Status. Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section. More Information. For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows that could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker logs on to an affected system and runs a specially crafted application designed to exploit the vulnerability.

SQL Server data corruption when a memory range is accessed by the SetFileIoOverlappedRange function and an I/O operation in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2008, in Windows 7, or in Windows Server 2008 R2 - Microsoft Support. Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Windows Vista Business More... Symptoms. Consider the following scenario:

Fixes an issue in which you receive Stop Error 000000A (Error 0x0A) (IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL) on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7. This issue occurs when there is a request to the system to allocate a large amount of contiguous physical memory.

Workaround. To work around this problem on a computer that is running a PAE kernel, add the /NOPAE switch to the Boot.ini file. To work around this problem on a computer that is running a PAE kernel with data execution prevention (DEP), add the following switch to the Boot.ini file:

Resolution. Hotfix information. A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing the problem described in this article. This hotfix might receive additional testing.

Symptoms. When you try to install Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) on a computer that has more than 10 language packs installed, the computer stops responding at a black screen. Additionally, you receive an "0xC000009A" error message.

An application stops responding, experiences low performance, or experiences high privileged CPU usage if many large I/O operations are performed in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 - Microsoft Support.

Ntoskrnl.exe. 6.1.7601.17591. 11,118,464. 08-Apr-2011. 06:28. IA-64. Ntoskrnl.exe. 6.1.7601.21700. 11,118,976. 08-Apr-2011. 06:34. IA-64. Ntkrnlpa.exe. 6.1.7601.17591. 3,967,872. 08-Apr-2011. 07:35. Not applicable. Ntoskrnl.exe. 6.1.7601.17591. 3,912,576. 08-Apr-2011. 07:35. Not applicable. Ntkrnlpa.exe. 6.1.7601.21700. 3,967,872. 08-Apr-2011 ...

Fixes an issue in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2 in which it takes a long time to start a computer that has an Intel Nehalem-EX CPU installed.