Applies ToWindows Server 2008 Service Pack 2

Release Date:

12/03/2019

Version:

Security-only update

Improvements and fixes

This security update includes quality improvements. No new operating system features are being introduced in this update. Key changes include:

  • Addresses an issue that causes the abbreviated Japanese Era names to be incorrect. For more information, see KB4469068.

  • Addresses an issue that causes the clock and calendar flyout to ignore user settings for Japanese Era date and time formats. For more information, see KB4469068.

  • Enables the 元年 character for the first year in the Japanese Era. For more information, see KB4469068.

  • Addresses an issue that prevents Microsoft Office Visual Basic for Applications from displaying the correct Japanese Era name. For more information, see KB4469068.

  • Addresses an issue that may overwrite gan-nen support behavior for the Japanese Era after an update. For more information, see KB4469068.

  • Addresses an issue that fails to recognize the first character as the abbreviation for the Japanese Era name. For more information, see KB4469068.

  • Security updates to Windows App Platform and Frameworks, Windows Server, Windows Hyper-V, Windows Storage and Filesystems, Windows Fundamentals, Windows Kernel, Windows MSXML, and the Microsoft JET Database Engine.

For more information about the resolved security vulnerabilities, please refer to the Security Update Guide

Known issues in this update

Symptom

Workaround

After installing this update, NETDOM.EXE fails to run, and the on-screen error, “The command failed to complete successfully.” appears.

This issue is resolved in KB4493458.

After installing this update, some customers report that authentication fails for services that require unconstrained delegation after the Kerberos ticket expires (the default is 10 hours). For example, the SQL server service fails.

This issue is resolved in KB4499180.

Any compound document (OLE) server application that places embedded objects into the Windows Metafile (WMF) using the PatBlt API may display embedded objects incorrectly.

For example, if you paste a Microsoft Excel worksheet object into a Microsoft Word document, the cells may render with a different background color.

This issue is resolved in KB4493458.

 

How to get this update

This update is now available for installation through WSUS. To get the standalone package for this update, go to the Microsoft Update Catalog website.

File information

For a list of the files that are provided in this update, download the file information for update 4489876

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