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INTRODUCTION

The Windows Application Compatibility Update is a software update that improves the compatibility experience in the following Windows operating systems:

  • Windows Vista

  • Windows Server 2008

  • Windows 7

  • Windows Server 2008 R2

Microsoft regularly releases application compatibility updates for these Windows operating systems. This update package is available through Dynamic Update during the installation of these Windows operating systems.



Note If the computer is connected to the Internet when you upgrade the operating system, Dynamic Update prompts you to download critical content. You have the option to skip Dynamic Update during setup.

More Information

The kinds of problems that are resolved by application compatibility updates


When you try to install and run certain legacy games or applications in Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2), in Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2), in Windows 7, and in Windows Server 2008 R2, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms:

  • The game, the application, or the firmware is installed incorrectly.

  • The game, the application, or the firmware causes system instability.

  • The primary functions of the game, of the application, or of the firmware do not work correctly.

Applications that experience a change in behavior after you install this update


The following table lists the applications that were added to the cumulative update package. This table also describes the behavior of these applications after you install the update.

Application compatibility updates trigger several changes in Windows Vista SP2, in Windows Server 2008 SP2, in Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2. The following are the three most common:

  • Hard block

    The update puts a hard block on the application. A hard block prevents an application that is incompatible with Windows 7 and with Windows Server 2008 from running on the system.

    Note Microsoft enables Windows to put a hard block on a non-Microsoft application only if the manufacturer of the application gives its consent.

  • Soft block

    The update puts a soft block on the application. A soft block notifies you when an application that is incompatible with Windows 7 starts to run.

  • Update

    The update improves the application’s functionality in Windows Vista SP2, in Windows Server 2008 SP2, in Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2.

Applications that are included in the February 2010 update

For Windows 7 or for Windows Server 2008 R2


Application

Behavior after you install the update

HP TouchSmart

Improves user experience and providesa solution link when blocking issues occur.

VirusBuster Professional

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

LEC Translate

Enables the application’s functionality.

Corel Photo Downloader

Enables the application’s functionality.

Numbers Undercover

Enables the application’s functionality.

Edmark Trudy's Time & Place House

Enables the application’s functionality.

Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8

Enables the application’s functionality.

Dabbler

Enables the application’s functionality.

Awesome Animated Monster Maker Math

Enables the application’s functionality.

Sonic Foundry Super Duper Music Looper

Enables the application’s functionality.

Portfolio Browser

Enables the application’s functionality.

Vitzaru 3

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

AQUA TIME

Enables the application’s functionality.

Starry Night CSAP

Enables the application’s functionality.

Shredder Classic

Enables the application’s functionality.

Sombras de Guerra - La Guerra Civil Espanola

Enables the application’s functionality.

Cost Xpert 3.5

Enables the application’s functionality.

Tony Hawks Pro Skater 4

Enables the application’s functionality.

LOST ONLINE REBIRTH 1st Anniversary Special Pack

Enables the application’s functionality.

NovaBACKUP

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

Hardware Diagnostic Tools

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

O2Micro Integrated MS/MSPRO Controller

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

K-MultimediaPlayer

Enables the application’s functionality.

大智慧

Enables the application’s functionality.

Acer QuickMigration

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

Acer Video Conference Manager

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

Spy Sweeper

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur. Tightens the matching information to avoid the soft block issue for Japanese customers.

Active Directory Migration Tool 3.1 - Please read Microsoft Knowledge Base article: 974625

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

Encyclopaedia Britannica CD Installer

Enables the application’s functionality.

TASSWIN Application *

Enables the application’s functionality.

Age of Empires III

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

MacDrive

Enables the application’s functionality.

Blast Thru

Enables the application’s functionality.

Driver Install Frameworks (DIFx)

Enables the application’s functionality.

Sid Meier's Pirates!

Enables the application’s functionality.

Lego Digital Designer

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

eGames Autorun

Enables the application’s functionality.

PaperPort Deluxe 8.0

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

The Spooky Alley

Enables the application’s functionality.

Operation

Enables the application’s functionality.

MAGIX Video Deluxe 14

Enables the application’s functionality.

Wakeboarding Unleashed

Enables the application’s functionality.

Kid Pix Deluxe 3

Enables the application’s functionality.

Printer drivers

Enables the application’s functionality.

EIOffice

Enables the application’s functionality.

Intel(R) My WiFi Configuration Utility

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

One Key Ghost

Enables the application’s functionality.

MAGIX Movies2go III

Enables the application’s functionality.

HP Installer

Enables the application’s functionality.

System Migration Assistant

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

Stormrise

Enables the application’s functionality.

Motorola Software Update

Enables the application’s functionality.

AuditPro Console Application

Enables the application’s functionality.

Tiny Toons - Buster and the Beanstalk, Enhanced Version

Enables the application’s functionality.

ViTal

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

ViseOrd

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

ViTex

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

Go Fish! Pop 'N' Drop (Jewel Case)

Enables the application’s functionality.

Train Store

Enables the application’s functionality.

MAGIX Digital Photo Maker

Enables the application’s functionality.

MAGIX Video Deluxe 15

Enables the application’s functionality.

Xara Xtreme Pro 4

Enables the application’s functionality.

AD-Spider

Enables the application’s functionality.

Virobot Desktop

Enables the application’s functionality.

Epson drivers

Enables the application’s functionality.

MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab 15

Enables the application’s functionality.

MAGIX Photo Manager 2008

Enables the application’s functionality.

Warcraft III

Enables the application’s functionality.

Smart Attorney 8.0

Enables the application’s functionality.

Disney's Classic Print Studio Collection

Enables the application’s functionality.

au Music Port

Enables the application’s functionality.

Aston2

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

Brick Blasta

Enables the application’s functionality.

Virtual PC 2007

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

The Print Shop Business Card Creator

Enables the application’s functionality.

Typing Instructor for Kids II

Enables the application’s functionality.

搜刮KK歌狂

Enables the application’s functionality.

MAGIX Digital Photo Maker

Enables the application’s functionality.

Presto! PVR

Enables the application’s functionality.

MAGIX Digital Photo Maker

Enables the application’s functionality.

BuddyBuddy

Enables the application’s functionality.

MAGIX Filme auf DVD 8

Enables the application’s functionality.

MAGIX Fotos auf CD & DVD 8

Enables the application’s functionality.

MAGIX Video Deluxe 14

Enables the application’s functionality.

MAGIX Video Deluxe 15

Enables the application’s functionality.

MAGIX Video deluxe 2008

Enables the application’s functionality.

Gangsters 2

Enables the application’s functionality.

Disney's Tigger Too

Enables the application’s functionality.

NeffyManSp

Enables the application’s functionality.

Elementary Advantage 2004 -Earth Science

Enables the application’s functionality.

Mahjongg Master 2 Special Edition

Enables the application’s functionality.

Richard Scarry's Best Math Program Ever

Enables the application’s functionality.

Avendo Business

Enables the application’s functionality.

Micrografx Windows Draw 5

Enables the application’s functionality.

StudyWorks 2002

Enables the application’s functionality.

Blues Clues School

Enables the application’s functionality.

LogonStudio Vista

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

WordFinder

Enables the application’s functionality.

Internet Everywhere

Enables the application’s functionality.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

Daemon Tools

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

G DATA InternetSecurity

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

Kohan Ahriman's Gift

Enables the application’s functionality.

Zoombinis Logical Journey(TM)

Enables the application’s functionality.

Midnight Nowhere

Enables the application’s functionality.

Lexmark X7675 printer driver

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

CND DOWNLOADER

Enables the application’s functionality.

MAGIX Video Deluxe 14

Enables the application’s functionality.

Flanker 2.5

Enables the application’s functionality.

Letterbugs

Enables the application’s functionality.

Fur Fighters PC

Enables the application’s functionality.

Manga Studio Debut 3.0

Enables the application’s functionality.

Math Munchers Deluxe

Enables the application’s functionality.

NERO 8

Preview option should work when you open a photo in Nero PhotoSnap

Looney Tunes Merrie Masquerades Animated Jigsaw Puzzles

Enables the application’s functionality.

Clip Art Browser

Enables the application’s functionality.

New Oxford Dictionary of English

Enables the application’s functionality.

Voyage in Egypt

Enables the application’s functionality.

YouHua DaShi

Enables the application’s functionality.

Rescue and Recovery

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

Casino Master & Advanced Casino Strategy

Enables the application’s functionality.

StudyWorks! Teaching Pro

Enables the application’s functionality.

1000 Borders & Backgrounds

Enables the application’s functionality.

Rand McNally Road Atlas

Enables the application’s functionality.

Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego?

Enables the application’s functionality.

Sesame Street Numbers

Enables the application’s functionality.

Magic School Bus - Dinosaurs

Enables the application’s functionality.

Middle School Advantage 2004-Life Science

Enables the application’s functionality.

iZoom

Enables the application’s functionality.

Daemon Tools

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

Sonic's Schoolhouse

Enables the application’s functionality.

Bob the Builder

Enables the application’s functionality.

Cooking for Kids

Enables the application’s functionality.

Canon EOS Utility

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

Billboard Music Guide

Enables the application’s functionality.

Typing Instructor

Enables the application’s functionality.

Arabic Made Easy

Enables the application’s functionality.

The Family Doctor, 4th Edition v4.2

Enables the application’s functionality.

RUMBA

Enables the application’s functionality.

Biology v1.00

Enables the application’s functionality.

Parchisi

Enables the application’s functionality.

JuilliardMusicAdventure

Enables the application’s functionality.

Juilliard Music Adventure - Sampler

Enables the application’s functionality.

Personalized Learning Center

Enables the application’s functionality.

LivePix 2.0

Enables the application’s functionality.

Reader Rabbit Math Ages 6-9

Enables the application’s functionality.

WIGGINS

Enables the application’s functionality.

DUAL SUDOKU

Enables the application’s functionality.

CxVCap, Video Capture Driver

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

MGI Photo Suite III Photography Power Pack Platinum Edition

Enables the application’s functionality.

Riding Academy: Jump & Ride

Enables the application’s functionality.

Writing Blaster

Enables the application’s functionality.

MAGIX Music Maker V2000

Enables the application’s functionality.

CA Internet Security or Antivirus Suite

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

BBC Walking With Dinosaurs

Enables the application’s functionality.

LandDesigner 3D

Enables the application’s functionality.

Topo USA 3.0

Enables the application’s functionality.

Love Medicine and Miracles 1.1

Enables the application’s functionality.

Jasc Paint Shop Pro Studio

Enables the application’s functionality.

Sesame Street Get Set to Learn!

Enables the application’s functionality.

ESET Smart Security

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

TiVo Desktop *

Enables the application’s functionality.

Persian Tutor

Enables the application’s functionality.

Schoolhouse Rock: Grammar Rock

Enables the application’s functionality.

Trading Spaces(tm) Design Companion

Enables the application’s functionality.

Myth II

Enables the application’s functionality.

ClueFinders Mystery Mansion Arcade

Enables the application’s functionality.

World Book

Enables the application’s functionality.

Sketsa

Enables the application’s functionality.

Ulead PhotoImpact 5

Enables the application’s functionality.

Freddi Fish and the Case of The Missing Kelp Seeds

Enables the application’s functionality.

Tiger Woods 99 PGA TOUR Golf

Enables the application’s functionality.

WORLD CUISINE - JAPANESE W/ ROY TOYAMA

Enables the application’s functionality.

Road Adventures USA

Enables the application’s functionality.

Captain Keyboard

Enables the application’s functionality.

MAGIX music studio generation 6 deLuxe

Enables the application’s functionality.

CURIOUS GEORGE READS, WRITES AND SPELLS

Enables the application’s functionality.

Better Homes and Gardens Home Designer Suite 6.0

Enables the application’s functionality.

Teach Yourself to Play Piano 1.8

Enables the application’s functionality.

QuickVerse 7.0

Enables the application’s functionality.

Multimedia Algebra II v3.50

Enables the application’s functionality.

The Factory Deluxe

Enables the application’s functionality.

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 15

Enables the application’s functionality.

ClickArt® Fonts 2

Enables the application’s functionality.

Candy Land

Enables the application’s functionality.

Instant Shed & Shop Design

Enables the application’s functionality.

My First CD-ROM - Toddler

Enables the application’s functionality.

Bloxxit (CD version)

Enables the application’s functionality.

Beetle Bug (CD version)

Enables the application’s functionality.

Doom3 V 1.0

Enables the application’s functionality.

Prey

Enables the application’s functionality.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2

Enables the application’s functionality.

Learn to Play Guitar

Enables the application’s functionality.

Lost Planet Colonies

Enables the application’s functionality.

Diablo

Enables the application’s functionality.

Plants vs. Zombies

Enables the application’s functionality.

Agatha Christie - Death on the Nile *

Remove Softblock

Bejeweled 2 Deluxe *

Remove Softblock

Chuzzle Deluxe *

Remove Softblock

Slingo Deluxe *

Remove Softblock

Wedding Dash *

Remove Softblock

Zuma Deluxe *

Remove Softblock

Tom Clancy’s HAWX

Enables the application’s functionality.

EPSON Event Manager

Enables the application’s functionality.

BestCrypt 8.0 *

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

Halo 2

Enables the application’s functionality.

Corel Home Office

Enables the application’s functionality.

HP MediaSmart

Enables the application’s functionality.

ThinkPad EasyEject Utility

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

Lenovo Care System update

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

LingvoSoft Talking Picture Dictionary 2008 English<-> Chinese Mandarin Simplified for Windows

Enables the application’s functionality.

Middle School Math and Grammar v3.40

Enables the application’s functionality.

Emperor's New Groove - Groove Center

Enables the application’s functionality.

TVTonic With NBC Olympics

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

Cisco Systems VPN Client*

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

Type For Fun!

Enables the application’s functionality.

Mickey: Prepárate para el Colegio 2, de Disney

Enables the application’s functionality.

Quickstart German Immersion (Jewel Case)

Enables the application’s functionality.

The Print Shop Photo Pro

Enables the application’s functionality.

MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 10

Enables the application’s functionality.

Reader Rabbit Learn to Read with Phonics

Enables the application’s functionality.

ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre 3 *

Enables the application’s functionality.

Half-Life

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

FeliCa Browser Extension

Enables the application’s functionality.

PaSoRi Install

Enables the application’s functionality.

Living Dolphins 3D Screensaver

Enables the application’s functionality.

AVG Anti-Virus 7

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

PDF Converter Professional 5.0

Enables the application’s functionality.

Dell Series Printer *

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

Lexmark Series Printer *

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

Encyclopaedia Britannica CD Installer

Enables the application’s functionality.

Art Explosion Portfolio Browser

Enables the application’s functionality.

Check Designer

Enables the application’s functionality.

Rockett's New School

Enables the application’s functionality.

HyperSign for Kids

Enables the application’s functionality.

Business Cards

Enables the application’s functionality.

Smart Business Plan 8.0

Enables the application’s functionality.

PhotoMAX 2.0

Enables the application’s functionality.

McAfee Backup and Restore

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

Fox Kids Spooky Castle

Enables the application’s functionality.

TrueSuite Access Manager

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

Carmen Sandiego Jr. Edition

Enables the application’s functionality.

Fisher-Price Dream Dollhouse from Davidson

Enables the application’s functionality.

TaxCut Business 2006

Enables the application’s functionality.

SimLife and Maxis

Enables the application’s functionality.

3D Pinball

Enables the application’s functionality.

Pro Pinball:The Web

Enables the application’s functionality.

Law & Order: Dead on the Money

Enables the application’s functionality.

CD-COPS

Enables the application’s functionality.

Middle School Language Arts - Grade 7

Enables the application’s functionality.

Small Business Pro

Enables the application’s functionality.

Broderbund Home and Business Lawyer

Enables the application’s functionality.

Fast Food Tycoon 2

Enables the application’s functionality.

Asteroids

Enables the application’s functionality.

Battlefield 2142

Enables the application’s functionality.

Symantec Network Access Control

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

MyDataBase

Enables the application’s functionality.

greenstreet CalendarMaker

Enables the application’s functionality.

AurynQuest

Enables the application’s functionality.

Army Men 2

Enables the application’s functionality.

PhotoSUITE 4.0

Enables the application’s functionality.

Imagine Pro 7 program

Enables the application’s functionality.

Corel Print House

Enables the application’s functionality.

Close Combat IV

Enables the application’s functionality.

F-22 Lightning 3

Enables the application’s functionality.

Disciples: Sacred Lands Gold Edition

Enables the application’s functionality.

College Algebra v1.05

Enables the application’s functionality.

Highland Warriors

Enables the application’s functionality.

MAGIX Xtreme PhotoStory on CD & DVD 7

Enables the application’s functionality.

Flight Simulator 2004

Enables the application’s functionality.

MAGIX Video Pro X

Enables the application’s functionality.

MAGIX Movies on DVD 7

Enables the application’s functionality.

MAGIX Ringtone Maker 3

Enables the application’s functionality.

MAGIX Ringtone Maker 2007

Enables the application’s functionality.

Personal Stock Manager

Enables the application’s functionality.

Evil Islands

Enables the application’s functionality.

Sesame Street Numbers

Enables the application’s functionality.

Land Before Time Activity Center

Enables the application’s functionality.

SimTown

Enables the application’s functionality.

Microsoft Xbox 360 Accessories

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

xusb21.sys

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

Microsoft LifeChat

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

Time to Ride

Enables the application’s functionality.

Delta Force Land Warrior

Enables the application’s functionality.

Bicycle Card Games 2.0

Enables the application’s functionality.

Time Force

Enables the application’s functionality.

Roxio Easy DVD Copy 2

Enables the application’s functionality.

Bicycle Casino 2.0

Enables the application’s functionality.

Alice in Vivaldi's Four Seasons 1.1

Enables the application’s functionality.

Heroes Chronicles: Warlords of the Wasteland

Enables the application’s functionality.

Individual PRX-BP5 Business Plan Pro 5.0

Enables the application’s functionality.

Big Mutha Truckers

Enables the application’s functionality.

Chess Tactics Art 3.0

Enables the application’s functionality.

Disney's Aladdin Chess Adventures

Enables the application’s functionality.

The Golf Pro

Enables the application’s functionality.

honestech Fireman CD/DVD Burner

Enables the application’s functionality.

Deck Designer 5.7.4

Enables the application’s functionality.

The Ultimate Home

Enables the application’s functionality.

Atari Arcade Hits 1

Enables the application’s functionality.

Better Homes and Gardens Landscaping and Deck Designer 7.0

Enables the application’s functionality.

Easy Family Tree

Enables the application’s functionality.

Earth 2150

Enables the application’s functionality.

Business PlanMaker Professional

Enables the application’s functionality.

Hollywood High

Enables the application’s functionality.

FlipAlbum 5.5 Suite

Enables the application’s functionality.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

Dig Dug Deeper

Enables the application’s functionality.

Bob the Builder - Bob Builds a Park

Enables the application’s functionality.

Motorola Driver Installer

Enables the application’s functionality.

PhotoImpact Pro

Enables the application’s functionality.

BusinessCards Infinity and ProLabels 8.0

Enables the application’s functionality.

MP Drivers for Network / Printer Driver for Network

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

Knitware Sweater Design 2.22


Enables the application’s functionality.

Organized Expressions for Knitters & Crocheters

Enables the application’s functionality.

Better Homes and Gardens Home Designer 6.0

Enables the application’s functionality.

VersaCheck Pro

Enables the application’s functionality.

Pinnacle InstantCD/DVD Suite

Enables the application’s functionality.

PhotoImpact Pro

Enables the application’s functionality.

Home and Business Lawyer Deluxe 2005

Enables the application’s functionality.

ENGLISH PRO For Kids 1.0 Build 5

Enables the application’s functionality.

Compton's World Atlas

Enables the application’s functionality.

Mips VersaCheck 2000 Personal w_150 checks

Enables the application’s functionality.

AnyTime Organizer 9.3

Enables the application’s functionality.

eMedia Guitar Method 1 v1.2

Enables the application’s functionality.

Nightlong: Union City Conspiracy

Enables the application’s functionality.

WinZip E-mail Companion

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

For Windows Vista SP2 or for Windows Server 2008 SP2

Application

Behavior after you install the update

Nickelodeon Party Blast

Enables the application’s functionality.

The Living Word Bible Suite

Enables the application’s functionality.

Bengal

Enables the application’s functionality.

Chicken Attack Pack

Enables the application’s functionality.

Ultra Fighters

Enables the application’s functionality.

Trophy Hunter 2003

Enables the application’s functionality.

Aquatica 3D

Enables the application’s functionality.

Bird Hunter 2003

Enables the application’s functionality.

Power Rangers Ninja Storm

Enables the application’s functionality.

Endless Ages

Enables the application’s functionality.

SnoCross Extreme Jewel Case

Enables the application’s functionality.

Card And Board Games 2

Enables the application’s functionality.

Star Defender

Enables the application’s functionality.

Strategic Command

Enables the application’s functionality.

Sportsmans Challenge

Enables the application’s functionality.

PowerProducer 2

Enables the application’s functionality.

Apocalyptica

Enables the application’s functionality.

Prisoner of War

Enables the application’s functionality.

Z Zone

Enables the application’s functionality.

Digital Photo Album

Enables the application’s functionality.

MasterCook

Enables the application’s functionality.

Mini Nutcracker 2.0

Enables the application’s functionality.

BBC Walking With Dinosaurs

Enables the application’s functionality.

Pinnacle Express

Enables the application’s functionality.

Monopoly

Enables the application’s functionality.

EuroTalk Multimedia Dictionary

Enables the application’s functionality.

LEGO Racers

Enables the application’s functionality.

iF-22

Enables the application’s functionality.

Monsters, Inc. Wreck Room Arcade

Enables the application’s functionality.

Call of Duty(TM) Game of the Year Edition

Enables the application’s functionality.

Route 66 Arizona and New Mexico Screensaver

Enables the application’s functionality.

eGames Fishing

Enables the application’s functionality.

Chinese Checkers Special Edition

Enables the application’s functionality.

Might and Magic® VI

Enables the application’s functionality.

Puzzle Master 2

Enables the application’s functionality.

Proventure Business Cards

Enables the application’s functionality.

Thief 2

Enables the application’s functionality.

Greeting Card Magic

Enables the application’s functionality.

A+ Italian

Enables the application’s functionality.

Crazy Drake

Enables the application’s functionality.

Silent Hunter II

Enables the application’s functionality.

World War II Panzer Claws

Enables the application’s functionality.

The World of Animals 3D

Enables the application’s functionality.

FormTool v5

Enables the application’s functionality.

Rahjongg The Curse of Ra

Enables the application’s functionality.

1000 Solitaire Games

Enables the application’s functionality.

Dexter's Laboratory (TM) - Science Ain't Fair

Enables the application’s functionality.

Atlantis Rising

Enables the application’s functionality.

Bookkeeper

Enables the application’s functionality.

Studio

Enables the application’s functionality.

Cosmi CDRS568 Print Perfect v1200-Font browser

Enables the application’s functionality.

Dragon Throne - Battle of Red Cliffs

Enables the application’s functionality.

Deer Hunter 2003

Enables the application’s functionality.

Cyber Chess

Enables the application’s functionality.

Greeting Card Magic

Enables the application’s functionality.

Slots 100

Enables the application’s functionality.

muvee autoProducer 3.5 magicMoments

Enables the application’s functionality.

Let It Ride 1.0

Enables the application’s functionality.

Pro Business Suite 2

Enables the application’s functionality.

LEC Translate

Enables the application’s functionality.

Corel Photo Downloader

Enables the application’s functionality.

Numbers Undercover

Enables the application’s functionality.

Edmark Trudy's Time & Place House

Enables the application’s functionality.

Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8

Enables the application’s functionality.

Dabbler

Enables the application’s functionality.

Awesome Animated Monster Maker Math

Enables the application’s functionality.

Sonic Foundry Super Duper Music Looper

Enables the application’s functionality.

AQUA TIME

Enables the application’s functionality.

Starry Night CSAP

Enables the application’s functionality.

Sombras de Guerra - La Guerra Civil Espanola

Enables the application’s functionality.

Cost Xpert 3.5

Enables the application’s functionality.

Tony Hawks Pro Skater 4

Enables the application’s functionality.

大智慧

Enables the application’s functionality.

Encyclopaedia Britannica CD Installer

Enables the application’s functionality.

Blast Thru

Enables the application’s functionality.

The Spooky Alley

Enables the application’s functionality.

Kid Pix Deluxe 3

Enables the application’s functionality.

Tiny Toons - Buster and the Beanstalk, Enhanced Version

Enables the application’s functionality.

Go Fish! Pop 'N' Drop (Jewel Case)

Enables the application’s functionality.

Warcraft III

Enables the application’s functionality.

Smart Attorney 8.0

Enables the application’s functionality.

Disney's Classic Print Studio Collection

Enables the application’s functionality.

Brick Blasta

Enables the application’s functionality.

Typing Instructor for Kids II

Enables the application’s functionality.

搜刮KK歌狂

Enables the application’s functionality.

Gangsters 2

Enables the application’s functionality.

Disney's Tigger Too

Enables the application’s functionality.

NeffyManSp

Enables the application’s functionality.

Elementary Advantage 2004 -Earth Science

Enables the application’s functionality.

Mahjongg Master 2 Special Edition

Enables the application’s functionality.

Richard Scarry's Best Math Program Ever

Enables the application’s functionality.

Micrografx Windows Draw 5

Enables the application’s functionality.

StudyWorks 2002

Enables the application’s functionality.

Blues Clues School

Enables the application’s functionality.

Kohan Ahriman's Gift

Enables the application’s functionality.

Zoombinis Logical Journey(TM)

Enables the application’s functionality.

Midnight Nowhere

Enables the application’s functionality.

Flanker 2.5

Enables the application’s functionality.

Letterbugs

Enables the application’s functionality.

Manga Studio Debut 3.0

Enables the application’s functionality.

Math Munchers Deluxe

Enables the application’s functionality.

Clip Art Browser

Enables the application’s functionality.

New Oxford Dictionary of English

Enables the application’s functionality.

Voyage in Egypt

Enables the application’s functionality.

Casino Master & Advanced Casino Strategy

Enables the application’s functionality.

StudyWorks! Teaching Pro

Enables the application’s functionality.

1000 Borders & Backgrounds

Enables the application’s functionality.

Rand McNally Road Atlas

Enables the application’s functionality.

Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego?

Enables the application’s functionality.

Sesame Street Numbers

Enables the application’s functionality.

Magic School Bus - Dinosaurs

Enables the application’s functionality.

Middle School Advantage 2004-Life Science

Enables the application’s functionality.

Sonic's Schoolhouse

Enables the application’s functionality.

Bob the Builder

Enables the application’s functionality.

Typing Instructor

Enables the application’s functionality.

Arabic Made Easy

Enables the application’s functionality.

RUMBA

Enables the application’s functionality.

Biology v1.00

Enables the application’s functionality.

Parchisi

Enables the application’s functionality.

WIGGINS

Enables the application’s functionality.

DUAL SUDOKU

Enables the application’s functionality.

MGI Photo Suite III Photography Power Pack Platinum Edition

Enables the application’s functionality.

MAGIX Music Maker V2000

Enables the application’s functionality.

BBC Walking With Dinosaurs

Enables the application’s functionality.

LandDesigner 3D

Enables the application’s functionality.

Topo USA 3.0

Enables the application’s functionality.

Love Medicine and Miracles 1.1

Enables the application’s functionality.

Jasc Paint Shop Pro Studio

Enables the application’s functionality.

Persian Tutor

Enables the application’s functionality.

Schoolhouse Rock: Grammar Rock

Enables the application’s functionality.

Myth II

Enables the application’s functionality.

ClueFinders Mystery Mansion Arcade

Enables the application’s functionality.

World Book

Enables the application’s functionality.

Ulead PhotoImpact 5

Enables the application’s functionality.

Freddi Fish and the Case of The Missing Kelp Seeds

Enables the application’s functionality.

Tiger Woods 99 PGA TOUR Golf

Enables the application’s functionality.

WORLD CUISINE - JAPANESE W/ ROY TOYAMA

Enables the application’s functionality.

Road Adventures USA

Enables the application’s functionality.

Captain Keyboard

Enables the application’s functionality.

MAGIX music studio generation 6 deLuxe

Enables the application’s functionality.

CURIOUS GEORGE READS, WRITES AND SPELLS

Enables the application’s functionality.

Better Homes and Gardens Home Designer Suite 6.0

Enables the application’s functionality.

Teach Yourself to Play Piano 1.8

Enables the application’s functionality.

QuickVerse 7.0

Enables the application’s functionality.

Multimedia Algebra II v3.50

Enables the application’s functionality.

The Factory Deluxe

Enables the application’s functionality.

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 15

Enables the application’s functionality.

Candy Land

Enables the application’s functionality.

Instant Shed & Shop Design

Enables the application’s functionality.

Bloxxit (CD version)

Enables the application’s functionality.

Beetle Bug (CD version)

Enables the application’s functionality.

Learn to Play Guitar

Enables the application’s functionality.

LingvoSoft Talking Picture Dictionary 2008 English<-> Chinese Mandarin Simplified for Windows

Enables the application’s functionality.

Middle School Math and Grammar v3.40

Enables the application’s functionality.

Emperor's New Groove - Groove Center

Enables the application’s functionality.

Type For Fun!

Enables the application’s functionality.

Mickey: Prepárate para el Colegio 2, de Disney

Enables the application’s functionality.

Quickstart German Immersion (Jewel Case)

Enables the application’s functionality.

MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 10

Enables the application’s functionality.

Encyclopaedia Britannica CD Installer

Enables the application’s functionality.

Art Explosion Portfolio Browser

Enables the application’s functionality.

Check Designer

Enables the application’s functionality.

Rockett's New School

Enables the application’s functionality.

HyperSign for Kids

Enables the application’s functionality.

Business Cards

Enables the application’s functionality.

Smart Business Plan 8.0

Enables the application’s functionality.

Fox Kids Spooky Castle

Enables the application’s functionality.

Carmen Sandiego Jr. Edition

Enables the application’s functionality.

Fisher-Price Dream Dollhouse from Davidson

Enables the application’s functionality.

Pro Pinball:The Web

Enables the application’s functionality.

Middle School Language Arts - Grade 7

Enables the application’s functionality.

Small Business Pro

Enables the application’s functionality.

Broderbund Home and Business Lawyer

Enables the application’s functionality.

Fast Food Tycoon 2

Enables the application’s functionality.

Asteroids

Enables the application’s functionality.

Battlefield 2142

Enables the application’s functionality.

MyDataBase

Enables the application’s functionality.

greenstreet CalendarMaker

Enables the application’s functionality.

AurynQuest

Enables the application’s functionality.

PhotoSUITE 4.0

Enables the application’s functionality.

Sesame Street Numbers

Enables the application’s functionality.

Land Before Time Activity Center

Enables the application’s functionality.

SimTown

Enables the application’s functionality.

Jewel Island

Enables the application’s functionality.

Casper - The Magical Toy Store

Enables the application’s functionality.

The Spooky Alley

Enables the application’s functionality.

Critical Thinking

Enables the application’s functionality.

Gogo is searching for Shlompi

Enables the application’s functionality.

Greeny All the Difference

Enables the application’s functionality.

Julia - Back to theSweet Sixtes

Enables the application’s functionality.

Super mind

Enables the application’s functionality.

Science

Enables the application’s functionality.

Reading Hebrew

Enables the application’s functionality.

Pinnacle Studio 12

Enables the application’s functionality.

MYTR Filter 2.6

Enables the application’s functionality.

Animal World

Improves user experience and provides a solution link when blocking issues occur.

RoadRegister

Enables the application’s functionality.

Számlázó

Enables the application’s functionality.

Sicher im Tunnel

Enables the application’s functionality.

Gold butterfly 333

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Robbie Konijn

Enables the application’s functionality.

RoadRegister

Enables the application’s functionality.

יש לי סוד- אני קורא אנגלית

Enables the application’s functionality.

Adegas e Vinhos 2.1

Enables the application’s functionality.

Pinnacle Studio 12

Enables the application’s functionality.

终极解码

Enables the application’s functionality.

Accounting Master 2008

Enables the application’s functionality.

Top Radio

Enables the application’s functionality.

The Spooky Alley

Enables the application’s functionality.

Update information

Prerequisites


To apply this Dynamic Update package, your computer must be running one of the following operating systems:

  • Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2)

  • Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2)

  • Windows 7

  • Windows Server 2008 R2

For more information about how to obtain a Windows Vista service pack, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

935791 How to obtain the latest Windows Vista service pack

For more information about how to obtain a Windows Server 2008 service pack, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

968849 How to obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2008

Registry information

To use thise Dynamic Update package, you do not have to make any changes to the registry.

Restart requirement

You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this Dynamic Update package.

Dynamic Update package replacement information

This Dynamic Update package does not replace a previously released Dynamic Update package.

File information

The global version of this hotfix 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 Vista and Windows Server 2008 file information notes

Important Windows Vista hotfixes and Windows Server 2008 hotfixes are included in the same packages. However, only "Windows Vista" is listed on the Hotfix Request page. To request the hotfix package that applies to one or both operating systems, select the hotfix that is listed under "Windows Vista" on the page. Always refer to the "Applies To" section in articles to determine the actual operating system that each hotfix applies to.

  • The files that apply to a specific product, SR_Level (RTM, SPn), and service branch (LDR, GDR) can be identified by examining the file version numbers as shown in the following table.

    Version

    Product

    SR_Level

    Service branch

    6.0.600
    2.
    22xxx

    Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

    SP2

    LDR, GDR

  • Service Pack 1 is integrated into the release version of Windows Server 2008. Therefore, RTM milestone files apply only to Windows Vista. RTM milestone files have a 6.0.0000.xxxxxx version number.

For all supported x86-based versions of Windows Server 2008 and of Windows Vista

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Platform

Drvmain.sdb

88,564

08-Jan-2010

11:36

Not Applicable

Sysmain.sdb

3,370,176

08-Jan-2010

11:36

Not Applicable

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

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Platform

Drvmain.sdb

58,426

08-Jan-2010

11:48

Not Applicable

Sysmain.sdb

55,912

08-Jan-2010

11:48

Not Applicable

For all supported IA-64-based versions of Windows Server 2008

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Platform

Drvmain.sdb

58,426

08-Jan-2010

11:47

Not Applicable

Sysmain.sdb

53,610

08-Jan-2010

11:47

Not Applicable

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 file information notes


Important Windows 7 hotfixes and Windows Server 2008 R2 hotfixes are included in the same packages. However, hotfixes on the Hotfix Request page are listed under both operating systems. To request the hotfix package that applies to one or both operating systems, select the hotfix that is listed under "Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2" on the page. Always refer to the "Applies To" section in articles to determine the actual operating system that each hotfix applies to.

For all supported x86-based versions of Windows 7

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Platform

Drvmain.sdb

151,372

10-Jan-2010

07:55

Not Applicable

Sysmain.sdb

4,050,136

10-Jan-2010

07:55

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

Drvmain.sdb

105,870

10-Jan-2010

07:56

Not Applicable

Sysmain.sdb

120,024

10-Jan-2010

07:56

Not Applicable

Sysmain32.sdb

3,917,504

10-Jan-2010

07:57

Not Applicable

For all supported IA-64-based versions of Windows Server 2008 R2

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Platform

Drvmain.sdb

105,870

10-Jan-2010

07:50

Not Applicable

Sysmain.sdb

117,002

10-Jan-2010

07:50

Not Applicable

For more information about Shims, visit the following Web site:

Understanding ShimsFor more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

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