Symptoms

After you install a non-English version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1), some localized IntelliSense text may revert to English. This problem occurs in the following language versions of Visual Studio 2008 SP1:

  • Chinese (simplified)

  • Chinese (traditional)

  • German

  • Spanish

  • French

  • Italian

  • Japanese

  • Korean

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 this specific problem. 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. To download this hotfix from the MSDN Code Gallery, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/KB957507 Note The MSDN Code Gallery displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language listed, it is because the Code Gallery resource page is not available for that language.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 Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Prerequisites

You must have Visual Studio 2008 SP1 or Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions with SP1 installed before you apply this hotfix.

Restart requirement

You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information

The Chinese (simplified) version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.Note The file information for your specific update may differ slightly from the one that is provided in this article because of your specific language version.

File name

File size

Date

Time

Accessibility.xml

30,397

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Aspnetmmcext.xml

40,110

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Cscompmgd.xml

4,717

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Custommarshalers.xml

10,401

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Envdte80.xml

441,320

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Envdte90.xml

58,373

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Envdte.xml

741,021

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Ieexecremote.xml

3,200

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Iehost.xml

22,716

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Iiehost.xml

8,946

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Isymwrapper.xml

46,595

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Microsoft.build.conversion.xml

4,878

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Microsoft.build.engine.20.xml

161,929

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Microsoft.build.engine.xml

161,929

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Microsoft.build.framework.20.xml

71,686

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Microsoft.build.framework.xml

71,686

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Microsoft.build.tasks.20.xml

184,179

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Microsoft.build.tasks.xml

264,503

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Microsoft.build.utilities.20.xml

29,226

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Microsoft.build.utilities.xml

42,313

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Microsoft.jscript.xml

673,503

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Microsoft.managementconsole.xml

59,632

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Microsoft.servicemodel.channels.mail.exchangewebservice.xml

356,815

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Microsoft.servicemodel.channels.mail.xml

25,823

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Microsoft.system.windows.presentation.xml

9,355

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Microsoft.transactions.bridge.xml

596

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Microsoft.visualbasic.compatibility.data.xml

108,257

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Microsoft.visualbasic.compatibility.xml

593,021

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Microsoft.visualbasic.vsa.xml

8,690

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Microsoft.visualbasic.xml

744,122

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Microsoft.visualc.stlclr.xml

239,951

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Microsoft.visualc.xml

3,229

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Microsoft.visualstudio.debuggervisualizer.xml

9,717

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Microsoft.visualstudio.profiler.xml

10,839

16-Nov-2008

03:12

Microsoft.visualstudio.qualitytools.loadtestframework.xml

59,983

15-Nov-2008

23:54

Microsoft.visualstudio.qualitytools.unittestframework.xml

180,181

15-Nov-2008

23:54

Microsoft.visualstudio.qualitytools.webtestframework.xml

179,201

15-Nov-2008

23:54

Microsoft.visualstudio.teamsystem.data.generators.xml

24,765

16-Nov-2008

03:12

Microsoft.visualstudio.teamsystem.data.tasks.xml

15,755

16-Nov-2008

03:12

Microsoft.visualstudio.teamsystem.data.unittesting.xml

29,954

16-Nov-2008

03:12

Microsoft.visualstudio.teamsystem.data.xml

72,757

16-Nov-2008

03:12

Microsoft.visualstudio.templatewizardinterface.xml

10,887

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Microsoft.vsa.vb.codedomprocessor.xml

1,531

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Microsoft.vsa.xml

43,169

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Microsoft.vsavb.xml

3,288

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Microsoft.web.management.xml

557,214

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Microsoft.windows.design.extensibility.xml

141,734

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Microsoft.windows.design.interaction.xml

223,373

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Microsoft.windows.design.markup.xml

225,632

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Microsoft.windows.design.xml

137,077

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Microsoft.windowsce.forms.xml

49,292

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Microsoft.windowsmobile.directx.xml

622,945

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Mscorlib.xml

8,076,153

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Powerpacks.xml

225,159

15-Nov-2008

23:54

Ppresentationbuildtasks.xml

13,453

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Ppresentationcore.xml

4,274,279

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Presentationframework.aero.xml

11,476

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Presentationframework.classic.xml

9,454

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Presentationframework.luna.xml

8,613

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Presentationframework.royale.xml

8,035

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Presentationframework.xml

3,117,216

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Rreachframework.xml

231,706

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Sysglobl.xml

37,636

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.addin.contract.xml

146,268

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.addin.xml

48,645

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.componentmodel.dataannotations.xml

42,060

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.configuration.install.xml

47,740

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.configuration.xml

328,726

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.core.xml

1,127,568

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.data.datasetextensions.xml

45,098

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.data.linq.xml

178,176

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.data.oracleclient.xml

349,650

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.data.services.client.xml

65,757

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.data.services.design.xml

13,829

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.data.services.xml

88,794

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.data.sqlxml.xml

67,122

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.data.xml

2,336,429

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.deployment.xml

47,361

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.design.xml

1,156,513

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.directoryservices.accountmanagement.xml

169,796

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.directoryservices.protocols.xml

335,089

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.directoryservices.xml

833,253

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.drawing.design.xml

55,005

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.drawing.xml

1,520,112

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.enterpriseservices.xml

265,979

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.identitymodel.selectors.xml

26,762

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.identitymodel.xml

473,833

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.io.log.xml

245,357

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.management.instrumentation.xml

7,192

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.management.xml

322,403

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.messaging.xml

372,679

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.net.irda.xml

12,976

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.net.xml

253,222

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.printing.xml

243,123

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.runtime.remoting.xml

124,725

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.runtime.serialization.formatters.soap.xml

7,545

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.runtime.serialization.xml

273,647

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.security.xml

416,563

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.servicemodel.install.xml

13,181

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.servicemodel.web.xml

373,456

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.servicemodel.xml

2,315,057

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.serviceprocess.xml

81,706

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.transactions.xml

70,367

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.web.abstractions.xml

369,579

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.web.dynamicdata.design.xml

5,750

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.web.dynamicdata.xml

139,900

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.web.entity.design.xml

11,971

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.web.entity.xml

38,252

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.web.extensions.design.xml

57,886

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.web.extensions.xml

602,286

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.web.mobile.xml

645,657

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.web.regularexpressions.xml

5,727

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.web.routing.xml

50,453

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.web.services.xml

629,362

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.web.xml

5,565,036

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.windows.forms.xml

5,997,916

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.workflow.activities.xml

287,372

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.workflow.componentmodel.xml

798,615

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.workflow.runtime.xml

260,268

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.workflowservices.xml

184,485

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.xml

4,166,081

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.xml.linq.xml

186,193

15-Nov-2008

18:47

System.xml.xml

1,274,964

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Uiautomationclient.xml

176,478

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Uiautomationclientsideproviders.xml

579

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Uiautomationprovider.xml

58,263

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Uiautomationtypes.xml

93,622

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Vslangproj2.xml

34,669

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Vslangproj80.xml

161,355

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Vslangproj90.xml

5,758

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Vslangproj.xml

89,140

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Vswebsite.interop.xml

90,217

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Wwindowsbase.xml

661,032

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Windowsformsintegration.xml

41,973

15-Nov-2008

18:47

Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

More Information

To install the hotfix, follow these steps:

  1. Visit the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site:

    http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/KB957507

  2. On the Download tab, click VS90SP1-KB 957507-x86.exe

  3. In the To download the file you must agree to the following license dialog box, click I Agree.

  4. In the File Download dialog box, click Run.

  5. Follow the instructions in the installation wizard.

For 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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