Applies ToWindows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation Windows Server 2008 R2 Web Edition

Symptoms

Consider the following scenario:

  • You have a Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer that has the Remote Desktop Services role installed.

  • On a client computer, you enable remote audio playback for a remote desktop connection. To do this, start Remote Desktop Connection, click Show Options, select the Local Resources tab, click Settings in the Remote audio section, select Play on remote computer in the Remote audio playback section, and then click OK.

  • You use Remote Desktop Connection to establish a connection to the server from the client computer.

In this situation, no local audio device is assigned to the session.Note On a Windows Server 2003-based terminal server, you can see and use the audio device that located on the server during the remote session.

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. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix. Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft website:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=supportNote The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language.

Prerequisites

To apply this hotfix, you must be running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1).For more information about how to obtain a Windows Server 2008 R2 service pack, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

976932 Information about Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and for Windows Server 2008 R2

Registry information

To use the hotfix, you do not have to change the registry.

Restart requirement

You must restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace a previously released hotfix.

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 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.

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

    Version

    Product

    Milestone

    Service branch

    6.1.760 0.16xxx

    Windows Server 2008 R2

    RTM

    GDR

    6.1.760 0.20xxx

    Windows Server 2008 R2

    RTM

    LDR

    6.1.760 1.17xxx

    Windows Server 2008 R2

    SP1

    GDR

    6.1.760 1.22xxx

    Windows Server 2008 R2

    SP1

    LDR

  • GDR service branches contain only those fixes that are widely released to address widespread, critical issues. LDR service branches contain hotfixes in addition to widely released fixes.

  • The MANIFEST files (.manifest) that are installed for each environment are listed separately in the "Additional file information for Windows Server 2008 R2" section. MANIFEST files and the associated security catalog (.cat) files, are extremely 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.

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Platform

Audiodg.exe

6.1.7600.21360

125,952

02-Nov-2012

04:11

x64

Audioeng.dll

6.1.7600.21360

440,320

02-Nov-2012

05:32

x64

Audiokse.dll

6.1.7600.21360

499,712

02-Nov-2012

05:40

x64

Audioses.dll

6.1.7600.21360

295,936

02-Nov-2012

05:32

x64

Audiosrv.dll

6.1.7600.21360

677,376

02-Nov-2012

05:32

x64

Encdump.dll

5.0.1.1

283,648

02-Nov-2012

05:35

x64

Prod_audio-audiocore.ptxml

Not applicable

1,442

13-Jul-2009

20:47

Not applicable

Audiodg.exe

6.1.7601.17514

126,464

20-Nov-2010

13:24

x64

Audioeng.dll

6.1.7601.22150

440,320

02-Nov-2012

05:44

x64

Audiokse.dll

6.1.7601.22150

499,712

02-Nov-2012

05:51

x64

Audioses.dll

6.1.7601.22150

295,936

02-Nov-2012

05:44

x64

Audiosrv.dll

6.1.7601.22150

678,912

02-Nov-2012

05:44

x64

Encdump.dll

5.0.1.1

283,648

02-Nov-2012

05:46

x64

Prod_audio-audiocore.ptxml

Not applicable

667

20-Nov-2010

04:25

Not applicable

Dshowrdpfilter.dll

1.0.0.0

274,944

02-Nov-2012

05:34

x64

Dshowrdpfilter.mof

Not applicable

1,197

10-Jun-2009

20:38

Not applicable

Tsmf.dll

6.1.7600.21360

292,864

02-Nov-2012

05:42

x64

Tsmf.mof

Not applicable

1,236

10-Jun-2009

20:38

Not applicable

Dshowrdpfilter.dll

1.0.0.0

282,112

02-Nov-2012

05:45

x64

Dshowrdpfilter.mof

Not applicable

1,197

05-Nov-2010

01:55

Not applicable

Tsmf.dll

6.1.7601.22150

300,032

02-Nov-2012

05:52

x64

Tsmf.mof

Not applicable

1,236

05-Nov-2010

01:55

Not applicable

Rdpendp.dll

6.1.7600.21360

164,864

02-Nov-2012

05:40

x64

Rdpendp.mof

Not applicable

1,122

10-Jun-2009

20:44

Not applicable

Rdpendp.dll

6.1.7601.22150

167,424

02-Nov-2012

05:51

x64

Rdpendp.mof

Not applicable

1,122

05-Nov-2010

02:01

Not applicable

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Platform

Audiodg.exe

6.1.7600.21360

322,048

02-Nov-2012

03:44

IA-64

Audioeng.dll

6.1.7600.21360

518,656

02-Nov-2012

04:40

IA-64

Audiokse.dll

6.1.7600.21360

339,968

02-Nov-2012

04:40

IA-64

Audioses.dll

6.1.7600.16385

608,256

14-Jul-2009

01:45

IA-64

Audiosrv.dll

6.1.7600.21360

1,381,888

02-Nov-2012

04:40

IA-64

Prod_audio-audiocore.ptxml

Not applicable

1,442

13-Jul-2009

20:47

Not applicable

Audiodg.exe

6.1.7601.22150

322,048

02-Nov-2012

03:33

IA-64

Audioeng.dll

6.1.7601.22150

518,656

02-Nov-2012

04:27

IA-64

Audiokse.dll

6.1.7601.22150

339,968

02-Nov-2012

04:27

IA-64

Audioses.dll

6.1.7601.22150

607,232

02-Nov-2012

04:27

IA-64

Audiosrv.dll

6.1.7601.22150

1,381,888

02-Nov-2012

04:27

IA-64

Prod_audio-audiocore.ptxml

Not applicable

667

20-Nov-2010

04:06

Not applicable

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 audio and video playback on a Remote Desktop Session Host (RD Session Host) server, go to the following Microsoft TechNet website:

General information about configuring audio and video playback on an RD Session Host serverFor 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

Additional file information

Additional file information for Windows Server 2008 R2

File name

Amd64_268e5a2cc447c77b6fa7c84f1c368c47_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.22150_none_39295f5c6679240d.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

1,100

Date (UTC)

03-Nov-2012

Time (UTC)

17:30

Platform

Not applicable

File name

Amd64_2a255e62e398ae8f99a341762c85f240_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.21360_none_6ccd52b1354e1eec.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

1,056

Date (UTC)

03-Nov-2012

Time (UTC)

17:30

Platform

Not applicable

File name

Amd64_83bed536d8f70b990ef1de86dc471e3f_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.22150_none_ca271de256cc8513.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

1,056

Date (UTC)

03-Nov-2012

Time (UTC)

17:30

Platform

Not applicable

File name

Amd64_95d4005ed77b39537dc6fccb4808b1a2_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.21360_none_24f56acdd8194653.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

1,086

Date (UTC)

03-Nov-2012

Time (UTC)

17:30

Platform

Not applicable

File name

Amd64_d75036764dc69c932c976bb44e7b1036_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.22150_none_07a6a8bfb5d91bf6.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

1,086

Date (UTC)

03-Nov-2012

Time (UTC)

17:30

Platform

Not applicable

File name

Amd64_db3e14e9325b43aebaed13a14a97edd1_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.21360_none_d5e8c5af7c7a37ac.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

1,100

Date (UTC)

03-Nov-2012

Time (UTC)

17:30

Platform

Not applicable

File name

Amd64_microsoft-windows-audio-audiocore_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.21360_none_d32ed8511762cc30.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

83,345

Date (UTC)

02-Nov-2012

Time (UTC)

06:19

Platform

Not applicable

File name

Amd64_microsoft-windows-audio-audiocore_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.22150_none_d520054314811c2b.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

88,666

Date (UTC)

03-Nov-2012

Time (UTC)

17:35

Platform

Not applicable

File name

Amd64_microsoft-windows-t..diafoundationplugin_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.21360_none_d4f333b6e6605c57.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

26,242

Date (UTC)

02-Nov-2012

Time (UTC)

06:20

Platform

Not applicable

File name

Amd64_microsoft-windows-t..diafoundationplugin_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.22150_none_d6e460a8e37eac52.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

26,539

Date (UTC)

02-Nov-2012

Time (UTC)

21:02

Platform

Not applicable

File name

Amd64_microsoft-windows-t..ices-rdpsounddriver_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.21360_none_975861692cc81652.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

21,135

Date (UTC)

02-Nov-2012

Time (UTC)

06:21

Platform

Not applicable

File name

Amd64_microsoft-windows-t..ices-rdpsounddriver_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.22150_none_99498e5b29e6664d.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

21,135

Date (UTC)

02-Nov-2012

Time (UTC)

21:02

Platform

Not applicable

File name

Wow64_microsoft-windows-audio-audiocore_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.21360_none_dd8382a34bc38e2b.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

75,377

Date (UTC)

02-Nov-2012

Time (UTC)

05:18

Platform

Not applicable

File name

Wow64_microsoft-windows-audio-audiocore_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.22150_none_df74af9548e1de26.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

75,265

Date (UTC)

02-Nov-2012

Time (UTC)

20:33

Platform

Not applicable

File name

Ia64_780f3d6f4e1028884bf5fc63a0ca8349_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.22150_none_6b606a06f638233a.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

1,054

Date (UTC)

03-Nov-2012

Time (UTC)

17:30

Platform

Not applicable

File name

Ia64_804878e1415e51746c73f3935199b99d_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.21360_none_a7baea86762b1618.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

1,054

Date (UTC)

03-Nov-2012

Time (UTC)

17:30

Platform

Not applicable

File name

Ia64_9f168883797bbfc6b4cc616586f9fb1b_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.21360_none_f7f58c5ace0eae86.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

720

Date (UTC)

03-Nov-2012

Time (UTC)

17:30

Platform

Not applicable

File name

Ia64_b1795168894ae1aad789e9360de543db_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.22150_none_1644c58d1c6874a1.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

720

Date (UTC)

03-Nov-2012

Time (UTC)

17:30

Platform

Not applicable

File name

Ia64_microsoft-windows-audio-audiocore_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.21360_none_7711e0c35f0363f6.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

87,952

Date (UTC)

03-Nov-2012

Time (UTC)

17:30

Platform

Not applicable

File name

Ia64_microsoft-windows-audio-audiocore_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.22150_none_79030db55c21b3f1.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

82,335

Date (UTC)

02-Nov-2012

Time (UTC)

10:41

Platform

Not applicable

File name

Wow64_microsoft-windows-audio-audiocore_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.21360_none_dd8382a34bc38e2b.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

75,377

Date (UTC)

02-Nov-2012

Time (UTC)

05:18

Platform

Not applicable

File name

Wow64_microsoft-windows-audio-audiocore_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.22150_none_df74af9548e1de26.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

75,265

Date (UTC)

02-Nov-2012

Time (UTC)

20:33

Platform

Not applicable

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