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Articles for product: Windows Vista Home Premium

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955076 Stop error message on a Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008-based computer that has multiple processors installed: "Stop error code 0x00000101 (CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT)"
955133 Detection and deployment guidance for the July 8, 2008 security release
955218 MS08-069: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft XML Core Services could allow remote code execution
955249 A Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer that has a Secure Digital memory card slot enabled stops responding when you try to put it into either standby or hibernation
955352 A Windows Vista-based DHCP client does not accept a new IP address until two DHCPOFFER packets are exchanged
955419 On a Windows Vista Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2008-based computer, when you use the built-in backup application to back up data to multiple discs in a slim slot optical device drive, the first disc may become unreadable after you eject it
955427 Copy process is very slow when you copy large files from one computer to another computer in a high-bandwidth network environment if both computers are running either Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008
955446 USB devices do not automatically recover from an overcurrent condition on a computer that is running Windows Vista SP1 or Windows Server 2008
955515 A memory leak occurs when you use Windows Event Log API (Wevtapi.dll) to receive WHEA events in real time on a Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer
955540 A hotfix is available that enables support for dynamic filters for IPsec communication on Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1-based computers
955548 Error message when you try to use the Encrypting File System wizard to create a self-signed certificate that can be stored in a smart card on a Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1)-based computer or on a Windows Server 2008-based computer
955551 Error message when you run the Encrypting File System (EFS) Wizard to create a self-signed certificate that is stored on a smart card in Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and in Windows Server 2008: "No valid certificates found"
955554 DLL files may not be registered by the RegisterDlls directive in a printer driver for a Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer
955557 Even when a driver is digitally signed, Device Manager displays a "Not digitally signed" message for the driver on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008
955558 You cannot use a smart card certificate to log on to a domain from a Windows Vista-based or a Windows Server 2008-based client computer
955559 Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista Service Pack 1 may not display tooltip text correctly if the text contains both alphabetical characters and Japanese characters
955560 Handle leaks and memory leaks occur on the Printer Spooler service when a Windows Vista SP1-based computer or a Windows Server 2008-based computer installs and uninstalls network printers
955561 Some removable USB cartridge disk drives are not recognized as available backup destinations by the built-in backup application in Windows Vista
955562 When you click the button on the taskbar for an inactive window to make that window active in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008, the currently active window is selected again
955688 The UpdateLayeredWindowIndirect function does not correctly display a layered window when the prcDirty parameter is specified and when the DWM feature is enabled in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008
955803 Stop error during the shutdown process on a Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1-based computer: "Stop error code 0x00000050 (PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA)"
955805 Certain applications become very slow on a Windows Server 2008-based or Windows Vista SP1-based computer when a certificate with the SIA extension is installed
955806 The print process crashes under heavy stress on Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computers
955836 A hotfix rollup package is available for the Traditional and Simplified Chinese IMEs in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008
955839 December 2008 cumulative time zone update for Microsoft Windows operating systems
955840 You cannot automatically recover from an overcurrent condition that occurs on a USB device on a computer that is running Windows Vista SP1 or Windows Server 2008
955986 The operating system may stop responding when you try to put the operating system into S3 sleep after you perform a surprise removal of a USB device on a Windows-based computer
955991 The Country/Region settings may be missing when you view the properties for a modem on a computer that is running Windows Vista SP1 or Windows Server 2008
956115 The system may stop responding during restart when a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista Service Pack 1 has a PCI Express interface
956136 If calls to VSS management interface APIs are made while protected snapshot replications are occurring, the APIs encounter performance issues in Windows Server 2008 and in Windows Vista SP1
956183 Requests are not transferred over the USB bus in the order in which they are submitted to the Windows USB driver stack on a multiprocessor computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008
956388 Stop error when a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer enters sleep mode: "Stop error code 0x000000FE (BUGCODE_USB_DRIVER)"
956519 A scheduled task may not run after it wakes a Windows Vista-based or a Windows Server 2008-based computer from hibernation
956524 You cannot edit the Administrative Templates when you apply a "Restrict users to the explicitly permitted list of snap-ins" setting in a Group Policy object in a Windows Server 2008 domain
956544 When you enroll a certificate on a computer that is running Windows Vista or that is running Windows Server 2008, you are prompted to insert a smart card even though a smart card is already inserted
956550 An application that is running on a Windows Server 2008-based or Windows Vista SP1-based system may corrupt files on a local file share when these files are scanned
956563 Performance issues may occur on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer if Active State Power Management is enabled
956572 MS09-012: Description of the security update for Windows Service Isolation: April 2009
956636 Detection and deployment guidance for the August 12, 2008 security release
956744 MS09-044: Description of the security update for Remote Desktop Client version 6.0 and 6.1: August 11, 2009
956756 A graphics card is not removed from the display settings on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1 if you unplug the card while the computer is asleep or in hibernation
956767 The VerFindFile function always returns the value "VFF_CURNEDEST (0x1)" on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer
956774 A Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) client cannot handle files that have paths that contain the volume GUID in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Vista
956802 MS08-071: Vulnerabilities in GDI could allow remote code execution
956807 The Unicode hyphen character (U+2010) is not drawn when you use an application that uses GDI+ API functions in Windows Server 2008, in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2003, and in Windows XP
956840 A memory leak may occur in an application that uses the MS-FASP API to open and close policy store handles in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008
956841 MS08-064: Vulnerability in Virtual Address Descriptor manipulation could allow elevation of privilege
956871 The system may crash when you put a Windows Vista-based computer or a Windows Server 2008-based computer into hibernation
956943 You are prompted unexpectedly to enter your credentials when you access a SharePoint Server site from a Windows-based computer that has a proxy server configured
957000 An October 2008 update is available for the Windows Vista Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP)