Description of the security update for the .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2003: July 10, 2007

Microsoft has released security bulletin MS07-040. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security update. This information includes file manifest information and deployment options. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites:

• Home users:
  http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200707.mspx
• IT professionals:
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-040.mspx

Known issues

• For more information about installation issues that may occur when you install the security update together with the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
  934711 Error message when you restart the computer after you uninstall a security update for the .NET Framework 1.1: "This application has requested the Runtime to terminate in an unusual way"
• After you install security update 933854, if you have Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 installed, the "Add Link to Site" page may stop responding, and the link is not added when you try to add a new link to the Site Directory in a SharePoint Portal Server 2003 site. When you remove this security update, the site works correctly. If security update 933854 is installed, this issue occurs even when the computer is running Windows Server 2003 SP1. For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
  934229 The "Add Link to Site" page stops responding, and the link is not added when you try to add a new link to the Site Directory in a SharePoint Portal Server 2003 site

Update removal information

To remove this security update, use the Add or Remove Programs item in Control Panel.

Prerequisites

To install this security update, the computer must be running a 32-bit version of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) or of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2 (SP2).

You may experience this problem when you are using any of the following configurations:

• Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition SP1
• Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition SP2
• Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition SP1
• Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition SP2
• Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition SP1
• Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition SP2
• Windows Server 2003, Web Edition SP1
• Windows Server 2003, Web Edition SP2