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Description of the security update for the .NET Framework 2.0 for Windows Vista: July 10, 2007

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INTRODUCTION

Microsoft has released security bulletin MS07-040. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security update. This information includes file manifest information and deployment options. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites:

Home users:
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200707.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200707.mspx)
IT professionals:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-040.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-040.mspx)

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Known issues

For more information about installation issues that may occur when you install the security update together with the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
923100 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923100/ ) When you try to install a security update for the .NET Framework 2.0, the computer may stop responding, or you may receive a "0x643" error code
934711 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934711/ ) Error message when you restart the computer after you uninstall a security update for the .NET Framework 1.1: "This application has requested the Runtime to terminate in an unusual way"
For more information about installation issues that may occur when you install the security update on 64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows Server 2003, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
923101 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923101/ ) Error message when you try to install a security update for the .NET Framework 2.0 on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition: "Error 1324. The folder 'Program Files' contains an invalid character"
For more information about other issues that may occur after you install the security update for the .NET Framework 2.0, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
931846 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931846/ ) You may be unable to execute SQL Server 2005 Integration Services packages that contain script tasks or script components
934793 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934793/ ) Description of the SharePoint Server 2007 hotfix package: April 12, 2007
941386 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941386/ ) FIX: Error message when you run an ASP.NET 2.0 Web application that is built on the .NET Framework 2.0 after you install the MS07-040 security update: "Type 'System.Web.HttpHeaderCollection' is not marked as serializable"
942086 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942086/ ) FIX: Error message when you run an ASP.NET 2.0 Web application that is built on the .NET Framework 2.0: "The constructor to deserialize an object of type '<custom object>' was not found"