAV
Provides a resolution for an issue that occurs when you try to copy a file that is larger than 100 megabytes(MB) to a server location by using the Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) service. - Memory leaks occur after you configure URL authorization on a Windows Server 2003-based Web server
Describes an issue that occurs if you enable URL authorization on a Web server. Memory leaks may occur in the Azroles.dll file. - You receive a "The permissions on <RegistryKeyName> are incorrectly ordered" error message when you view the permissions on a registry key in Windows XP
Describes a problem where you receive an error message when you view the permissions on a new registry key after you run the Sysprep utility. Provides a hotfix that prevents future occurrences of the problem. - You cannot print an EMF file that is larger than 2 GB in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem that occurs when you try to print a very large .emf file in Windows XP or in Windows Server 2003. Provides a hotfix to resolve the problem. - A DHCP client that is running Windows Server 2003 may send an incorrect FQDN in a DHCP-Request packet
Fixes a problem where a DHCP client may send the primary domain suffix instead of the connection-specific domain suffix in a DHCP-Request packet. Provides a hotfix to resolve the problem. - You may receive a "STOP: 0x000000D1" error message, the computer may stop responding, and data may become corrupted after you install the hotfix that is described in Microsoft Knowledge Base article 835166 on a computer that is running Window...
Describes a solution for a problem that occurs when you install hotfix 835166 on a Windows Server 2003-based computer and then receive the "STOP: 0x000000D1" error message. - Web pages that use the DHTML editing ActiveX control may not work as expected after you install security update 891781 (MS05-013)
Describes the problem where you receive an error message when you run the DHTML editing component ActiveX control on a Windows Server 2003-based computer or on a Windows XP-based computer. You must install a hotfix to resolve this problem. - The Mshta.exe process does not close when you exit an HTML application that is published on a Terminal Server that is running Windows Server 2003
Describes a problem that occurs when you try to exit a Microsoft HTML application program from a remote desktop session. - Terminal Services Licensing Manager may stop when you add a new license on a computer that is running the Brazilian Portuguese version of Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem where Terminal Services Licensing Manager stops when you add a new license in the Brazilian Portuguese version of Windows Server 2003. Provides a hotfix to resolve the problem. - Error message when you submit print jobs on a Windows Server 2003-based print server: "STOP: 0x00000050"
Describes the problem where you may receive a “STOP: 0x00000050” error message when you submit print jobs on a Windows Server 2003-based print server. You must install a service pack to resolve this problem. - A security principal disappears from the Authorization Manager store of a Windows Server 2003-based trusted child domain after you close and then reopen Authorization Manager
Describes the problem where a security principal disappears from the Authorization Manager store of a Windows Server 2003-based domain after you close and then reopen Authorization Manager. You must install a hotfix to resolve this problem. - Replication does not occur and the File Replication service stops responding in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem that may occur on a local replica member of a domain when the replica set contains encrypted files and folders. To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003. - A computer that is running an x64-based version of Windows Server 2003 may stop responding when you try to synchronize PCI devices
Fixes a problem that occurs when interrupt requests conflict on a device driver. Provides a hotfix. - A hotfix that updates the IPSec Policy Agent is available for Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP
Describes a hotfix that Microsoft has released to correct the behavior of the IPSec Policy Agent. After you apply this hotfix, a calling program can better provide its services. - The Terminal Server Licensing tool may unexpectedly quit after you install Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 on a Terminal Server
Describes a problem that may occur if you click "Windows Server 2003 - Terminal Server Per User CAL Token" in the Terminal Server Licensing tool, and then update the display. A hotfix is available to resolve this problem. - A DHCP client computer incorrectly has active leases on both DHCP servers when two Windows Server 2003-based DHCP servers are part of the same subnet
Describes the problem where a DHCP client computer incorrectly has active leases on both DHCP servers when two Windows Server 2003-based DHCP servers are part of the same subnet. You must install a hotfix to resolve this problem. - The "Win32_OperatingSystem WMI" class may display incorrect values for the TotalVirtualMemorySize parameter or for the FreeVirtualMemory parameter on a Windows Server 2003-based computer
Describes the problem where the "Win32_OperatingSystem WMI" class may display incorrect values for the TotalVirtualMemorySize parameter or the FreeVirtualMemory parameter in Windows Server 2003. You must install a hotfix to resolve this problem. - A DNS zone transfer between a BIND DNS server and a Windows Server 2003-based DNS server does not work when the BIND DNS server acts as a primary server
Describes a problem where a DNS zone transfer between a BIND DNS server and a Windows Server 2003-based DNS server does not work when the BIND DNS server acts as a primary server. - Error message that you receive when you open a protected document on a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003: "STOP 0x00000027"
Discusses a Stop error message that occurs when you open a protected document on a computer that has IBM Rational ClearCase program installed and is running a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003. Provides a hotfix. - A memory leak occurs in the Wmiprvse.exe process when a program calls an instance of the "CWin32_TerminalService::ExecQuery" function in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a memory leak condition that occurs in the Wmiprvse.exe process when a program calls the CWin32_TerminalService::ExecQuery function. - Event ID: 20 may be logged frequently on a Windows Server 2003-based computer when you print to a shared network printer
Describes a fix for a problem where Event ID: 20 is logged on Windows Server 2003 Server-based computers when they print to a shared network printer. - A memory leak occurs when you use WinHTTP to access a Web server over an SSL connection
Provides a fix for a problem in Windows Server 2003. A memory leak occurs in Winhttp.dll when you use WinHTTP to access a Web server over an SSL connection. - The DFS root server cannot do the site costing correctly and local DFS client computers are referred to remote DFS share location after you install Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 on the domain controller
Describes DFS root server cannot do the site costing correctly and local DFS client computers are referred to remote DFS share location after you install Windows Server 2003 SP1 on the domain controller. - Access violation occurs when you try to access a schema token in Active Directory
When you try to access a schema token in the Active Directory directory service by using the following code, the code returns an access violation: - You cannot burn a CD after you install Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003 or Windows Server 2003
Setup may disable the IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service when you install Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003 or Windows Server 2003. This disables CD-R burning functionality. - In a domain that has an uppercase domain name, a DNS update may fail on a new Windows Server 2003-based server
Fixes an issue where a DNS update fails when you try to create a new member server in a domain that uses the Kerberos authentication protocol. - Windows Server 2003-based NLB nodes in an NLB cluster cannot communicate with each other over an NLB network adapter
Describes the Network Load Balancing Windows Server 2003-based nodes in a Network Load Balancing cluster cannot communicate with each other. Resolution is provided. - The system runs out of paged pool, the system uses a high amount of memory, or the system stops responding when you use Volume Shadow Copy Service in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem where the Windows Server 2003 system may run out of paged pool when Volume Shadow Copy Service is enabled. This problem may occur when many data changes are occurring. - NNTP server does not work correctly on a Windows Server 2003-based computer
Fixes the problems that occur when you use an NNTP server on a Windows Server 2003-based computer. - An access violation may occur in Lsass.exe when an array is accessed that is beyond the boundary on a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller
Discusses a problem where an access violation occurs in Lsass.exe when an array is accessed that is beyond the boundary on a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller. Provides a hotfix. - You may receive an error message when you try to change the replication scope of a DNS zone on a DNS server that is a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller
Describes a problem that occurs when you try to change the replication scope of an Active Directory-integrated DNS zone on a DNS server that is also a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller. - You may be unable to migrate large mailboxes on the Exchange server, and no error message occurs when the migration times out
Fixes a problem where you may be unable to migrate large mailboxes on the Exchange server. Additionally, no error message occurs when the migration times out. A hotfix is available to resolve this problem. - You do not receive the correct performance counter in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem that may occur when you have installed software that introduces localized performance counters. Provides a hotfix. This problem is also resolved in Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1. - You cannot log on to a computer that is running an Itanium-based version of Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem where you cannot log on to Itanium-based versions of Windows Server 2003 when session key corruptions occur during security authentication. Requires you to install a hotfix to resolve this issue. - You can only access your mailboxes on the domain controller domain when you use Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 if the Exchange server points to a Windows Server 2003-based global catalog server.
Fixes a problem where you cannot access your mailboxes on the Exchange server that is in the current forest domain if the Exchange server is in the Directory Service domain and mailbox access on the Exchange server is based on a trusted domain. - Nothing is printed when you send a print job to a network printer server from a computer that is running Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem where you receive event ID 61 in the System event log when you try to print to a network print server. Requires that you install a software update to resolve the problem. - The setup process for hotfixes or security patches stops responding when the MS DTC service is disabled
Describes a problem where the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) service is disabled, and the setup process for the hotfix 823230 stops responding. A hotfix is available. - The MFC-based application that runs on the original release version of Windows Server 2003 leaks file handles when it opens files from a Samba share location
Describes a problem where the Mfc42u.dll file does not call its internal function to release file handles. A hotfix is available to resolve this problem. - Virtual memory runs out when you run the Csrss.exe process on a Windows Server 2003-based computer
Provides a hotfix for a problem that may cause a Windows Server 2003-based computer to run out of virtual memory. The VM Size value for the Csrss.exe process appears high. - Error message when you try to create a Group Policy object by using the Group Policy Management Console API: "Access is denied"
Describes the problem where you receive an "Access is denied" error message when you try to create a Group Policy object by using the Group Policy Management Console API. Provides a resolution for this problem. - You may experience slow performance by some programs on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1
Describes the problem where you may experience slow performance by some programs on a computer that is running Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP1. You must install a hotfix to resolve this problem. - When Internet Authentication Service receives an unknown attribute in a packet, a Windows Server 2003-based Internet Authentication Service server stops responding
Fixes a problem where a Windows Server 2003-based IAS server stops responding when IAS receives an unknown attribute in a packet. - You receive a Stop error message when you use the Remote Installation Service to deploy a Windows Server 2003 Remote Installation Preparation image on a client computer
Provides a fix for a problem where you receive a Stop error message when you use the Remote Installation Service to deploy a Windows Server 2003 Remote Installation Preparation image on a client computer. - You receive a "Request timed out" error message when you use the Ping.exe command-line utility to verify network connectivity between Windows Server 2003-based NLB servers
Fixes a problem where the ping command does not work after you disconnect and then reconnect a network cable on a Windows Server 2003-based NLB server. - You receive a "STOP 0x000000D1" error when you try to create a shadow copy of a volume in Windows Server 2003
Explains how to fix a problem where you try to create a shadow copy of a volume after you extend a volume. Requires that you install a hotfix to resolve this problem. - The FTP client may echo account information back to the screen in Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP
Fixes a problem that occurs when you use the FTP command to connect to an FTP site. The FTP client may echo account information back to the screen. - Windows Server 2003-based or Windows XP-based client computers may not receive any Group Policy objects from a new organization unit
Fixes a problem that occurs when you move computer accounts to a new organization unit. A hotfix is available to resolve this issue. - You receive a "The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted" error message when you try to establish a new Terminal Services connection to a Windows Server 2003-based terminal server
Users cannot connect to Windows Server 2003 terminal server by using an account from a trusted MIT Kerberos realm. To resolve the problem, you must install the hotfix that is mentioned in the article. - You may receive a "Stop 0x00000023" error message after you remove a USB floppy drive cable from a Windows Server 2003-based computer
Fixes a problem where you receive a "Stop 0x00000023" error message when a USB floppy drive cable is suddenly removed. A hotfix is available. - Error message that you receive on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 SP1: "The event log file is corrupt"
Fixes a problem where you receive a "The event log file is corrupt" error message when you try to access the System log on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 SP1. Apply this hotfix to resolve this problem. - A server does not prune printers on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based server cluster
Fixes a problem that occurs when a server that is configured for Cluster Services does not prune printers and Kerberos authentication is disabled. - "Setup Was Unable to Format the Drive" error message appears during ASR restore
While you are performing an Automated System Recovery (ASR) restore on an Itanium computer (IA64), you may receive the following error message: The ASR process formats one partition completely. ASR seems to format the second partition correctly, but... - A Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1-based computer that is using a Microsoft CCID class driver stops responding
Describes a problem that occurs when computer is using a Microsoft CCID class driver (Usbccid.sys). The problem occurs after you put the computer in hibernation two times. - Error message that you may receive when you use a version of Windows Server 2003 Authorization Manager that has an XML-based authorization store for Web services: "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process"
Describes a fix for a problem in Windows Server 2003 where you receive a System.IO.FileLoadException error message: "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process" - When you start MOM 2005 on a Windows Server 2003-based computer, the WMI Performance Adapter process uses all the available memory and CPU resources
Resolves a problem by which the WMI Performance Adapter process (Wmiapsrv.exe) uses all the available memory and CPU resources on a Windows Server 2003-based computer. - The images in a Web archive (.mht) file no longer appear when you view the .mht file in an operating system other than Windows Server 2003
Fixes the problem where the images in a Web archive (.mht) file no longer appear when you view the .mht file in an operating system other than Windows Server 2003. You must install a hotfix to resolve this problem. - Event ID: 26 occurs when you log off from a server that has Terminal Server enabled in Windows Server 2003 SP1
Fixes a problem that occurs when you log off from a server that has Terminal Server enabled in Windows Server 2003 Service SP1. - Programs that you open appear to stop responding in Windows Server 2003
Provides a fix for a problem where programs that you open appear to stop responding in Windows Server 2003. - You cannot use WMI to collect SQL performance counters for all the instances of SQL Server 2000 on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003
Describes a problem that may occur when multiple instances of SQL Server 2000 run on a single Windows Server 2003-based computer. To resolve this problem, apply Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1. - Registry content is not updated until a user directly logs on to a Windows Server 2003-based computer
Describes a problem where registry content is not updated until a user directly logs on to a Windows Server 2003-based computer. Provides a hotfix for this problem. - Requestors that are coded as single-apartment COM applications will not work with the Volume Shadow Copy Service most of the time on a Windows Server 2003-based computer
Describes a issue where requestors that are coded as single-apartment Component Object Model (COM) applications will not work with Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) most of the time. A hotfix is provided to resolve this issue. - You may receive a "The name could not be resolved" error message and Outlook 2003 unexpectedly quits after you log on to a network over the Internet in Windows Server 2003
Resolves a problem that may occur when you use your UPN name to log on to a network in Windows Server 2003. Provides a hotfix to resolve the problem. - The end-user-defined characters are not aligned correctly on a computer that is running the Japanese version of Windows XP or the Japanese version of Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem where the end-user-defined characters (EUDC) are not aligned correctly on a computer that is running the Japanese version of Windows XP or the Japanese version of Windows Server 2003. - The Local Security Authority Subsystem (Lsass.exe) process stops responding on a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller
Describes a solution for a problem where the Local Security Authority Subsystem (Lsass.exe) process stops responding on a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller. - The Intel High Definition audio functionality unexpectedly quits working in Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 or Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Provides a fix for a problem where the computer Intel High Definition audio functionality unexpectedly quits working in Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 or Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. - You cannot connect to a Telnet server that is running on a Windows Server 2003-based computer
Fixes a problem where you cannot log on to a Telnet server that is running Windows Server 2003 if you do not have a profile on the server. You can apply a hotfix to fix this problem. - User profiles are not removed after you log off a terminal server that is running Windows Server 2003
Provides a fix for a problem where user profiles are not removed after you log off a terminal server that is running Windows Server 2003. - A "0x8004101D (WBEM_E_UNEXPECTED)" error is generated when you try to run a WMI query on a Windows Server 2003-based multiprocessor computer
Fixes a problem in which a "0x8004101D (WBEM_E_UNEXPECTED)" error is generated when you try to run a Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) query on a Windows Server 2003-based multiprocessor computer. - You may experience a 20-second delay when you try to access a redirected folder by logging on to a Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1-based computer or to a Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer
Describes the problem where you may experience a 20-second delay when you try to log on to a Windows Server 2003 SP1-based computer or to a Windows XP SP2-based computer. You must install a hotfix to resolve this problem. - You receive a "Mmc.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows" error message when you run a filtered search in Windows Server 2003
Fixed a problem that occurs after you add a "Member of" attribute as a column and then run a filtered search in Windows Server 2003. A hotfix is available. - FIX: The POSIX subsystem process, Korn shell scripts, and Interix applications may crash after you install Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 on a computer that is running Windows Services for UNIX 3.5
Describes a problem that occurs after you install Windows Server 2003 SP1. A hotfix is available to resolve this problem. - The values that are returned in the TotalBytesFiltered and TotalBytesCaptured fields are much smaller than expected when a program calls the IStats::GetTotalStatistics method in Windows Server 2003
Describes a fix for an issue in Windows Server 2003 where the values that are returned in the TotalBytesFiltered and TotalBytesCaptured fields are much smaller than the actual bytes that are filtered and captured. - Global catalog servers in a forest contain incomplete data if a Windows Server 2003-based global catalog server is in a PAS synchronization mode
Provides a fix for a problem in Windows Server 2003 where global catalog servers in a forest contain incomplete data if a Windows Server 2003-based global catalog server is in a PAS synchronization mode. - An access violation may occur in the Print Spooler service during cluster failover in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem in Windows Server 2003 where an access violation occurs in Spoolsv.exe during cluster failover. Provides a hotfix. - You receive a "Stop 0x00000051 REGISTRY_ERROR" message when a corrupted user profile is loaded on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem where the computer stops responding when the computer loads a corrupted user profile in Windows Server 2003. - The Windows Explorer process in a Windows Server 2003 terminal server session may experience an access violation when you log on to the session
Fixes a problem that occurs when the "Force classic Start Menu" Group Policy setting is enabled on a terminal server. Provides a hotfix to resolve the problem. - You receive error messages when you try to connect to a clustered printer from a Windows Server 2003 SP1-based computer
Describes the problem where you receive error messages when you try to connect to a clustered printer from a Windows Server 2003 SP1-based computer. You must install a hotfix to resolve this problem. - A Windows Server 2003-based terminal server in a forest cannot obtain a license from a license server in a different forest
Describes the problem where a Windows Server 2003-based terminal server in a forest cannot obtain a license from a license server in a different forest. You must install a hotfix to resolve this problem. - When Windows Automatic Updates tries to download updates on a Windows Server 2003-based or Windows XP-based computer, an access violation error may occur
Describes a problem where you receive an access violation error when Windows Automatic Updates tries to download updates. - The change does not take effect when you try to set the TCPWindowSize registry subkey to a value of less than 5840 in Windows Server 2003 or in Windows XP SP2
Describes the problem where The change does not take effect when you try set the TCPWindowSize registry subkey to a value of less than 5840 in Windows Server 2003 or in Windows XP SP2. You must install a hotfix to resolve this problem. - A Windows Server 2003-based computer stops responding, and you receive a "Stop 0x000000F4" error message
Describes an issue that occurs when you type a command that contains kanji characters and then change the Command Prompt window to full-screen mode. - Microsoft SQL Server 2005 query results may be incorrect on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer
Describes the problem where you use a Windows Server 2003-based computer that has SQL Server 2005 installed on this computer, you find query results are incorrect. Provides a hotfix to resolve this problem. - The File Replication service may experience a memory leak when you use Windows Server 2003-based domain controllers
Fixes a memory leak caused by FRS. You may experience FRS failures. - You receive an "HTTP Error 500" error message when you try to log on to Outlook Web Access from a Windows Server 2003-based computer
Describes a situation where you receive an "HTTP Error 500" error message after you enter an invalid user name or password to log on to Outlook Web Access. This is not the expected error message in this scenario. Hotfix is provided. - DFS referral queries do not return the fully qualified domain name of the DFS root in a Windows Server 2003 cluster environment
Fixes a problem where a stand-alone DFS root in Windows Server 2003 cluster environment does not return the FQDN of the DFS root, even after the DfsDnsConfig registry key is enabled. - The Backup utility removes a backup file if it encounters an unexpected error during a restore operation in a Windows Server 2003-based cluster environment
Describes a problem where the Backup utility removes a backup file from a file share on a computer that is running the Cluster service when it encounters an unexpected error during restore operation. - Security Event 529 is logged for local user accounts
Describes a fix for an issue where Event 529 is logged in the Event Viewer in a domain controller. This event is logged when a local user logs off a Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP-based member computer that is joined to the domain controller. - Windows 2000 clients cannot save files that are encrypted locally to a shared folder on Windows Server 2003
Describes a problem where Windows 2000 clients cannot save files that are encrypted locally to a shared folder on Windows Server 2003. A resolution is provided. - A Windows Server 2003-based computer or a Windows XP-based computer crashes when an interrupt storm is generated by the Acpi.sys driver
Fixes a problem in which an ACPI driver interrupt storm causes the computer to crash. You must install a service pack or a hotfix to resolve this problem. - The [Netbindings] section of the unattended script is not read correctly when you try to use Winnt.exe to install Windows Server 2003
Describes the problem where The [Netbindings] section of the unattended script is not read correctly when you try to use Winnt.exe to install Windows Server 2003. You must install a hotfix to resolve this problem. - An e-mail message remains in the local SMTP queue when the first SMTP connection fails in Exchange Server 2003
Describes a problem in which a message never leaves the local SMTP queue when the first SMTP connection fails in Exchange Server 2003. - A Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) update package is available for Windows Server 2003
A hotfix update to the Volume Shadow Copy service for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 is available. This update package addresses the following specific symptoms: Software shadow copies do not complete on large volumes that use a small cluster size When... - How to disable the drag-and-drop functionality of the Active Directory Users and Computers tool in Windows Server 2003
Describes a hotfix that you can apply to let you disable drag-and-drop functionality of the Active Directory Users and Computers tool. This hotfix is included with Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1. - When you use the Search menu to search for a document in a remote folder, Windows Explorer may crash on the local Windows Server 2003-based computer
Describes a problem that occurs when you click Start and then use the Search menu to locate a document on a remote computer. Provides a hotfix to fix this problem. - The outgoing network activity from a terminal server becomes very slow when you use the Tsadmin.exe program in Windows Server 2003 to enumerate the list of terminal servers
Describes that the outgoing network activity from a terminal server becomes very slow when you use the Tsadmin.exe program to enumerate the list of terminal servers in Windows Server 2003. A hotfix is provided. - Microsoft Management Console stops responding when you try to change the default security of certain auxiliary classes on a Windows Server 2003-based computer
Describes a problem where MMC stops responding when you try to change the default security of certain auxiliary classes by using the Active Directory Schema snap-in. - Slow performance when you apply Access Control Lists remotely on a DFS shared path in Windows Server 2003
Describes a problem in performance when you apply ACLs to a remote DFS shared path. - The Distributed File System service (Dfssvc.exe) may take too much memory and use too much of the system resources on a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller
Fixes the problem where the Distributed File System service (Dfssvc.exe) may take too much memory and use too much of the system resources on a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller. - A replication may only occur on one FRS replica set when the FRS tries to replicate files from one FRS replica set to another FRS replica set in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem where you receive a "Config Flags: Multimaster Seeding Online" message on one of the FRS replica set servers if you use the Connstat.cmd tool. - FIX: A memory leak may occur in the Lsass.exe process on a Windows Server 2003-based computer
Fixes a problem where the Kerberos.dll file triggers a memory leak. The Kerberos.dll file is loaded by the Local Security Authentication Server (Lsass.exe) in Windows Server 2003. - Some scheduled tasks that require user credentials do not start on a Windows Server 2003-based computer if the user is not logged in
Fixes the problem in Windows Server 2003 where scheduled tasks that launch with user credentials may fail to start if the user is not logged in. Provides a resolution for this problem. - Macintosh-based computers stop responding when you try to browse a Services for Macintosh shared folder on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1
Discusses a problem where Macintosh-based computers stop responding when you browse a Services for Macintosh shared folder on a computer that has been upgraded to Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1. - Snapshot volumes do not mount successfully or the volume dismount operation reports an error when you use a Network Appliance storage device with the Windows Server 2003 Virtual Disk Service
Describes problems that may occur if you use a Network Appliance storage device with the Windows Server 2003 VDS. Provides a hotfix. - Complex script, such as the SimSun-ExtB font, is printed as rectangle characters on a Windows Server 2003-based computer
Fixes a problem in Windows Server 2003 that occurs when you try to print complex script. For example, when you use SimSun-ExtB font, the text appears as rectangles. - Resource Monitor stops responding and then restarts when there is a deadlock condition in Windows Server 2003
Fixes the problem where no user dump files are created for Clussvc.exe and for Resrcmon.exe when Resource Monitor detects a deadlock condition and restarts itself. - Error message in Windows Server 2003: "STOP 0x000000D1 (fe320000, 2, 0, b988bc11)DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL"
Fixes a problem where Windows Server 2003 experiences a Stop error in the Ipnat.sys file. Provides a hotfix. - The accounting function of Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM) returns incorrect values in Windows Server 2003 x64 versions
Fixes a problem that occurs with Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM) in Windows Server 2003 x64 versions. WSRM returns incorrect values because of an inconsistency of data types between WSRM and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). - Windows Server 2003-based computers and Windows XP-based computers that are set to the West Australia time zone do not change to daylight saving time on December 3, 2006
Describes an update that is available to change the daylight saving time settings for the West Australia time zone. This update has been replaced by update 933360. - An access violation in Lsass.exe forces a Windows Server 2003-based computer that is running Terminal Services to restart
Fixes a problem where a Windows Server 2003-based computer restarts because of an access violation in the Lsass.exe file. - The WMI Event Log provider takes a long time to notify the WMI subscriber when multiple event logs are written to an event log file
The Microsoft Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Event Log provider may take longer than expected to notify the WMI subscriber when multiple event logs are written to an event log file. - MS05-025: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer
Describes the MS05-025 security update rollup for Internet Explorer. - MS05-032: Vulnerability in Microsoft agent could allow spoofing
Describes an update that resolves a newly discovered, privately reported vulnerability. This vulnerability could enable an attacker to spoof trusted Internet content. - MS05-031: Vulnerability in step-by-step interactive training could allow remote code execution
Describes security bulletin MS05-031 and the software titles that are affected by security bulletin MS05-031. - MS05-040: Vulnerability in Telephony service could allow remote code execution
Explains how to obtain security bulletin MS05-040. This security bulletin resolves a remote code execution vulnerability that exists in the Microsoft Telephony Application Programming Interface (TAPI). - MS05-051: Vulnerabilities in MS DTC and COM+ could allow remote code execution
Discusses security bulletin MS05-051. The security update that this bulletin discusses resolves a vulnerability where an attacker who successfully exploited the most severe of these vulnerabilities could take complete control of an affected system. - MS06-009: Vulnerability in the Korean Input Method Editor (IME) could allow elevation of privilege
Describes the MS06-009 security bulletin for the Korean input method editor that could allow elevation of privilege. - MS06-015: Vulnerability in Windows Explorer could lead to remote code execution
Describes the MS06-015 security update for Windows Explorer. - MS05-039: Vulnerability in Plug and Play could allow remote code execution and elevation of privilege
Explains how to obtain security bulletin MS05-039. This security bulletin resolves a remote code execution vulnerability that exists in Microsoft Plug and Play because of an unchecked buffer. - MS05-026: A vulnerability in HTML Help could allow remote code execution
Explains that Microsoft has released security bulletin MS05-026. The security update in MS05-026, security update 896358, fixes a vulnerability in HTML Help that could allow remote code execution. - MS06-018: Vulnerability in Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator could allow denial of service
Describes the MS06-018 security update for Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator - MS06-016: Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express
Describes a cumulative security update for Outlook Express. - MS06-013: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer
Describes the MS06-013 security update rollup for Internet Explorer - MS06-008: Vulnerability in WebClient could allow remote code execution
Describes the MS06-008 security bulletin. The associated security update fixes a vulnerability in WebClient that could allow remote code execution. - MS06-030: Vulnerability in Server Message Block could allow elevation of privilege
Discusses a vulnerability in the Server Message Block that could allow elevation of privlege, and describes the security update that resolves the issue. - MS06-011: Permissive Windows services DACLs could lead to elevation of privilege
Describes the MS06-011 security bulletin that discusses how permissive Windows services DACL's could lead to elevation of privileges. - MS06-050: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Hyperlink Object Library could allow remote code execution
Discusses vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows hyperlink object library could allow remote code execution and describes the security update that resolves the issue. - MS06-022: Vulnerability in ART image rendering could allow remote code execution
Discusses vulnerabilies in image decoder from AOL that could allow remote code execution and describes the security update that resolves the issue. - MS06-045: Vulnerability in Windows Explorer could allow remote code execution
Resolves a newly discovered, publicly reported vulnerability. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take control of an affected system. - MS06-035: Vulnerability in Server service could allow remote code execution
A vulnerability exists in Server service that could allow remote code execution. Describes a security update that resolves this issue. - Microsoft Security Advisory: Adobe Security Bulletin: "APSB06-03 Flash Player Update to Address Security Vulnerabilities"
Microsoft knows about recent security vulnerabilities in Macromedia Flash Player from Adobe that also was redistributed with Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, and Windows Millennium Edition - Detection and deployment guidance for the August, 2006 security release
Provides detection and deployment guidance for the August, 2006 security release. - MS05-049: Vulnerabilities in the Windows shell could allow for remote code execution
Explains how to obtain security bulletin MS05-049. This security bulletin resolves new vulnerabilities where an attacker who successfully exploited the most severe of these vulnerabilities could take complete control of an affected system. - MS06-002: Vulnerability in embedded Web fonts could allow remote code execution
Discusses how to obtain Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-002: Vulnerability in embedded Web fonts could allow remote code execution. - MS05-042: Vulnerabilities in Kerberos could allow denial of service, information disclosure, and spoofing
Explains how to obtain security bulletin MS05-042. This security bulletin resolves a denial of service vulnerability, an information disclosure vulnerability, and a spoofing vulnerability. - MS05-046: Vulnerability in the Client Service for NetWare could allow remote code execution
Explains how to obtain security bulletin MS05-046. A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the Client Service for NetWare. Only customers who installed Client Service for NetWare are vulnerable. - MS05-027: Vulnerability in Server Message Block could allow remote code execution
Discusses an issue where an attacker who successfully exploits a vulnerability in Server Message Block (SMB) could take complete control of the affected system. An update has bee released that resolves this vulnerability. - MS05-043: Vulnerability in Print Spooler service could allow remote code execution
Explains how to obtain security bulletin MS05-043. This security bulletin resolves a remote code execution vulnerability that exists in the Microsoft Print Spooler service. - Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-053: Vulnerabilities in graphics rendering engine could allow code execution
Describes how to obtain Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-053. - MS05-028: A vulnerability in the Web Client Service could allow remote code execution
Discusses an issue where an attacker could take complete control of an affected system. This newly discovered, privately reported vulnerability is resolved by the MS05-028 security update. - MS05-052: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer
Describes the MS05-052 security update rollup for Internet Explorer. - MS05-044: Vulnerability in the Windows FTP client could allow file transfer location tampering
Explains how to obtain security bulletin MS05-044. This security bulletin resolves a new vulnerabilitie in the Windows FTP client that could allow tampering with the file transfer location on the client during an FTP file transfer session. - MS06-007: Vulnerability in TCP/IP could allow denial of service
Describes the MS06-007 security bulletin for TCP/IP that discusses the vulnerability that could allow a denial of service. - MS06-025: Vulnerability in Routing and Remote Access could allow remote code execution
Discusses a vulnerability in the Routing and Remote Access service and describes the security update that resolves the issue. - MS06-006: Vulnerability in Windows Media Player plug-in with non-Microsoft Internet browsers could allow remote code execution
Describes the MS06-006 security bulletin for Windows Media Player that discusses the vulnerability that could allow remote code execution in non-Microsoft Internet browsers. - MS05-054: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer
Describes the MS05-054 security update rollup for Internet Explorer. - MS06-001: Vulnerability in graphics rendering engine could allow remote code execution
Discusses how to obtain Microsoft security bulletin MS06-001: Vulnerability in graphics rendering engine could allow remote code execution. - MS06-036: A vulnerability in the DHCP Client Service could allow remote code execution
Discusses a vulnerability in the DHCP Client Service that could allow remote code execution and describes the security update that resolves the issue. - MS06-041: Vulnerability in DNS resolution could allow remote code execution
This update resolves several newly discovered, privately reported, vulnerabilities. An attacker who successfully exploited the most severe of these vulnerabilities could take complete control of an affected system. - Microsoft Security Advisory: Proof of concept code published affecting the Remote Access Connection Manager service
Discusses a vulnerability affecting the Remote Access Connection Manager Service - MS06-021: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer
Discusses the cumulative security update for Internet Explorer and where to obtain it. - MS06-033: A vulnerability in ASP.NET could allow information disclosure
Discusses a vulnerability in ASP.Net and describes the security update that resolves the issue. - MS06-023: Vulnerability in Microsoft JScript could allow remote code execution
Discusses a vulnerability in Microsoft JScript that could allow remote code execution and describes the security update that resolves the issue. - Description of the security update for the ASP.NET development platform
Describes the security update that has been released for the ASP.NET development platform. - MS06-046: Vulnerability in HTML Help could allow remote code execution
Discusses a vulnerability in HTML Help that could allow remote code execution. Describes the security update that resolves the issue. - FIX: A failfast occurs in the just-in-time code when DestroyManagedStub method notifications are received in COM+ 1.5
Fixes a problem where a failfast occurs in the COM+ 1.5 just-in-time code when DestroyManagedStub method notifications are received. To resolve this problem, you must install a hotfix rollup package. - FIX: You cannot burn a CD or a DVD on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem that occurs when you start the operating system with a Boot.ini entry that has the /PAE switch and when the computer has more than 4 GB of memory. Describes a hotfix to resolve the problem. - FIX: Error messages when you use a Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) query to register WMI events on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP: "0x80041032" and "0x80041003"
Fixes a problem where you receive "Call cancelled" and "Access denied" error messages when you register WMI events on a Windows Server 2003-based computer or on a Windows XP-based computer. Requires that you install a hotfix to resolve the problem. - FIX: You receive an ERROR_INVALID_FUNCTION error when you try to call the PrepareTape function in the Windows Server 2003 Platform Software Development Kit
Fixes the problem that you receive an ERROR_INVALID_FUNCTION error when you try to call the PrepareTape function in Windows Server 2003 Platform SDK. Requires that you install a hotfix to resolve this problem. - FIX: The volume information is incorrectly displayed when you open the Disk Management snap-in in Windows Server 2003
Describes a hotfix that resolves the problem that the volume information is incorrectly displayed in the Disk Management snap-in. - FIX: The passwords may not reset correctly when you reset the passwords of domain user accounts programmatically on a domain controller that is running Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
Fixes a problem where the passwords may not match the passwords in your program if you try to reset domain users' passwords programmatically when you migrate the user accounts. - FIX: Graphical lines that are printed in HPGL Vector mode are thinner than lines in the document if you use a Unidrv-based printer driver in 2-up or 6-up booklet mode
Fixes a problem in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows XP where graphical lines that are printed in Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language (HPGL) Vector mode are not in correct dimensions if you use a Unidrv-based printer driver. - You receive a "[Wrn03] syntax [1:5]: Wrong or missing 'EventID' parameter" error message when you use the Evntcmd.exe command-line tool to configure the SNMP event translator in Windows Server 2003
Fixes an issue that occurs because the Evntwin.exe tool does not enclose the event log name in quotation marks. - You receive a "Printer Driver was not installed" error message when you try to remotely install the first printer on a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller
Fixes a problem that occurs because you create the printer share in the security context of the user when you try to remotely install the first printer. The Print Operators security group account cannot create file shares. - You cannot grant users who are members of other domains in the forest the permission to decrypt and encrypt EFS-encrypted files in Windows Server 2003 or in Windows XP
Fixes a problem where you cannot grant users the permission to decrypt and encrypt EFS-encrypted files. You can only search for the users in the domain to which the current account belongs in Active Directory. - File corruption may occur when extensive stress tests are run on NTFS volumes on a Windows Server 2003-based computer
Discusses the problem where file corruption may occur when extensive stress tests are run on NTFS volumes on a Windows Server 2003-based computer. You must install a hotfix to resolve this problem. - The TCP session does not close until you run the "net session /d" command to delete the SMB session on the file server on a Windows Server 2003-based computer
Fixes a problem in the Tcpip.sys file. This problem causes the TCP session to remain open after you log off the client computer. - A user is not successfully authenticated when NTLMv2 authentication is used on a Windows Server 2003-based IAS server
Discusses a problem in Windows Server 2003 where a Windows Server 2003-based IAS server does not authenticate a client user. A hotfix must be applied to resolve this problem. - You may experience memory performance issues on a Windows Server 2003-based computer that is using an Intel Pentium 4 multiprocessor
Explains why you may experience a slow startup time and memory performance issues on Pentium 4 multiprocessor systems. You can apply a hotfix to resolve this problem. - You receive an "Unavailable Critical Extension" error message when you try to query against a global catalog server or a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller
Fixes a problem that occurs when you perform a Virtual List Views extension search to Active Directory. - You may receive a "ntbackup.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close" error when you try to back up a Windows Server 2003-based computer
Describes a problem that causes an access violation in the Ntbackup.exe program. A hotfix is available to fix this problem. - You cannot connect to your previously disconnected session when you try to use a Citrix ICA client to connect to Citrix MetaFrame for Windows Server 2003
Fixes the problem where you cannot connect to your previously disconnected session when you try to use a Citrix ICA client to connect to Citrix MetaFrame for Windows Server 2003 on a Windows Server 2003-based computer. - The Group Policy Object Editor stops responding if you try to open an administrative template file in the Group Policy Object Editor on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer
Provides a fix for a problem where the Group Policy Object Editor stops responding if you try to open an administrative template file in the Group Policy Object Editor on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer. - System Monitor shows only one active CPU on a 64-bit multiprocessor in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem where System Monitor shows performance data for only one CPU on a multiprocessor computer that is running a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003. - An update for Windows Server makes it possible to put the logon server at the top of the DFS referrals list
Installs an update for Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 Server. Makes it possible to configure the order of domain controllers that are in the DFS referral list for the system volume by positioning the logon server at the top of the list. - Error message when you try to make a remote connection to the registry of a Windows-based computer from a Windows Server 2003 SP1-based computer: "Access denied"
Fixes an issue in which you receive an "Access denied" error message when you try to make a remote connection to the registry of a Windows-based computer from a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1). - A Fujitsu private font does not appear correctly in the Unicode private use area in Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP
Fixes a problem where a Fujitsu private font does not appear correctly in the private use area. - IDE ATA and ATAPI disks use PIO mode after multiple time-out or CRC errors occur
After you suspending and resume your computer several times, hard disk performance may be reduced. If you use Device Manager to view the properties of the IDE channel towhich the drive is connected, the tab may show that the current transfer mode for... - A Windows Server 2003-based computer may stop responding when it is resumed from standby and events 1030 and 1058 are logged in the application log of a domain controller
Fixes a problem with resuming a Windows Server 2003-based computer from standby. Events 1030 and 1058 may be logged after you restart the computer, and policy objects are not applied. - MS05-019: Vulnerabilities in TCP/IP could allow remote code execution and denial of service
This update resolves several newly discovered, privately reported, and public vulnerabilities. - You are prompted to activate Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 every time that you start the computer
Discusses a problem that occurs if a script that interferes with Windows activation is running on the computer. - System Performance Decreases, and Many Event ID 576 Entries Are Logged to the Security Event Log
When you configure an audit policy in Windows Server 2003, your system performance may decrease, and the server may become unresponsive. Additionally, when these symptoms occur, many Event ID 576 entries that are similar to the following are logged to... - You cannot format a shared cluster hard disk volume, and you receive "The format did not complete successfully" error message in Windows Server 2003
Describes a problem where you receive "The format did not complete successfully" error message when you try to format a shared cluster hard disk volume on your Windows Server 2003-based computer. - Error message and event ID 1003 after you restart your Windows Server 2003-based computer: "Serious system error has occurred"
Provides a hotfix that updates the IPX protocol to prevent the "Serious system error has occurred" error message and event ID 1003 when you restart your computer. - MS05-014: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer
Resolves several newly discovered vulnerabilities that were reported both publicly and privately. Each vulnerability is described in the bulletin. Each vulnerability is in its own “Vulnerability details” section. - The Diskpart utility or the Cluster Administrator may take many seconds to process a task on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem that may occur if the hard disk driver that is installed in Windows Server 2003 does not return information in the expected format. To resolve the problem, install a hotfix or obtain an updated driver. - Single Instance Storage service temporary files are not deleted or grow in size when you perform a backup or a volume snapshot operation
Fixes a problem in Windows 2000 and in Windows Server 2003 that occurs when you perform a backup or a volume snapshot operation. Temporary files may grow larger or may not be deleted. - Event 671 appears two times in the security event log when you unlock an account in Windows Server 2003
Corrects a problem in Windows Server 2003 that occurs when Event 671 is logged two times to the security event log. - "Cannot get source or target domain" error message when you run the Security Translation Wizard in Windows Server 2003
Updates the Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) to migrate information from domains that have already been decommissioned. - MS04-016: Vulnerability in DirectPlay could allow denial of service
Resolves a newly discovered, privately reported vulnerability in the implementation of the IDirectPlay4 application programming interface (API) of Microsoft DirectPlay that could allow an attacker to cause a DirectPlay program to fail. - MS03-026: Buffer Overrun in RPC May Allow Code Execution
Microsoft originally released this bulletin and patch on July 16, 2003, to correct a security vulnerability in a Windows Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) Remote Procedure Call (RPC) interface. The patch was and still is effective in eliminating... - Remote user cannot unlock a Terminal Services session in Windows Server 2003
Corrects a problem that occurs when remote users cannot unlock a Terminal Services session. For example, this problem occurs when a screen saver that is protected by a password automatically locks a session. - MS03-039: A buffer overrun in RPCSS could allow an attacker to run malicious programs
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) is a protocol that is used by Windows. RPC provides an inter-process communication mechanism that allows a program that is running on one computer to seamlessly access services on another computer. The protocol itself is... - MS04-007: An ASN.1 vulnerability could allow code execution
Microsoft has released security bulletin MS04-007. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security patch, including file manifest information and deployment options. To view the complete security bulletin, visit the... - You cannot set the size of the paging file to a value that is less than 16 MB in Windows Server 2003
Explains that the size of the Windows Server 2003 paging file must be greater than 16 MB. The minimum value that is indicated in the Virtual Memory dialog box is not correct. - New network shared folders automatically assign Read permissions to the Everyone group in Windows Server 2003
Corrects a problem in Windows Server 2003 where the value of the SrvsvcDefaultShareInfo entry in a registry subkey is ignored when you create a new network share. - Smart card APIs may fail during a Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services session
Fixes problems you may have when you try to use a smart card during a Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services session. - SMTP tar pit feature for Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Describes the SMTP tar pit feature for Microsoft Windows Server 2003. - MS03-044: Buffer overrun in Windows Help and Support Center could lead to system compromise
Microsoft has released security bulletin MS03-044. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security patch, including file manifest information and deployment options. To view the complete security bulletin, visit the... - MS03-030: Unchecked Buffer in DirectX Could Enable System Compromise
DirectX is made up of a set of low-level Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that is used by Windows programs for multimedia support. The DirectShow technology in DirectX performs client-side audio and video sourcing, manipulation, and rendering.... - MS03-045: Buffer overrun in the ListBox and in the ComboBox Control could allow code execution
Microsoft has released security bulletin MS03-045. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security patch, including file manifest information and deployment options. To view the complete security bulletin, visit the... - Windows XP Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 wireless clients are not compatible with RSA Security Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) type
Describes a problem that may occur if a Windows XP SP1 or Windows Server 2003 wireless client tries to authenticate with a third-party wireless implementation. - Time-out errors occur in Volume Shadow Copy service writers, and shadow copies are lost during backup and during times when there are high levels of input/output
This hotfix addresses two specific symptoms: Time-out errors occur in Volume Shadow Copy service writers. Shadow copies are lost during backup and during times when there are high levels of input/output. Time-out errors occur in Volume Shadow Copy... - MS04-012: Cumulative Update for Microsoft RPC/DCOM
Provides a link to the MS04-012 security bulletin. This security bulletin includes all pertinent information about a critical security patch for the full range of Windows operating systems. - MS04-011: Security Update for Microsoft Windows
Discusses the release of a security bulletin to address several newly-discovered vulnerabilities. The most severe of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to take complete control of an affected system. - MS04-015 Security Update for Microsoft Windows
Discusses the release of a security bulletin to address a vulnerability in the Help and Support Center that could allow remote code execution. - MS03-041: Vulnerability in Authenticode Verification Could Allow Remote Code Execution
Microsoft has released security bulletin MS03-041. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security patch, including file manifest information and deployment options. To view the complete security bulletin, visit the... - MS03-043: Buffer overrun in Messenger service could allow code execution
Microsoft has released security bulletin MS03-043. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security patch, including file manifest information and deployment options. To view the complete security bulletin, visit the... - Some Devices Are Not Recognized When You Use Multiple IEEE 1394 (FireWire) Devices
If you have multiple devices on the same computer that use the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 1394 high-speed serial bus (alternatively known as FireWire), some of the devices may not be recognized correctly. When you use only... - FIX: You cannot configure CGI wildcard application mapping in IIS 6.0 in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem that occurs when you try to configure CGI wildcard application mapping in IIS 6.0 in Windows Server 2003. IIS 6.0 does not support CGI wildcard application mapping. - Windows Server 2003 Does Not Identify a Dell PV122T VS80 Medium Changer
A Windows Server 2003-based computer does not identify a Dell PV122T VS80 medium changer device. The device stops working after this problem occurs. The PV-122T VS80 appears as in Device Manager. If you upgrade your firmware from V50 to V57 on the... - Your RIS client may not be able to obtain an IP address during the PXE restart on Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000
If you install Remote Installation Services (RIS) and the DHCP Server service on the same server and if the RIS client is across a router, the RIS client may not be able to obtain an IP address during the Pre-Boot Execution Environment (PXE) restart.... - An IP multicast may not be sent correctly from Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003
When you use a third-party program that sends IP multicasts from a computer that has more than one network adapter, the IP multicast traffic may not be sent from the correct network adapter. - When a Windows Server 2003 cluster node is a domain controller, you may receive an error message when you add domain users to the cluster file share
Explains that you receive an "Access to a cluster file share can be granted/denied only to domain users and groups" error message when you use the Cluster Administrator tool to add users or global groups from a child domain to a share. permissions. - Gpresult.exe does not display all the security settings of your default domain GPO in Windows Server 2003
Describes a problem where the Group Policy Results command-line tool does not display settings such as the SMB signing settings or the NetLogon signing settings. - No option in Windows Server 2003 to set the Extended Key Usage (EKU) extension to use a "Critical" setting
Fixes a problem in Windows Server 2003 where there is no option to set the Extended Key Usage (EKU) extension to use a "Critical" setting on a server that is configured as a certification authority (CA). - You receive LDAP bind errors after you run Dcpromo to install the first Windows Server 2003 computer in a domain
Explains that you may receive various LDAP bind errors after you run Dcpromo.exe to install the first Windows Server 2003 computer in a domain. This problem may occur if the value of the MaxReceiveBuffer attribute is greater than 10737418. - Windows Server 2003 DNS name resolution may fail when stub zones are configured
Provides a fix for a problem that can interfere with DNS name resolution when you have certain stub zone configurations in your organization. - You cannot load a remote LMHOSTS file in Windows Server 2003
Explains that you may not be able to load an LMHOSTS file that is located on a remote server in Windows Server 2003. This article discusses a hotfix for this problem. - Clients cannot log on to domain controllers that are Windows Server 2003-based DNS servers, and network interfaces that are not registered in DNS can still perform dynamic updates
After you install Microsoft Windows Server 2003 on a "multihomed" domain controller that is a DNS server, clients may not be able to log on, and network interfaces that are not registered in DNS can still perform dynamic updates. (A "multihomed" domain... - Win32_LogicalDisk does not provide removable disk information in Windows Server 2003
You cannot use the Win32_LogicalDisk class to determine if removable media, such as floppy disks, are present in disk drives. - Network Monitor stops capturing packets during heavy network traffic
Resolves a problem where Network Monitor stops capturing packets while it monitors Windows Server 2003 during heavy network traffic. In the Captured Statistics pane, the # Frames value does not change in this scenario. - The Computer Name Is Not Displayed in the Title Bar of the Log On to Windows Dialog Box
If you add the string value to the following registry key on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 and then set the value to , the computer name is not displayed on the title bar of the dialog box: Although the computer name is not displayed in... - Network load balancing heartbeat packets may be dropped and a cluster may be disbanded in a Windows Server 2003 cluster environment
Describes a fix for an issue on a cluster member in a Windows Server 2003 cluster environment. In this issue, WLBS fails with an increase in the number of TCP segments, the cluster member is disconnected and the cluster is disbanded. - A MicrosoftDNS container is created before full replication and causes a DNS conflict in Windows Server 2003
Describes an issue where an Active Directory replication conflict may occur when a MicrosoftDNS container is created before a full successful replication of the application partition in Windows Server 2003. - "An error occurred while trying to make a connection to the datastore" message when you try to start the IAS snap-in in Windows Server 2003
Provides a fix for a problem that may cause the IAS snap-in to fail on multiprocessor Windows Server 2003-based computers. - An updated Storport storage driver (version 5.2.3790.139) is available for Windows Server 2003
Fixes several issues with the Storport storage driver that were previously addressed by multiple software updates. - When you call the SplitSymbols function to strip symbols from an image in Windows Server 2003, the function may not generate the program database file for the image
Fixes a problem that occurs when you call the SplitSymbols function to strip symbols from an image in Windows Server 2003. The call succeeds. However, you may not obtain the PDB file for the image. - Permissions Are Reset When You Create a New Zone in the DNS Management Console
When you apply permissions to an individual zone level in the DNS Management Console in Microsoft Windows Server 2003, the permissions may be reset when you create a new zone. - Excessive ARP requests are generated when you transfer data between two Windows Server 2003-based computers
Fixes an issue where a higher-than-expected number of ARP requests are generated when you transfer lots of data between two Windows Server 2003-based computers if the ARP cache entry expires during the file transfer operation. - Group Policy does not apply roaming profiles correctly if NTuser.dat and NTuser.pol files are not synchronized
Fixes a problem where Group Policy settings are incorrectly applied to a roaming profile user who logs on to a different client computer. - You experience intermittent connectivity when you connect to a network from a computer that is running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003
Updates Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP computers that connect to a network through NAT-T. - You receive a "Stop 0x7E" message when a Samba client on UNIX or Linux connects to Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem where a "Stop 0x7E" message occurs in Windows Server 2003 when a Samba client on a UNIX-based computer or a Linux-based computer sends a LIST command. - Date and Time tool does not display date and time correctly in Windows Server 2003 64-Bit Edition
Describes a problem where the Date and Time tool in Control Panel does not work correctly in Windows Server 2003 64-bit Edition. Also describes a fix for this problem. - A System State backup operation is unsuccessful when it tries to back up custom event log nodes in Windows Server 2003
Describes a problem that occurs when a backup program cannot successfully back up a custom event log node because the name is 12 characters or more in length. - "STOP 0x0000007B: INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE" error message when you start your computer from a WinPE CD-ROM or from a Windows Server 2003 CD-ROM by using a USB CD-ROM device
Discusses a "STOP 0x0000007B: INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE" error message that may occur when a Windows Server 2003 computer is started from a USB 1.1 CD-ROM device by using a WinPE CD-ROM or by using a Windows Server 2003 CD-ROM. - Enhancements to Adprep.exe in Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and in hotfix 324392
This article describes enhancements to Adprep.exe. The new version better detects configurations that prevent it from successfully running. It also no longer fully synchronizes Group Policy objects in the SYSVOL tree as a default operation. - File copy operations to a DFS share perform slowly in Windows Server 2003 or in Windows XP
Describes a problem where file copy operations perform slowly if you specify explicit credentials when you connect to a DFS share. - System performance is negatively affected when Ntbackup.exe writes to a destination .bkf file
Fixes an issue where the cache manager and the memory manager consume system resources, and this affects computer performance when Ntbackup uses buffered I/O to write to a target .bkf file. Fix enables unbuffered writes. - A critical update is available to remove unacceptable symbols from the Bookshelf Symbol 7 font
Removes certain symbols from the Bookshelf Symbol 7 font that was included with Microsoft Office 2003. - The roaming profile is not loaded after the user uses Terminal Services to log on to Windows Server 2003
Fixes problems that are experienced by users who cannot load their roaming profiles when they use Terminal Services in Windows Server 2003. - A digitally signed application stops responding in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem where a program that you run on a Windows Server 2003-based system stops responding if the executable file for the program has been digitally signed. - An update is available that introduces the NO_AUTH_REQUIRED flag to the UserAccountControl property in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows 2000
Provides an update that may help you keep service tickets from becoming too large for some programs to handle. You can set the new flag so that PAC information is not added to service tickets for users in Active Directory. - New Log File Is Not Created at the Interval That You Specify in the Performance Tool
When you configure the properties of a log file in the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Performance tool to automatically create a new log file after a particular interval, the Performance Logs and Alerts service does not create the new log file at the... - Memory Leak Occurs in the Lsass.exe Process on a Windows Server 2003-Based Domain Controller
On a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based domain controller, the memory usage may continue to increase, and therefore, you may have to periodically restart the server. If you use System Monitor to view the Local Security Authority Service (Lsass.exe)... - IADs::Put/PutEx or IADsPropertyList::PutPropertyItem calls do not accumulate
Provides a fix for a problem where IADs::Put/PutEx or IADsPropertyList::PutPropertyItem calls do not accumulate. - "Stop 0x50" error message when you use multithread programs in Windows Server 2003
When you try to use a multithread program on a computer that is running Microsoft Windows Server 2003, you may receive an error message that is similar to the following: - FIX: Structs or arrays of string cannot marshal correctly to COM+ applications
If you call a function in a Microsoft COM+ server application where one of the parameters is a struct or an array that contains strings, the strings may be set to empty strings during the calling process. - Various printing issues in Windows Server 2003
When you try to print from a computer that is running Microsoft Windows Server 2003, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms: When you print a reversed bitmap to a PostScript printer, the image does not print inside the region. Access... - Handle leak in an IP helper function in Windows Server 2003
Provides a fix for a problem where a program that uses an IP helper function may cause your server to stop responding. - "Not Supported (0x8004100C)" error message when you run a query in WMI under Windows Server 2003
Hotfix resolves a problem where a script that uses the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) provider to query a dynamic data class with an embedded object may return a "Not Supported (0x8004100C)" error message. - Plug and Play may stop responding in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem where Plug and Play may stop responding in Windows Server 2003 if a SCSI inquiry occurs at the same time as the Plug and Play event. - A machine check error may occur without any noticeable symptoms in Windows Server 2003
If the CPU does not populate the required registers, Windows cannot report a machine check error and cannot stop the computer. When a machine check exception occurs on a multiprocessor computer, the computer may restart unexpectedly. - You receive the "Bugcheck 0x50 in HTTP!UlLargeMemSetData" Stop error message in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem that may occur when a server that is running IIS stops responding. - WMI decoupled method provider does not return status in Windows Server 2003
Describes how a decoupled provider that is created by WMI does not send the appropriate error code to the client. This article describes a fix for this problem. - "Invalid Access Memory Location (998)" error message when a 32-bit application calls the LsaLogonUser function on a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003
Fixes an issue where a call to the LsaLogonUser function by a 32-bit application returns an "Invalid Access Memory Location (998)" error message. This issue occurs on a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003. - Your USB keyboard may not work correctly with a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003
Describes a problem where your USB keyboard may not work correctly and you may receive a "Code 38" error message in Device Manager. Describes the symptom details, the cause of the problem, and how to resolve the problem. - An access violation in Kernel32.dll occurs in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem where an access violation occurs when your computer is running IIS 6 and a program makes a call to the WaitForSingleObjectEx function. - You cannot successfully mount a tape drive on a Windows Server 2003-based server
Fixes the problem where you cannot mount a tape drive on a server that is running Windows Server 2003. This problem occurs when you use the Removable Storage feature to manage your tape drive. - You may receive a Stop error in the Scsiport.sys file during SCSI miniport initialization on a computer that is running Windows
Describes a problem that occurs on computers that are running Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000. Describes a hotfix that resolves this problem. - Universally unique identifiers that are returned contain the same seed value in Windows Server 2003
Describes a problem that may occur if the NDIS WAN miniport drivers do not support the OID_GEN_VENDOR_ID object. To resolve this problem, you must install a hotfix. - You cannot start your HP Itanium II computer
You may not be able to start your Microsoft Windows Server 2003 64-bit Edition-based HP Itanium II computer. You can contact Microsoft for a hotfix to resolve this problem. - An interrupt storm that is generated by the ACPI driver causes a Windows Server 2003-based computer or a Windows XP-based computer to stop responding
Fixes a problem where an ACPI driver interrupt storm causes your computer to stop responding. When this issue occurs, you must install a service pack or a hotfix to resolve the problem. - Problems with DNS name resolution and replication after you upgrade to Windows Server 2003
Provides a fix for a problem that may interfere with DNS name resolution and replication after a Windows Server 2003 upgrade. - STOP: 0x00000050 error occurs in Windows Server 2003 when a Terminal Services session is closed
Fixes a problem that may occur when you log off from a Terminal Services session on a Windows Server 2003-based computer. - You receive an error message or the /SAGERUN command-line option does not work correctly when you run the Disk Cleanup wizard from the command line in Windows Server 2003
Updates Cleanmgr.exe to work correctly on computers that are running Microsoft Windows Server 2003. - An incremental backup includes unchanged files and is larger than expected in Windows 2000 and in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem where incremental backups are larger than expected because the archive bit is reset. To resolve the problem for Windows Server 2003, install a hotfix. To resolve the problem for Windows 2000, install Windows 2000 SP3 and a hotfix. - You may receive an access violation error message when you use the DsBrowseForContainer function in Windows Server 2003
Describes a problem where you may receive an access violation error message when you use the DsBrowseForContainer function in Windows Server 2003. You must install a hotfix to resolve the problem. - Print jobs that you send to a Windows Server 2003 print queue when the printer is out of paper take a long time after you add paper
Fixes a problem that occurs because of the time that is required to clear an SNMP print-blocking error. You must install a hotfix to resolve the problem. - You cannot use programs that require more that 16 gigabytes of RAM in Windows Server 2003
You may not be able to use programs that require more that 16 gigabytes (GB) of RAM. - Stop error 23 when a program tries to dismount a FastFat volume in Windows Server 2003
When a program tries to dismount a FastFat volume, you may receive a Stop error 23 with an address of 1c028a, 0, 0, 0. - Time stamps may not be synchronized correctly on a large Symmetric Multiprocessing computer that is running Windows Server 2003
Time stamps may not be synchronized correctly on a large Symmetic Multiprocessing computer that is running Windows Server 2003 because a program can query a Time Stamp Counter on two different processors. - A scheduled backup task unexpectedly quits in Windows Server 2003 when the backup tape is full
Describes a problem where you are not prompted to insert an additional backup tape during an unattended backup in Windows Server 2003. In this scenario, the backup operation quits without being completed. - Software Restriction Policies Do Not Persist After You Define Them
After you define Software Restriction Policies (also known as SAFER) under the node of your domain policy, when you later click that container, you receive the following message in the right pane of Group Policy Object Editor: This problem may also... - You cannot scavenge old DNS records after you restart the DNS service
After you restart the DNS service on your Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer, you may not be able to scavenge old Domain Name System (DNS) records. DNS zones are protected from being scavenged for the period of time that is specified on the... - You receive a "STOP 0x000000D1" error message in Windows Server 2003 or in Windows 2000 Server
Fixes an issue in Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 where you may receive a "STOP 0x000000D1" error message on a computer that uses an IDE controller that requires synchronization across all channels. - You receive a "No Terminal Services License server was found on the network" error message when you run the Manage Your Server Wizard on a Windows Server 2003-based computer
Fixes a problem that occurs when you run the Manage Your Server Wizard on a Windows Server 2003-based computer. You receive an error message even if there is a valid Terminal Services License server. - A handle leak occurs when you use "Run as" to run a program in Windows Server 2003
Resolves a problem that may occur when a program is run by a user who is not the user who is logged on. A handle leak may occur, and your computer may become slow or unresponsive. - You receive a "stop 0x000000DA" error message on a blue screen after you enable PTE tracking on a Windows Server 2003-based node
When you edit the registry of a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based node in a server cluster to turn on page table entry (PTE) tracking, the server may stop responding. You may also receive a stop error message on a blue screen that is similar to the... - The FTP client program cannot upload a file that is 2 GB or larger in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem where extremely large files do not transfer to an FTP server, or the FTP client program incorrectly reports the final size of the job. - Telnet client stops responding and does not show a prompt when you try to connect to a Telnet server that is running on a Windows Server 2003-based or Windows XP-based computer
Fixes a problem where your Telnet client stops responding when you try to connect to a Telnet service that is running on a Windows Server 2003-based or Windows XP-based computer. - Logical Disk Manager stops responding or reports an error when you hot-swap a dynamic disk in Windows Server 2003
Describes a problem with the Logical Disk Manager that stops responding or logs errors when you hot-swap a dynamic disk in Windows Server 2003. - Access violation when you use WinHTTP in Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Corrects a problem in WinHTTP that may cause an access violation. - Ktpass.exe may not create a Kerberos keytab file successfully when you use the /target switch and the /mapuser switch on a Windows Server 2003-based computer or on a Windows 2000-based computer
Fixes a problem where Ktpass.exe may not create a Kerberos keytab file successfully when you use the /target switch and the /mapuser switch to find a user principal name (UPN) and then you try to create the Kerberos keytab file. - Access violation in Iexplore.exe when you use a Control Panel tool if Control Panel is set to Classic View in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem in Windows Server 2003 where you receive an access violation error message in the Iexplore.exe file after you try to run a Control Panel tool when Control Panel is configured to Classic View. - The %HOMEDRIVE% environment variable does not point to the partition that hosts the user profiles in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem where the %HOMEDRIVE% environment variable does not point to the drive where the user profiles are hosted. - MS04-037: Vulnerability in Windows shell could allow remote code execution
Discusses a bulletin that addresses several newly discovered, public vulnerabilities. Each vulnerability is documented in its own Vulnerability Details section in the bulletin. - Cannot Join Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Domain When You Run Setup Unattended
When you try to run Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Setup unattended, the installation is completed, but your computer may not be able to join your Microsoft Active Directory directory service domain. - "No such device or address" error message when you use the Ftp utility to transfer files in Windows Server 2003
When you use the Ftp utility (Ftp.exe) to transfer a file on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer, you may receive the following error message: - Terminal Server License Server Activation Wizard generates a product ID that does not work
In Microsoft Windows Server 2003, when you use Terminal Server License Server Activation Wizard to activate a Terminal Services license server by telephone, you may find that you cannot use the product ID that appears on the page of the wizard to... - Inbound Replication Fails on Domain Controllers with Event ID: 1699, Error 8451 or jet error -1601
Inbound replication to Windows Server 2003 domain controllers does not work, and errors are listed in the Directory Services event log of the destination domain controller if NTDS diagnostic logging is set at default levels. The domain controllers that... - The SMTP service does not fail over to the next MX record after the remote SMTP host for an MX record responds with a 4xx error
Describes a problem in Windows Server 2003 that occurs after an MX record returns a 4xx error. To resolve this problem, you must install a hotfix. - FIX: Bitmaps are incorrectly colored on the mirrored display in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem where an 8-bit bitmap or an indexed color depth bitmap is not rendered correctly on a mirrored display. Dark gray pixels may appear as light blue. - You cannot delete DNS PTR records that contain uppercase characters in Windows Server 2003
Fixes an issue that prevents the DNS snap-in from creating DNS PTR records that contain uppercase characters. Provides methods to delete these PTR records, or convert them to lowercase. - The Remote Shell utility may stop responding on a Windows Server 2003-based client computer
Fixes a problem that occurs when you run the Rsh.exe utility in Windows Server 2003 to run commands on a remote computer. - Roaming profiles are not unloaded on a Windows Server 2003-based computer that is running Terminal Services
Fixes a problem where roaming profiles are not unloaded on a computer that is running Terminal Services. - Print output is garbled or incorrectly formatted when you print in vector mode to a Windows 2003-based computer
Discusses how your print output may contain garbled or incorrectly formatted characters when you print in vector mode to a Windows 2003-based computer. You may also receive a general protection fault. Requires the installation of a hotfix to resolve. - The daily DHCP audit log file is deleted after you restart the DHCP service in Windows Server 2003
Fixes an issue that occurs when you restart the DHCP service in Windows Server 2003. If you install the hotfix in this article, the daily DHCP log file is not deleted after you restart the DHCP service. - Outlook 2003 crashes after you perform an unattended install of the Turkish version of Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000
Fixes a problem in the Turkish version of Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 where Office Outlook 2003 crashes after you perform an unattended installation. - Software update to change the behavior of the SMB_COM_FLUSH command in Windows Server 2003
Discusses a software update that may help improve slow file server performance that is caused by the behavior of the SMB_COM_FLUSH command. You must install a software update and configure the registry to apply this update. - Slow performance when Windows Server 2003 writes data to a fiber-channel-connected file share
Fixes a performance problem where a Windows Server 2003-based client writes data in sequential block-writes of 64 KB to a fiber-channel-connected file share on a second Windows Server 2003-based computer. - "Generic Failure" error message when you delete an Active Directory-integrated DNS zone
Fixes a problem where you cannot delete a Active Directory-integrated DNS zone by using the DNS Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) provider. - Unexpected results may occur when you use the CreateFile function and the FILE_FLAG_DELETE_ON_CLOSE flag to access a file that is located on a remote Windows Server 2003-based computer
Fixes a problem where you receive an "Error No 59: An unexpected network error occurred" error message when you use the CreateFile function and the FILE_FLAG_DELETE_ON_CLOSE flag to open and then close a file. - You receive a "Stop 0x000000D1" error message in Ipnat.sys on a Windows Server 2003-based computer that is configured to use NAT
Describes a fix for an issue in Windows Server 2003 where a "stop 0x000000D1IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL" error occurs in Ipnat.sys on a server that is configured to use NAT - Stop 0x7B error occurs when you run the Windows Server 2003 Setup program for an image that was created by using the Sysprep -pnp switch
Hotfix resolves the problem where a Stop 0x7B error occurs when you run the Windows Server 2003 Setup program on an image that was created by using Sysprep with the -pnp switch. - Terminal Services clients may continue to receive a third-party GINA window after it is disabled
Provides a fix for a problem that may occur when you have a third-party GINA installed. - You receive an "Unrecognized option" error when you use the DFS utility to add a comment to a DFS root in Windows Server 2003
Fixes the problem that occurs when you use the /comment:Coment_text switch with the DFSutil.exe file on a server that is running Windows Server 2003. - Computer stops responding when a SCSI miniport driver issues a ScsiPortNotification(BusChangeDetected) call
Provides a resolution for an issue that occurs when your computer stops responding when the Scsiport.sys driver issues a hal!IoFreeAdapterChannel() call after a SCSI miniport driver issues a ScsiPortNotification.(BusChangeDetected) call. - Renaming a Removable-Media Drive Creates an Administrative Share Where Everyone Has Full Permissions
If you rename a CD-ROM drive or another removable-media drive (for example, from the default drive D to drive H) in Microsoft Windows Server 2003, an administrative share for the new drive letter is created. A password is not required to access the... - "PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA (50)" Stop error message in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem that occurs when you receive a Stop error message on a blue screen on a Windows Server 2003-based computer. - You may receive an error in the Userinit.exe component when you log on to a Windows Server 2003-based or a Windows 2000-based Terminal Services session
Fixes a problem that occurs when you receive a "USERINIT.EXE (5.2.3790.77) caused a fault in module NTDLL.DLL at 0x0003C188" error in the Userinit.exe component. - Compressed (zip) files that are on an offline resource are listed in the Search Results window in Windows XP and in Windows Server 2003 even if you do not choose the "Search tape backup" option
Fixes a problem in Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 where compressed (zip) files that are on an offline resource are listed in the search results when you search for a file. - Cannot remove remote orphan security object from a local domain group in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem that occurs when you remove an orphan Exchange Domain Servers security group, and you receive the "Element not found" error message. - The KeBugCheckEx() function causes a system reset on multiprocessor Windows Server 2003-based computers
Fixes a problem that occurs because machine check exceptions are delivered to multiple processors on the computer at the same time. This problem causes Windows Server 2003 to restart. - You cannot enter a password that has more than 14 characters when you try to connect to a session from Task Manager or from Terminal Services Manager in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem that occurs when you connect to a session from Task Manager or from Terminal Services Manager in Windows Server 2003. - You cannot view a user's universal group membership in Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Users and Computers when universal groups do not reside in the local domain
Fixes a problem - You cannot use the Console Registry tool to back up the SAM or the SECURITY registry hives
Provides a fix for a problem that may prevent you from using Reg.exe to back up the SAM or the SECURITY registry hives. - You receive a "DNS lookup failure" error message and e-mail messages are returned when you send mail through a Windows Server 2003-based DNS server
When you send e-mail messages to a domain that uses a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based DNS server, the e-mail messages may be returned, and then you receive a "DNS lookup failure" error message. If you use the nslookup command-line tool to query the... - You cannot specify the port to use when client computers connect to the ADS server
Describes a new feature that allows you to specify the port to use when client computers connect to the ADS server. - USB-based CD-ROM drive is mapped to more than one drive letter in Windows Server 2003
Describes a problem that occurs when a USB CD drive is assigned two drive letters after you start a computer that is running Windows Server 2003. - A Windows Server 2003-based DNS server stops responding, and an access violation is generated
Fixes an issue in which a DNS server stops responding (hangs) and then generates an access violation in Windows Server 2003. This problem may occur if the DNS server spends a long time initializing the NDNC partition of Active Directory. - Your application receives the STATUS_IO_DEVICE_ERROR error flag when it calls an IOCTL function in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem where your application receives the STATUS_IO_DEVICE_ERROR error flag when the application calls an IOCTL function or a DMA service. - Users from a trusted MIT Kerberos realm cannot reconnect to a disconnected remote desktop session on a Windows XP-based or Windows Server 2003-based computer
Describes a problem in Windows XP and in Windows Server 2003 where users from a trusted MIT Kerberos realm cannot connect a disconnected Remote Desktop session to a computer that has Security Update MS04-011 applied. - Performance counter logs show a very high initial value in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem where the first value in a performance counter log is incorrectly high because it has not been calculated with two raw samples. The problem occurs in comma-delimited and tab-delimited log files. - A backup or a restore operation of Exchange 2003 storage groups fails with event IDs 9609 and 9611 when you use Windows Server 2003 Volume Shadow Copy Service
Fixes a problem in Windows Server 2003 where an Exchange 2003 backup or restore operation fails when you use a third-party backup program in conjunction with Volume Shadow Copy Service. - An updated Storport storage driver (version 5.2.3790.173) is available for Windows Server 2003
Describes the latest update to the Storport storage driver for Windows Server 2003 and describes the issues that are resolved by the new driver. - An access violation occurs in Lsass.exe when you run Diskeeper Administrator in Windows Server 2003
Resolves a problem where an access violation occurs in Lsass.exe when you run Diskeeper Administrator Edition software. This problem occurs on a Windows Server 2003-based computer that is configured to audit logon events. - You cannot use the tsshutdn command to restart a Windows Server 2003-based terminal server
Describes a fix for a problem where the tsshutdn command does not restart a Windows Server 2003-based terminal server. - "An invalid directory pathname was passed" error message when you use Active Directory Users and Computers to view user properties in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem that occurs if you have installed the hotfix that is described in Knowledge Base article 833883. Article 833883 also advises you how to edit your computer's registry, and this also contributes to this problem. - Your Windows Server 2003-based computer crashes, and you receive a "Stop 0x00000050" error message
Fixes a problem where Windows Server 2003 crashes and you receive a "Stop 0x00000050" error message on a blue screen. - A program on your Windows Server 2003-based computer that queries counters unexpectedly quits when it runs out of memory
Describes a problem where a program on your Windows Server 2003-based computer that queries counters unexpectedly quits. Describes the detailed symptoms of this problem and describes how to resolve this problem. - The Net Logon service does not give out updated subnet site associations to clients
Fixes a problem where site association changes made to a subnet object are not sent to the Net Logon service. - You cannot start a program when the Language bar is running on a Windows Server 2003-based multiprocessor computer
Fixes a problem that may occur when you run Windows Server 2003 on a multiprocessor computer, and the Ctfmon.exe process is running. - A secondary zone disappears after the DNS service is restarted
Fixes a problem where a member of the DnsAdmins group cannot create a secondary DNS zone that points to another DND server. The problem occurs because members of the DnsAdmins group do not have permission to write to the registry. - The Computer Migration Wizard that runs in Windows Server 2003 stops responding when you select many computers
Provides a hotfix to resolve a memory leak problem that may occur when you select many computers in the Computer Migration Wizard of the Active Directory Migration Tool v.2.0. - MS04-031: Vulnerability in NetDDE could allow remote code execution
Discusses a bulletin that addresses a remote code execution vulnerability that exists in the Network Dynamic Data Exchange (NetDDE) services. The vulnerability is documented in the Vulnerability Details section of the bulletin. - Event ID 5501 and event ID 6524 are logged when DNS requests an incremental zone transfer in Windows Server 2003
Corrects a problem in Windows Server 2003 DNS where the second start of authority packet is incorrectly detected. - "%" character in Terminal Services profile path appears as a numeric string when you use the TSPROF command in Windows Server 2003
Fixes an issue in Windows Server 2003, where a percent sign in your Terminal Services profile path appears as a numeric string when you view the profile path from the command line. Requires that you install a hotfix to resolve the problem. - DNS.exe leaks memory when you add zones by using a script in Windows Server 2003
Provides a fix for a problem that may cause a memory leak in Dns.exe when you add DNS zones to your Windows DNS server by using a script. - You receive an "Invalid Parameter (error 87)" error message when you try to use Dsquery with Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000
Fixes a problem that occurs when you try to use the Dsquery command-line tool with Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000. - Non-interactive At.exe tasks do not run in Windows Server 2003
Describes a problem where non-interactive tasks that you create with the At.exe tool do not run. Describes symptom details, the cause, and how to resolve this problem with a hotfix. - Remote Desktop Connection triggers an access violation and does not respond when you set the FilterQueueType registry value to 0x7 in Windows Server 2003
Fixes an issue in Windows Server 2003 where Remote Desktop Connection (Mstsc.exe) generates an access violation and does not respond. This issue occurs when you set the FilterQueueType registry value to 0x7. - HBA device is displayed in Windows Server 2003 Device Manager with a black exclamation point on a yellow field
Resolves a problem where an HBA device is not installed correctly and where the device is displayed in Device Manager with a black exclamation point (!) on a yellow field. - A Remote Desktop session is disconnected without warning if a session reconnect request does not complete as expected on a Windows Server 2003-based computer
Fixes a problem where a Remote Desktop session is disconnected without warning if a session reconnect request does not complete as expected. This problem occurs when you use the Citrix ICA Client to connect to Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server. - Users can map a network drive in a Terminal Services session even after you enable the "Remove 'Map Network Drive' and 'Disconnect Network Drive'" Group Policy setting in Windows Server 2003
Fixes an issue where the Map Network Drive dialog box is displayed when you connect to the server from a Terminal Services session even though the Remove "Map Network Drive" and "Disconnect Network Drive" Group Policy setting is enabled. - A 32-bit program that uses the Virtual Disk service API may not work correctly on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based Systems
Fixes a problem where you may receive a "The disk management services could not complete the operation" error message when you run a 32-bit program on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based Systems. - Your network connection may be reset when you try to perform a file operation on a remote Windows Server 2003-based computer
Fixes a problem in Windows Server 2003 where a remote Windows Server 2003-based computer may reset the network connection when you try to perform a file operation on the remote server from a local client. - A workstation may become the master browser instead of a Windows Server 2003-based member server
Describes why a workstation computer rather than a Windows Server 2003-based member server may become the master browser. Requires that you install a hotfix to resolve this problem. - An access violation occurs in Lsass.exe and event IDs 1015 and 1000 are logged in the application log on a Windows Server 2003 domain controller
Fixes a problem where your Windows Server 2003-based domain controller unexpectedly restarts after Lsass.exe experiences an access violation. - You cannot use the Delegation Wizard to grant access permissions to a new user account or a new group account
Describes a problem where you cannot grant permissions to a new user account or a new group account. When you try to use the Delegation Wizard to do this, you may receive an error message. - A Stop error that references the Win32k.sys file occurs after a screen redraw
resolves a problem where a Stop error occurs after the system or a program performs a screen redraw in Windows Server 2003. - "The following entry in the [strings] section is too long and has been truncated" error message when you try to modify or to view GPOs in Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Professional, or Windows 2000
Describes a problem where you receive an error message when you try to modify or view a GPO. Provides a fix for the problem in Windows 2000, in Windows XP Professional SP1, and Windows Server 2003. - Event ID 677 and event ID 673 audit failure messages are repeatedly logged to the Security log of domain controllers that are running Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003
Fixes an issue where audit failure messages are repeatedly logged to the event security log in domain controllers. Event ID 677 is logged in Windows 2000 and event ID 673 is logged in Windows Server 2003. - You are prompted to install drivers for an upgraded device when you upgrade the firmware on a SCSI device in Windows Server 2003
Resolves a problem where you are unexpectedly prompted for the location of drivers to install for an upgraded device when you upgrade the firmware on a SCSI device. The SCSI device may be a hard disk, a RAID array controller, or a tape drive. - MS05-003: Vulnerability in the Indexing Service could allow remote code execution
This update resolves a newly discovered, privately reported vulnerability. The vulnerability is documented in the Vulnerability Details section of the bulletin. - Remote Desktop Web Connection triggers an access violation and does not respond when you set the FilterQueueType registry value to 0x7 in Windows Server 2003
Describes a fix for an issue in Windows Server 2003 where the Remote Desktop Web Connection program (Msrdp.ocx) generates an access violation and does not respond if you set the FilterQueueType registry value to 0x7. - "Logical Disk Manager" error messages when you use Disk Management to format a new hard-disk partition in Windows Server 2003
Discusses a fix for a problem in Windows Server 2003 where you may receive error messages when you use Disk Management to format a new hard-disk partition. - The message queue connection enters retry mode, and none of the messages in the message queue are delivered
Fixes a problem where an SMTP message queue enters retry state when it receives 5xx-class errors. This problem occurs on Windows Server 2003-based computers. To resolve this problem, you must install a hotfix. - A bug check 0x19 error occurs in Tcpip.sys and your computer stops unexpectedly on Windows Server 2003
Fixes the problem that occurs when a TCP/IP stack tries to free a buffer that it did not allocate in Windows Server 2003. - If the DTC service is restarted many times, the service eventually does not restart in Windows Server 2003
Discusses a problem where the transaction log will fill if the DTC service is restarted many times. Eventually, the DTC service cannot start. - The PIN dialog box may not be displayed when you use a smart card to log on to a Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services session
Fixes a problem that occurs if certain Group Policy settings are configured on the destination computer of a Terminal Services session. Provides a hotfix. - The Beremote.exe process uses up to 100 percent of CPU resources
Provides a hotfix for a problem that may occur on a Windows Server 2003 network computer when you run Veritas Backup Exec software. - "DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (0xD1)" Stop error occurs in Windows Server 2003 when you remove a USB device
discusses a code defect in the USB controller port driver (Usbport.sys) that can cause a "DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (d1)" Stop error when you remove a USB device from a Windows Server 2003-based computer. - Files in the Single Instance Storage (SIS) Common Store folder are no longer valid after you restore a Remote Installation Services (RIS) volume from backup in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows 2000
Fixes a problem in in Windows 2000 and in Windows Server 2003 where some files in the Single Instance Storage (SIS) Common Store folder are no longer valid after you restore a Remote Installation Services (RIS) volume from backup. - A new logical unit number is not detected when a logical unit number is removed from a storage device on a SCSI disk array
Describes a problem where a new logical unit number (LUN) is not detected when a LUN is removed from a storage device on a SCSI disk array in Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 Server. Provides a hotfix for this problem. - You have problems when you try to install or use 32-bit programs that use WMI in Windows Server 2003 64-Bit Enterprise Edition
Provides a hotfix for a problem that affects 32-bit programs that use WMI in Windows Server 2003 64-Bit Enterprise Edition. Describes symptom details, the cause of the problem, and how to resolve the problem with a hotfix. - Changes that you make to the amount of usable space on a hard disk may not be displayed in Disk Management in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem where the partition table layout of a hard disk is cached in memory, and therefore the layout is not updated until the computer is restarted. This issue occurs when you change the amount of usable space on a hard disk. - MS05-015: Vulnerability in hyperlink object library could allow remote code execution in Windows Server 2003
Microsoft has released security bulletin MS05-015. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security update, including file manifest information and deployment options. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of... - "STOP 0x7B" error may occur on a computer that is using 4-GB DIMMs during the installation of Windows Server 2003
Resolves a problem where a STOP: 0x0000007B error occurs on a computer that is using 4-GB DIMMs during the installation of Windows Server 2003. - A memory leak occurs in an application using the Volume Shadow Copy Service on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003
Discusses a problem where a computer continues to consume memory resources due to a memory leak in an application using the Volume Shadow Copy Service. To resolve the problem, you must install a hotfix. - Printer tray assignments on a print server may not transfer to the client computer when you install a network printer in Windows XP or Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem that may occur when the print server runs a different language version of Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 than the client computer. Provides a hotfix that must be installed on both computers. - MIT Kerberos clients cannot authenticate to a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller in a Windows 2000 domain
Fixes a problem where MIT Kerberos clients cannot authenticate to a newly added Windows Server 2003-based domain controller in a Windows 2000 domain. - The .bks file may not run successfully when you use the NTBackup utility in Windows Server 2003 to run a Unicode .bks file that the NTBackup utility did not create
Fixes a problem where a Unicode .bks file may not run successfully when you use the NTBackup utility to run a Unicode .bks file in Windows Server 2003. - You receive a “The server was unable to decode a search request filter” error message when you run an LDAP query that uses the extensibleMatch search filter in Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 Server
You receive an error message when you run an LDAP query that uses the extensibleMatch search filter in Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 Server. The installation of a hotfix is required to resolve this problem. - The Manage command is not removed from the Windows Explorer shortcut menu
Describes a problem where the Manage command is not removed from the Windows Explorer shortcut menu. Occurs on client computers after you enable the Hides the Manage item on the Windows Explorer shortcut menu Group Policy in Windows Server 2003. - A “DNS_ERROR_TRY_AGAIN_LATER” error message is logged in the DHCP activity log on Windows Server 2003
Describes a problem that occurs when the maximum queue count size for DNS registration in Windows Server 2003 has been surpassed. You must install a hotfix to resolve this problem. - Directory service command-line tools do not work correctly in Windows Server 2003
Describes a problem that occurs when the distinguished name of objects contain a slash mark. To resolve this problem, you must install a hotfix. - MS05-008: Vulnerability in Windows shell could allow remote code execution
Microsoft has released security bulletin MS05-008. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security update, including file manifest information and deployment options. - You receive an "Access is denied" error message when you connect to a Web site after you modify permissions in the metabase in IIS 6.0
Describes a fix for a problem in IIS 6.0. You cannot access a Web site after you modify permissions in the IIS 6.0 metabase. - You receive information for a different local group than you specified when you use the "net localgroup" command on a domain controller that is running Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem in Windows Server 2003 where information for a local group from a trusted domain is returned when you run the "net localgroup" command on a domain controller. - When you start Windows Server 2003 with the /PAE switch and you transfer data to or from a USB mass storage device, the computer stops responding or you receive a "STOP 0xE6" error message.
Resolves a problem where Windows Server 2003 stops responding (hangs) when you transfer data to or from a USB mass storage device. This issue occurs when you use the PAE switch in the Boot.ini file. - You cannot use a Microsoft Network Monitor trace to capture frames on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer that has multiple processors
Describes a problem where you cannot use a Microsoft Network Monitor trace to capture frames on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer that has multiple processors. - You receive access violation messages and the DNS service stops on a DNS server that is running Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003
Explains why you may receive frequent access violation messages, and the DNS service may stop on a DNS server. This problem occurs if you have a DNS TXT record that contains escaped characters. - Support for MaxOptix and Sony magneto optical drives in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem where you cannot install the Sony Model SMO-S561 or MaxOptix Model T5-2600 optical drive in Windows Server 2003. Provides new level of support for both of these drive models. - "Device Status Page Error" error message when your printer tries to display a status notification message
Fixes a problem that may occur when certain printers try to display status notifications. In this scenario, you receive a "Device Status Page Error" error message. - You cannot configure a new keyboard layout in a Windows Server 2003-based Windows Preinstallation Environment
Fixes a problem in Windows Server 2003 where you cannot successfully configure a new keyboard layout in a Windows Server 2003-based Windows Preinstallation Environment. - Event ID 1004 is logged when a thin client tries to obtain a license from a Windows Server 2003-based terminal server
Fixes a problem that occurs if you do not log on to the thin client after the thin client obtains a temporary Terminal Services license. Event ID 1004 is logged to the Application log of the terminal server in this scenario. - A 35-second delay occurs when you delete a file that is located on a network share in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem in Windows Server 2003 where you experience a delay of 35 seconds before a file is deleted. This problem occurs when you use Windows Explorer to delete a file that is located on a network share. - Your IDE storage device may become unavailable after you change the transfer mode of another device on the same IDE channel
Provides a fix for a problem that may occur when you change te transfer mode of an IDE device from PIO mode to DMA or UDMA. - You cannot obtain debug information about the resource objects of Application Verifier Stop errors in Windows Server 2003 or in Windows XP
Describes the updates and fixes for an issue in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows XP where you cannot obtain debug information about the resource objects of the Application Verifier Stop errors. - A delay may occur before the contents of a folder are displayed in the Windows Explorer Folders pane in Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP
Fixes a problem where it takes a longer than expected to display the contents of a local folder when you click the folder in the Folders pane in Windows Explorer. - "Tape Device Error" error message when you try to restore or to catalog a tape backup that was made on a computer that is running a 64-bit Itanium-based version of Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem that occurs when you try to restore a tape backup that has a block size of 64 KB to a server that is running a 32-bit version of Windows. You must apply a hotfix to resolve the problem. - DNS clients may not be able to access sites where the CNAME resource record for the site has been cached on a Windows Server 2003 DNS server
Fixes a problem where DNS clients cannot access sites that were previously available. This problem occurs when the DNS feature may not add CNAME resource records if they were previously cached and then expired. Provides a hotfix. - WMI query may stop responding when a user queries performance counter data on Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem where a WMI query may stop responding when a user queries performance counter data on Windows Server 2003. Requires that you install a hotfix to resolve the problem. - Deadlock condition may occur when a large number of DFS clients connect to a shared folder for the first time
When many Distributed File System (DFS) clients connect to a server and access a shared folder for the first time, you may find that a deadlock condition occurs in the server message block (SMB) redirector component or in the Terminal Services... - An error is logged when you connect a smart USB device to your Windows Server 2003-based computer
Fixes a problem that occurs if Removable Storage is running when the USB device is attached. The Disk class driver requests an undefined page. The hotfix has no prerequisites, and you must restart the computer after you apply this hotfix. - You receive a "Lsass.exe access violation in Schannel.dll" error message in Windows Server 2003
Describes a problem where you receive an access violation error message in Windows Server 2003, and your computer may restart. - Terminal Services Home Folder path does not inherit the parent folder permissions in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem in Windows Server 2003 that occurs when you use the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in to change the Terminal Services Home folder path. Permissions on the parent folder are not inherited. - Net Logon policies are not applied on a high-speed computer that is a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller
Describes a problem in Windows Server 2003 where Net Logon policies are not applied on a high-speed computer that is a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller. A hotfix is available. - A local copy of the file that is specified in the ftp: get command is deleted on your Windows Server 2003-based computer
Fixes a problem that occurs when you specify a file in the ftp: get command, and a local copy of the file exists. The local copy of the file is deleted even if the file does not exist on the remote computer. - Your system stops responding when you continuously create and then delete Volume Shadow Copy Service snapshots in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem where a Windows Server 2003-based computer stops responding when Volume Shadow Copy Service snapshots are continuously created and then deleted. This problem involves the Volsnap.sys driver. - MS05-011: Vulnerability in server message block could allow remote code execution
Resolves a newly discovered, privately reported vulnerability. The vulnerability is documented in the “Vulnerability Details” section of the bulletin. - The Framework.log file size exceeds the value that is set for the Log File Max Size subkey entry when you use WMI on a Windows Server 2003-based computer
Fixes problem that occurs when you log WMI events on a in Windows Server 2003-based computer and the Framework.log file size exceeds the Log File Max Size sub key entry. - You may experience delays of between 10 and 60 seconds when you use UNC paths to access files that are stored on a remote SMB server on a multihomed Windows Server 2003-based computer
Fixes a problem that occurs because of a timing problem between the SMB redirector and the NetBT driver in Windows Server 2003. Provides a hotfix and explains how to modify the registry to resolve the problem. - "TOO_MANY_OPEN_FILES" error message when the redirector component in Windows Server 2003 uses the SMB protocol to open a file in a shared network folder
Fixes a problem that occurs when the Windows Server 2003 redirector uses the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol to open a file that resides on the network. In this scenario, a "TOO_MANY_OPEN_FILES" error is logged. - Windows Server 2003 systems using IPsec tunnel-mode functionality may experience problems after you install the original version of 893066
Describes the problem where you may receive a "STOP 0x0000008E" error message after you install security update 893066 on a Windows Server 2003-based computer. Provides a resolution for this problem. - Disks are displayed with an incorrect status of "Not Initialized" in Disk Management when you use an MSA 1000 SAN storage system in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem in Windows Server 2003 where disks appear with an incorrect status of "Not Initialized" in Disk Management. This issue occurs on a cluster node in an MSA 1000 SAN storage system. - FIX: You cannot download large files from an ASP.NET application on a computer that is running IIS 6.0
Describes a problem that occurs when you cannot download large files from an ASP.NET application on a computer that is running IIS 6.0. - A custom Authorization Manager application may leak memory in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem where a custom Authorization Manager application that makes many calls to the InitializeClientContextFromStringSid method or the InitializeClientContextFromName method may leak memory in Windows Server 2003. - The computer uses 100 percent of CPU resources when you move the USB mouse in Windows Server 2003
Describes a problem where the computer sometimes uses 100 percent of CPU resources when you use your universal serial bus devices. This problem is scheduled to be included with Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1. - A remote procedure call returns an incorrect error message to an Exchange client when a user password has expired in Windows Server 2003
Discusses a problem where a RPC returns an "ACCESS_DENIED" error message instead of returning an "ERROR_PASSWORD_MUST_CHANGE" error message in Windows Server 2003. - Internet Authentication Service takes a long time to authenticate a wireless connection in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem that occurs if a wireless access point sends state information to IAS during a connection attempt. Provides a hotfix to resolve the problem. - A program may stop responding, and event 50 and event 26 are logged, when the program tries to write data to a volume mount point on a Windows Server 2003-based computer
Fixes a problem where you receive event 50 and event 26 in the System log and your program may stop responding when your program tries to write data to a volume mount point on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003. - MS04-036: Vulnerability in NNTP could allow code execution
Contains a link to the MS04-036 security bulletin. - Web requests may not obtain the correct security context on a server that is running Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem where two Web sites that are running on different ports on the same server may not return the correct security context. To resolve this problem, you must install a hotfix. - MS05-016: Vulnerability in Windows Shell that could allow remote code execution
This update resolves a newly-discovered, privately-reported vulnerability. - MS05-018: Vulnerabilities in Windows kernel could allow elevation of privilege and denial of service
This update resolves several newly discovered, privately reported vulnerabilities. - A printer connection that is bridged between Windows 98 and Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 Server stops working
Describes a problem that occurs if you have many bridged printer connections, or if you install the KB822553 hotfix on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003. - A disk signature changes unexpectedly on a Windows Server 2003 clustered physical disk resource
Describes how a Windows Server 2003 clustered physical disk resource may not come online if two cluster nodes run detection logic at the same time, and one node changes the disk signature. Requires the installation of a hotfix to resolve this problem. - The Local Security Authority Subsystem (Lsass.exe) process stops responding on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based domain controller
Describes a problem where the Local Security Authentication Server (Lsass.exe) process stops responding on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based domain controller. - FIX: You receive an "Access denied" error message when you use a Windows Server 2003-based Web application to read Message Queuing public queues on a remote Windows Server 2003-based computer
Fixes a problem that occurs when you try to read a remote public queue that is running on a Windows Server 2003-based computer from a Web application that is running in Windows Server 2003. - A network name resource does not come online in a Windows Server 2003 server cluster
Describes a problem when the network name of a cluster will not come online when the network name is in an organizational unit that has a forward slash in its name. - "Runtime Error!" error message when you run the Security Translation Wizard in version 2.0 of the Active Directory Migration Tool
Fixes a problem in Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) version 2.0 where security translation does not work correctly if the name of the Windows NT 4.0 source domain contains one or more apostrophe characters. - You may receive an "Invalid parameter error" error when you try to change the file summary information for a shared file that is on a Windows Server 2003-based computer
Discusses the "Invalid parameter error" error message that you may receive when you try to change the file summary information of a shared file in Windows Server 2003. This article provides a fix for this problem. - MS05-010: Vulnerability in the License Logging service could allow code execution
Resolves a newly discovered, privately reported vulnerability. The vulnerability is documented in the “Vulnerability details” section of the bulletin. - MS04-041: A vulnerability in WordPad could allow code execution
This update resolves several newly-discovered, privately reported vulnerabilities. - Service does not recognize a Windows environment variable change on a Windows Server 2003-based computer
Fixes a problem where a program that runs as a service does not recognize Windows environment variable changes. To resolve this problem, you must apply a hotfix. - A rectangle that you draw by using the ExtTexOut function is not displayed after you copy it to a program that uses the Windows metafile format in Windows Server 2003, in Windows XP, and in Windows 2000
Fixes the problem where a rectangle that you draw by using the ExtTextOut function in a custom program that uses the EMF format is not copied to a program that uses the WMF format after you install Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-011. - Some memory-related results that are returned from the Win32_OperatingSystem WMI class are incorrect in Windows 2000 and in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem where WMI reports incorrect page file and virtual memory-related values. - PCI-X Device Is Not Detected and Not Configured After You Hot Plug It
If you connect a PCI-X device to your computer while your computer is running (a process that is known as hot plugging ), Microsoft Windows Server 2003 may not detect and configure the device. - "There is no such object on the server" error message when you run the Active Directory Migration Tool
Fixes a problem that may occur when you run the ADMT on a non-English language version of Windows Server 2003 and the computer is not a domain controller. - EFI boot manager entries are reordered when you deploy a Windows Server 2003 image that you created by using the Sysprep tool and an imaging solution
Fixes a problem where the Setupcl.exe component of the Sysprep tool changes the order of the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) boot manager options when you deploy an image to a computer. You must install a hotfix to resolve the problem. - Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) support for Wireless Network (IEEE 802.11) Policies is available for Windows Server 2003
Provides a hotfix that lets you apply wireless network policy settings to a domain or an organizational unit. You can also use this new feature to define preferred wireless networks and to define 802.1X authentication. - Your domain user name may not be accepted in Windows Server 2003 or in Windows XP
Fixes a problem where you receive a notification message to re-enter your user name in Windows Server 2003 or in Windows XP. Workaround included, as are hotfixes. - Modem Device Entries in the Properties of a Dial-up Connection Are Changed
If you configure a dial-up connection that uses more than one modem, the connection may not continue to use all the modems correctly after you restart your computer. The modem settings in the connection properties may have changed. For example: The... - You cannot log on to the Recovery Console in Windows Server 2003
After you use the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 install from media feature to upgrade a domain controller or to install a new domain controller, you may find that you cannot log on to the Recovery Console even though you have entered the correct... - Windows Server Update Services cannot download large Windows update files in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem in Windows Server 2003 where you cannot download Windows update files that are larger than 700 MB because of a certificate validation problem. - You experience connectivity issues when you run a program that accesses data on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP
Fixes a problem in Windows Server 2003 where connectivity issues occur when you run a program that accesses data on a server. The error message you receive varies depending on the program. To resolve this problem, you must install a hotfix. - Update to disable Volume Shadow Copy Service restore options on Terminal Server client computers that are running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP
Describes an update that lets you configure Volume Shadow Copy Service restore options on Terminal Server client computers that are running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003. You can now prevent clients from using the restore options. - You cannot log on locally or remotely to your Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer
Fixes a problem where you cannot log on locally or remotely to your Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer. Requires that you install a hotfix to resolve the problem. - Event ID 11 and event ID 15 appear in the System event log, and clients of the Windows Server 2003-based computer are disconnected
Describes a problem in the SCSIPort driver that causes events to be logged and clients to be disconnected from the Windows Server 2003-based computer during high stress conditions. You must apply a hotfix to resolve this problem. - The computer stops responding and you receive a PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA (50) error when Message Queuing 3.0 automatically starts on a Windows Server 2003-based computer
Fixes a problem on a Windows Server 2003-based computer where the computer stops responding and you receive a PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA (50) error when Message Queuing 3.0 starts after you have restarted the computer. - Your computer crashes with a "STOP: 0x000000C2" error when you dismount a SAN drive in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem that causes your Windows Server 2003-based computer to unexpectedly quit when the Mount Manager frees a piece of memory two times. - MS05-002: Vulnerability in cursor and icon format handling could allow remote code execution
This update resolves several newly discovered vulnerabilities. Each vulnerability is documented in the bulletin in its own Vulnerability Details section. - Options that you select in the Client Installation Wizard are not retained when you use RIS to install a client computer in Windows Server 2003
Describes a problem in Windows Server 2003 where the options that you select in the Client Installation Wizard are not retained when you use Remote Installation Services (RIS) to install a client computer. - Messages are not delivered and NDRs are incorrectly generated when you send a message to many recipients in Exchange Server 2003 on a Windows Server 2003-based system
Fixes a problem in the SMTP service in Windows Server 2003 where, if you are running Exchange 2003 and you send a message that has many recipients, the message is sent only to some recipients. NDRs are generated for other recipients. - "An inconsistency was encountered on the requested media" error when you use Backup with an Imation Travan tape drive in Windows Server 2003
Fixes a problem in Windows Server 2003 that affects the Backup program when you use an Imation Travan tape drive. Provides a hotfix to resolve the problem. - The minimum encryption level set in a Citrix policy for Citrix MetaFrame for Windows Server 2003 is not enforced
When a Citrix Independent Computing Architecture ( ICA ) Client connects to Citrix MetaFrame for Windows Server 2003 on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer, the minimum encryption level set in a Citrix p olicy in the Citrix Management Console... - Unicast NLB nodes cannot communicate over an NLB-enabled network adaptor in Windows Server 2003
Fixes an issue that you cannot establish network connectivity between nodes of an NLB cluster that are operating in unicast mode with a single network adaptor. You must add a registry key to resolve the problem after you apply Windows Server 2003 SP1. - MS05-037: Vulnerability in JView Profiler could allow remote code execution
This update resolves a newly-discovered, public vulnerability. The JView Profiler, when instantiated in Internet Explorer, contains a remote code execution vulnerability that could allow an attacker to take complete control of the computer. - Physical Disk Resources May Still Appear Online After a RAID Set Fails on a Clustered Server
When two or more disks fail in a hardware RAID set on a clustered server, the physical disk resource may still appear online. When you open My Computer to view the physical drive, you can view the root of the drive by using cached information. When you... - The computer stops responding during Text mode Setup if you try to install Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Provides a fix for a problem where the computer stops responding during the early part of Text mode Setup if you try to install Microsoft Windows Server 2003. - You may receive a "The IIS Admin scripts only support IIS 6.0" error message when you run the Iisback.vbs script in IIS 6.0
Fixes a problem that occurs when you run the Iisback.vbs script in IIS 6.0. You may receive a "The IIS Admin scripts only support IIS 6.0" error message. - User of a Disabled Account Is Prompted to Change the Password Before the "Account Has Been Disabled" Message Appears
When a user of a disabled user account that is set to require a password change on the next logon tries to log on to the account, the user receives the following message, regardless of whether the password that is provided is correct: If the password... - MMC Quits Unexpectedly When You Press a Korean-Language Key
When you start Microsoft Management Console (MMC) and then press any Korean-language key, MMC quits unexpectedly. If you view the tab in Microsoft Windows Task Manager, you notice that the Mmc.exe process has ended. Note You may also experience this... - Computer Does Not Shut Down and You Receive a "System Could Not Find the Environment Option That Was Entered" Error Message When You Schedule a Shutdown Task by Using the AT Command
When you schedule your computer to shut down by using the Shutdown.exe command-line utility with the at command, the computer does not shut down. When the scheduled shutdown task starts, you may receive the following error message: - WMI Decoupled Provider Does Not Forward Status
When you run the GetObjectAsync() function, the PutInstanceAsync() function, or the ExecMethodAsync() function in a custom Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) decoupled provider program, the WMI decoupled provider may not forward the status... - Microsoft UAM Volume Folder Is Not Created When You Install Services for Macintosh
When you install the File Server for Macintosh service and the Print Server for Macintosh service, the Microsoft UAM Volume folder is not created. When this folder and its corresponding share (Microsoft UAM Volume) are not created, Macintosh client... - Windows turns off the power after it shuts down the computer if a program calls the ExitWindowsEx or the InitiateSystemShutdownEx function
If a program calls the ExitWindowsEx function and also uses the EWX_SHUTDOWN flag, Windows may turn off the power instead of displaying the "It is now safe to power off your computer" message as expected. This behavior also occurs if the... - A Client Certificate on One Request Handle May Interfere with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Negotiations on Other Request Handles When You Use WinHTTP
When you use Microsoft Windows HTTP Services (WinHTTP), setting a client certificate on one request handle may interfere with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) negotiations on other request handles that are sent to the same host or to the same port. As a... - Window states may not be restored correctly when you disconnect and then reconnect to Remote Desktop
Fixes a problem where windows that you minimized may be reopened after you reconnect to Remote Desktop. - Name Resolution Problems Occur When You Try to Access a Domain Controller by Using Its Alternate Computer Name
After you add an alternate computer name to a domain controller that is running Microsoft Windows Server 2003, you later experience Domain Name System (DNS) name resolution problems when you try to access that server by using its alternate name. If you... - Script That Runs a WMIC Command Runs Slowly, and You Cannot Specify a Custom Timeout Value for the WMIC /FAILFAST Switch
In Microsoft Windows XP, when you run a script that contains Microsoft Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) commands that are issued to target computers, the script runs slowly and may pause for several minutes if the WMIC /FAILFAST... - The size of the event log cannot be reduced by using Group Policy
Provides a resolution for an issue that occurs when you cannot use Group Policy settings to reduce the size of the application, the security and the system event logs. - CPU Utilization Is Unexpectedly High After Exchange Virtual Server Fails Over to Another Cluster Node
When you run Microsoft Exchange Server in a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or a Microsoft Windows 2000 cluster environment, and the Exchange virtual server fails over to another cluster node, CPU utilization may be unexpectedly high on the new node. This... - The computer does not automatically shut down when the Shutdown.exe command is invoked
Shutdown.exe does not work if the computer is locked. - Language setting for Venezuela is listed as Español (Republica Bolivariana [es-ve]) in Internet Explorer
Fixes the problem where the language setting for Venezuela is incorrectly listed as Español (Republica Bolivariana [es-ve]) instead of Español (Venezuela [es-ve]) in Internet Explorer on a Spanish version of Windows Server 2003. - Nothing happens when you press the S key after you receive the "S=Stuurprogramma op diskette" message during Windows Server 2003 setup
Discusses the problem that occurs when you press the S key after you are prompted with "S=Stuurprogramma op diskette" during the installation of the Dutch version of Windows Server 2003. - You Cannot Run WMI Events from the Older Versions of the Instrumented Assembly
When you try to increase the build number or the revision number of an instrumented assembly, you may not be able to run Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) events from older versions of the instrumented assembly. When you try to run a WMI event,... - VDS service returns an error status of 8000ffff to all requests in Windows Server 2003
On your Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer, the Virtual Disk service (VDS) returns the following error message in response to any command line request: - The WTSSetUserConfig command causes a memory leak on Microsoft Windows Server 2003
If you run the WTSSetUserConfig command on a computer that is running Microsoft Windows Server 2003, the command causes a memory leak. - Delete All Child Objects auditing entry for an Active Directory object does not record an event log entry in Windows Server 2003
Describes why you must use the Delete auditing entry and the Delete All Child Objects auditing entry to generate an event log entry when you delete a child object. - FIX: You Cannot Rename a File After You Upload the File to an FTP Server
If you upload a large file to an FTP server, and you try to rename the file immediately, you may receive the following error message: The following entries are logged in the Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) log: - Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server stops responding
If you are using a Windows Server 2003-based server that has Terminal Server enabled, the server may stop responding and users may not be able to establish new Terminal Server connections to the server. - Scheduled Task for the Shadow Copies of Shared Folders Feature May Not Run on a Windows Server 2003 Cluster
On a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 cluster, the scheduled tasks for the Shadow Copies of Shared Folders feature may not run. - An unattended installation of Windows Server 2003 cannot continue and you receive a message with error code 18
Fixes a problem that occurs when the OEM Virtual Disk feature is used, and no files are specified for preinstallation. - Computer Stops Responding When Running BPStress.exe, Error in UsbhFdoCleanup Process
BPStress.exe is part of the Hardware Compatibility Test (HCT) Fault Tolerant test kit. When you run BPStress.exe, the computer may stop responding and you may receive a "bugcheck" error message on the UsbhFdoCleanup process. - Routing entry is not deleted from the routing table after network adapter is disconnected from the network
After you disconnect a network adapter from a clustered server network, the routing entry to it is not deleted from the routing table even though you have a secondary network adapter connected to the network. When a network device tries to connect to... - When You Disconnect and Reconnect Your Primary Network Adapter, the Secondary Adapter No Longer Works
If you have two network adapters on your computer and both have persistent network connections, and then you disconnect the primary network adapter to permit the network to enable the secondary route as the primary route, you may experience problems.... - Cluster servers may experience connection timeouts to drives after you install or upgrade to the Windows Clustering feature in Windows Server 2003
When you install the Windows Clustering feature in Windows Server 2003 on your cluster servers or when you upgrade your cluster servers to the Windows Clustering feature in Windows Server 2003 from an earlier cluster installation, the disk time-out... - FIX: IIS 6.0 Does Not Return AUTH_TYPE for Integrated Security
If you use Integrated security to authenticate users on your Web page, and if you want to use the AUTH_TYPE Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) server variable in your application, for example from Active Server Pages (ASP) script through... - Branch Office Mode May Not Result in Balanced Connections
If you run a Windows Server 2003-based domain in Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC) Redundant mode (also known as Branch Office mode), the connections might not be distributed evenly across the available bridgehead servers. - Bridgehead servers with slow or poor links may not follow schedules defined in Active Directory for inbound replication in Windows Server 2003
Explains how long-running tasks can preempt directory replication. This article discusses a hotfix for this problem. - Your computer screen may not repaint correctly if the child window of a translucent parent is moved
If an application contains a layered window that is translucent, and the layered window has a movable child window, the screen is not correctly painted if the contents of the child window change. This problem may occur when you use the... - Your Server Stops Responding or You Receive a Stop Error Message When You Set Up a Windows Server 2003-Based Server Cluster
When you set up a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based server cluster, your server may stop responding, and you may receive a Stop error message that is similar to the following:
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