Applies ToWindows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation Windows Server 2008 R2 Web Edition Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Windows 7 Ultimate Windows 7 Enterprise Windows 7 Professional Windows 7 Home Premium Windows 7 Home Basic Windows 7 Starter

This article describes an end-user-defined characters (EUDCs) load issue that occurs after you apply update 2982791 in Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. We have released an update that has prerequisites to resolve this issue.

Symptoms

This issue occurs if the private EUDCs are linked to an existing font.

Cause

This issue occurs because Character Map tries to load a private EUDC font file in exclusive read mode. However, the win32k.sys file has already opened a handle to the font file.

How to obtain this update

Method 1: Windows Update

This update is available from Windows Update.

Method 2: Microsoft Download Center

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Operating system

Update

All supported x86-based versions of Windows 7

Download Download the package now.

All supported x64-based versions of Windows 7

Download Download the package now.

All supported x64-based versions of Windows Server 2008 R2

Download Download the package now.

For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591 How to obtain Microsoft support files from online services Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.

Update detail information

Prerequisites

To install this update, you must install Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2.

Registry information

To apply this update, you do not have to make any changes to the registry.

Restart requirement

You may have to restart the computer after you apply this update.

Update replacement information

This update does not replace a previously released update.

More Information

The global version of this update installs files that have the attributes that are listed in the following tables. The dates and the times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The dates and the times for these files on your local computer are displayed in your local time together with your current daylight saving time (DST) bias. Additionally, the dates and the times may change when you perform certain operations on the files.

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 file information and note

The MANIFEST files (.manifest) and the MUM files (.mum) that are installed for each environment are listed separately in the "Additional file information" section. MUM, MANIFEST, and the associated security catalog (.cat) files, are very important to maintain the state of the updated components. The security catalog files, for which the attributes are not listed, are signed with a Microsoft digital signature.

For all supported x86-based versions of Windows 7

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Platform

Bopomofo.uce

Not applicable

22,984

10-Jun-2009

21:30

Not applicable

Charmap.exe

5.2.3668.0

155,136

30-Oct-2014

01:45

x86

Gb2312.uce

Not applicable

24,006

10-Jun-2009

21:30

Not applicable

Ideograf.uce

Not applicable

60,458

10-Jun-2009

21:30

Not applicable

Kanji_1.uce

Not applicable

6,948

10-Jun-2009

21:30

Not applicable

Kanji_2.uce

Not applicable

8,484

10-Jun-2009

21:30

Not applicable

Korean.uce

Not applicable

12,876

10-Jun-2009

21:30

Not applicable

Shiftjis.uce

Not applicable

16,740

10-Jun-2009

21:30

Not applicable

Subrange.uce

Not applicable

93,702

10-Jun-2009

21:30

Not applicable

Bopomofo.uce

Not applicable

22,984

10-Jun-2009

21:30

Not applicable

Charmap.exe

5.2.3668.0

155,136

30-Oct-2014

02:13

x86

Gb2312.uce

Not applicable

24,006

10-Jun-2009

21:30

Not applicable

Ideograf.uce

Not applicable

60,458

10-Jun-2009

21:30

Not applicable

Kanji_1.uce

Not applicable

6,948

10-Jun-2009

21:30

Not applicable

Kanji_2.uce

Not applicable

8,484

10-Jun-2009

21:30

Not applicable

Korean.uce

Not applicable

12,876

10-Jun-2009

21:30

Not applicable

Shiftjis.uce

Not applicable

16,740

10-Jun-2009

21:30

Not applicable

Subrange.uce

Not applicable

93,702

10-Jun-2009

21:30

Not applicable

For all supported x64-based versions of Windows 7 and of Windows Server 2008 R2

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Platform

Bopomofo.uce

Not applicable

22,984

10-Jun-2009

20:48

Not applicable

Charmap.exe

5.2.3668.0

165,888

30-Oct-2014

02:03

x64

Gb2312.uce

Not applicable

24,006

10-Jun-2009

20:48

Not applicable

Ideograf.uce

Not applicable

60,458

10-Jun-2009

20:48

Not applicable

Kanji_1.uce

Not applicable

6,948

10-Jun-2009

20:48

Not applicable

Kanji_2.uce

Not applicable

8,484

10-Jun-2009

20:48

Not applicable

Korean.uce

Not applicable

12,876

10-Jun-2009

20:48

Not applicable

Shiftjis.uce

Not applicable

16,740

10-Jun-2009

20:48

Not applicable

Subrange.uce

Not applicable

93,702

10-Jun-2009

20:48

Not applicable

Bopomofo.uce

Not applicable

22,984

10-Jun-2009

20:48

Not applicable

Charmap.exe

5.2.3668.0

165,888

30-Oct-2014

02:19

x64

Gb2312.uce

Not applicable

24,006

10-Jun-2009

20:48

Not applicable

Ideograf.uce

Not applicable

60,458

10-Jun-2009

20:48

Not applicable

Kanji_1.uce

Not applicable

6,948

10-Jun-2009

20:48

Not applicable

Kanji_2.uce

Not applicable

8,484

10-Jun-2009

20:48

Not applicable

Korean.uce

Not applicable

12,876

10-Jun-2009

20:48

Not applicable

Shiftjis.uce

Not applicable

16,740

10-Jun-2009

20:48

Not applicable

Subrange.uce

Not applicable

93,702

10-Jun-2009

20:48

Not applicable

Bopomofo.uce

Not applicable

22,984

10-Jun-2009

21:30

Not applicable

Charmap.exe

5.2.3668.0

155,136

30-Oct-2014

01:45

x86

Gb2312.uce

Not applicable

24,006

10-Jun-2009

21:30

Not applicable

Ideograf.uce

Not applicable

60,458

10-Jun-2009

21:30

Not applicable

Kanji_1.uce

Not applicable

6,948

10-Jun-2009

21:30

Not applicable

Kanji_2.uce

Not applicable

8,484

10-Jun-2009

21:30

Not applicable

Korean.uce

Not applicable

12,876

10-Jun-2009

21:30

Not applicable

Shiftjis.uce

Not applicable

16,740

10-Jun-2009

21:30

Not applicable

Subrange.uce

Not applicable

93,702

10-Jun-2009

21:30

Not applicable

Bopomofo.uce

Not applicable

22,984

10-Jun-2009

21:30

Not applicable

Charmap.exe

5.2.3668.0

155,136

30-Oct-2014

02:13

x86

Gb2312.uce

Not applicable

24,006

10-Jun-2009

21:30

Not applicable

Ideograf.uce

Not applicable

60,458

10-Jun-2009

21:30

Not applicable

Kanji_1.uce

Not applicable

6,948

10-Jun-2009

21:30

Not applicable

Kanji_2.uce

Not applicable

8,484

10-Jun-2009

21:30

Not applicable

Korean.uce

Not applicable

12,876

10-Jun-2009

21:30

Not applicable

Shiftjis.uce

Not applicable

16,740

10-Jun-2009

21:30

Not applicable

Subrange.uce

Not applicable

93,702

10-Jun-2009

21:30

Not applicable

Additional file information

Additional file information for Windows 7 and for Windows Server 2008 R2

Additional files for all supported x86-based versions of Windows 7

File property

Value

File name

Update.mum

File version

Not applicable

File size

1,819

Date (UTC)

30-Oct-2014

Time (UTC)

21:43

Platform

Not applicable

File name

X86_24c02ca6a25ea501e815c4cd2d37b41d_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.22856_none_a11bbdabdaeb32ee.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

695

Date (UTC)

30-Oct-2014

Time (UTC)

21:43

Platform

Not applicable

File name

X86_ef10b4e55121a8e6be0cdd850676bd9a_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.18648_none_b54fa708d08624f8.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

695

Date (UTC)

30-Oct-2014

Time (UTC)

21:43

Platform

Not applicable

File name

X86_microsoft-windows-charmap_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.18648_none_f444a3cc02b20fea.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

9,163

Date (UTC)

30-Oct-2014

Time (UTC)

02:08

Platform

Not applicable

File name

X86_microsoft-windows-charmap_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.22856_none_f4c171fd1bd9961e.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

9,163

Date (UTC)

30-Oct-2014

Time (UTC)

02:38

Platform

Not applicable

Additional files for all supported x64-based versions of Windows 7 and of Windows Server 2008 R2

File property

Value

File name

Amd64_b4edc3d043314a56fdbafad6e06df14d_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.18648_none_c6e127073ecb1339.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

1,038

Date (UTC)

30-Oct-2014

Time (UTC)

21:42

Platform

Not applicable

File name

Amd64_de48c12b1ee28246c1c4f57a19d6ea36_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.22856_none_ae7480221f5ce5d2.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

1,038

Date (UTC)

30-Oct-2014

Time (UTC)

21:42

Platform

Not applicable

File name

Amd64_microsoft-windows-charmap_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.18648_none_50633f4fbb0f8120.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

9,167

Date (UTC)

30-Oct-2014

Time (UTC)

02:25

Platform

Not applicable

File name

Amd64_microsoft-windows-charmap_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.22856_none_50e00d80d4370754.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

9,167

Date (UTC)

30-Oct-2014

Time (UTC)

02:44

Platform

Not applicable

File name

Update.mum

File version

Not applicable

File size

2,036

Date (UTC)

30-Oct-2014

Time (UTC)

21:42

Platform

Not applicable

File name

X86_microsoft-windows-charmap_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.18648_none_f444a3cc02b20fea.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

9,163

Date (UTC)

30-Oct-2014

Time (UTC)

02:08

Platform

Not applicable

File name

X86_microsoft-windows-charmap_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.22856_none_f4c171fd1bd9961e.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

9,163

Date (UTC)

30-Oct-2014

Time (UTC)

02:38

Platform

Not applicable

References

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