An ordinary guy trying to make a difference
Internet Explorer 6.0
556050 SAP Help shows only empty sections or blank pages
946608 Cumulative update package 6 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2
942680 FIX: The CREATE PROCEDURE statement does not run when you try to run the statement to create a stored procedure that contains a very large amount of text in SQL Server 2005
945907 FIX: Error messages when you run the database mirroring monitoring job by using the sp_dbmmonitorupdate stored procedure in SQL Server 2005: "Error: 102, Severity: 15, State: 1" and "Error: 319, Severity: 15, State: 1"
946031 FIX: A query returns the incorrect result when you run a query that uses the USE PLAN query hint in SQL Server 2005
945375 Error message when you try to drag a table from a SQL Server Compact 3.5 database file to a Windows form in Visual Studio 2008: "An error occurred while performing the drop: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation"
946037 FIX: The Processors page in the Server Properties dialog box in SQL Server Management Studio does not correctly report the processor affinity for an instance of SQL Server 2005 on a computer that has more than 32 processors
945914 FIX: Error message when an application that is running as a Windows service calls some SSIS packages: "A variable may only be added once to either the read lock list or the write lock list"
946038 FIX: Error message when you run the sp_dbmmonitorresults stored procedure in SQL Server 2005: "An internal error has occurred in the database mirroring monitor"
945936 The DHCP support is not available when you install SQL Server 2005 on a Windows Server 2008 failover cluster
945372 The column of the rowversion data type is replicated to the subscriber after you synchronize the data between a SQL Server 2005 publisher and a SQL Server Compact 3.5 subscriber
946931 System Management Server fails to distribute software updates to some clients
946214 An HTML application that uses the "onbeforeunload" event closes unexpectedly in Internet Explorer 7 when you click "Cancel"
946582 How to integrate the Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 files into a Windows Server 2003 installation folder
940202 A Windows Server 2003-based computer may stop responding during shutdown after you install the Scalable Networking Pack
945947 A blank message appears when you use the Certificate Import Wizard to import a certificate on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000
945058 When you use the Volume Shadow Copy Service on Windows Server 2003-based computers that run many I/O operations, disk volumes take longer to go online
945766 An application may close unexpectedly or stop responding unexpectedly in an Itanium-based version of Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2
946118 The handle count of the Smlogsvc.exe process continues to increase when you use the "Performance Logs and Alerts" MMC snap-in in Windows Server 2003
945219 The Reg.exe utility in Windows Server 2003 unexpectedly returns the REG_SZ registry type for registry values in the REG_EXPAND_SZ type
946930 The SBS Server is in an Activation loop after applying Transition Pack and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
946939 Stop 0x000000D1 bugcheck occurs on computers with McAfee VirusScan Enterprise installed
946938 Error occurs when you try to install Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2: "update.inf file is not correct"
946937 "Network Location Cannot be Reached" when accessing shares
946940 Print Driver Upgrade Hangs During Installation
944696 The Resource Monitor process may crash in a Windows Server 2003-based cluster that has Veritas Volume Manager installed
946358 The LsaLookupSids function may return the old user name instead of the new user name if the user name has changed on a domain controller
I just want to wish you and your loved ones a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Peaceful, Prosperous 2008.
2008 is shaping up to be an exciting year and I look forward to continuing to serve the Systems Management community in the best way I can.
Finally a HUGE thankyou to EVERYONE that has visited FAQShop be it to read the content/ forums, submit a question, answer or other content. I also want to thank everyone for the help and support they've given WMUG this year. We've got some great things coming next year.
I want to try to encourage more people to get involved in helping the community as a whole in 2008. It's really not as scary as it may seem and after all we're all here to learn from and help each other otherwise we'd get nowhere.
Cheers.
946627 Internet Explorer 6 crashes after you install security update 942615 on a computer that is running Windows XP Service Pack 2
556046 How to monitor disk performance on Windows 2000 Servers by using System Center Operations Manager
944985 FIX: The data on the publisher does not match the data on the subscriber when you synchronize a SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition subscriber with a SQL Server 2000 "merge replication" publisher
945067 Error message when you run a maintenance plan after you set the "allow updates" option to 1 in SQL Server 2005: "Alter failed for server"
945127 FIX: You may still experience the performance issue that is described in KB article 940945 after you install Cumulative Update 3 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2
945934 How to register Microsoft Filter Pack IFilters with SQL Server 2005 and with SQL Server 2008
946127 FIX: You may experience problems when you use SQL Server Management Studio in SQL Server 2005 to connect to an instance of SQL Server 2008
945308 FIX: You may receive incorrect data when you run a query against a database that has the PARAMETERIZATION database option set to FORCED in SQL Server 2005
945054 FIX: You can run the ALTER ASYMMETRIC KEY statement or the ALTER CERTIFICATE statement by using a SQL Server login that does not have permissions to run these statements in Microsoft SQL Server 2005
945003 Values from the "Additional Settings" page in the Internet Explorer Administration Kit 7 (IEAK 7) Customization Wizard are written to the Internet Explorer 7 configuration files even though you do not change the values
946323 Internet Explorer 7 does not send you any notification if it cannot obtain the Certificate Revocation List
945050 The private bytes that the DFS service consumes continue to increase on a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller that hosts the PDC emulator role
946068 Stop error message on a terminal server that is running Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2: "Stop 0x000000AB (SESSION_HAS_VALID_POOL_ON_EXIT)"
943510 A memory leak occurs in the Msctf.dll component when you use a WebBrowser control application in Windows XP, in Windows Server 2003, or in Windows Vista
944328 A backup operation fails, and a function failure is reported when no media is in the removable media drive on a Windows Server 2003-based computer
946482 Error message on a Windows Server 2003-based computer when you log on to an iSCSI target by using CHAP authentication: "Authentication Failure"
Following on from my It's nice to see your name in print... post last month about Part I of the Management Point article I've written for Server Management magazine being online, I'm pleased to tell you that Part II that covers installation, configuration and troubleshooting is now available online:
Now we've established why we need them, getting management points up and running is just a case of following the instructions Written by Cliff Hobbs Published - November 2007
Like I said last time, please let me know what you think as well as any ideas you've got for future articles.
In closing, if you're based in the UK and you currently don't subscribe to the magazine then why not? It's free, all you need to do is answer some really basic questions here.
If you're not in the UK all of the articles are available free of charge so I'd recommend you pay a regular visit to the site to checkout the many articles related to Server Management in general not just Systems Management.
This is an interesting article from Ed with some timely advice on security:
"You’ve seen it, read it, heard it so many times you’ve blocked it out … routine, mundane. . . but instinctively you take the necessary precautions. And the idiots who think they can beat the doors for gosh sakes . . . some make it, most don’t… when will they learn. Even though, I suspect the next time you hear this spoken over the intercom in the Underground, or read the warning label on the inside of the carriage you’ll take just that extra second to really make sure everything is clear of the doors. “Why?”, you ask. “Because you’ve just read this!” No different than the many times you’ve looked at your watch, and then someone else asks you what time it is; you can’t remember, so you look again.
Unremarkably, the same applies when it comes to being more safe online. This past year you bought a brand new state of the art, 2g of RAM, 600g hard drive that will hold more stuff than you or I could ever fill up in a lifetime. It’s loaded with free anti-spam, anti-virus software and everything is going very well, so well in fact that you don’t update your software (Windows Vista has ‘updates’ turned on by default, so unless you mess with it, you’re okay ), run a periodic anti-malware scan, and the wireless is working fine so need to check that. You’ve read about the Government’s GetSafeOnline.org campaign (www.GetSafeOnline.org) that e-Bay, Microsoft, HSBC, Home office, SOCA, and others participate in, you’ve seen the constant news articles about loss or theft of data from the largest of companies and government agencies (and if you’re a victim of HMRC ‘datagate’, you have every right to be angry) but hey, you’ve not been affected . . . why do anything. Victims of online crime… not me, happens only to those people who go to the ‘wrong sites’ . . .who tried to make it thru the doors for gosh sakes, they should have known better.
Not so fast Mr ItAin’tGonnaHappenToMe. That ‘other person’ is going to be you if you don’t take a few moments to make sure your operating system and software are up to date, that your firewall is turned on (both are already done for you if you are operating Windows Vista) your anti-spam and anti-virus software are installed and updated (don’t forget to renew your subscription to the anti-malware software if it is about to expire). Organized criminals are ‘green’, ‘socially conscious agnostics’, they want what is best for you – NOT!! Just like machines, THEY DON’T CARE who you are, where you grew up, what kind of accent you have, whether you’re beautiful (or like me, a face made for radio); they operate without regard to your sex or religious affiliations – I call them “THE EQUALIZERS”. They want what is yours – from your bank account, your identity, or even a bit of your bandwidth – oh yes, they can quite happily use your computer while you do and you may not ever know.
As we approach the Holidays, don’t let the Grinch of Christmas Past ruin your holidays online. Possibly, ‘just because you read this’, you will take a moment and run the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool , will visit www.GetSafeOnline.org , or possibly even give the most important cyber gift of all – a trip to the wild side, www.WindowsMarketplace.com (click on Security Downloads) for free anti-malware. It will take you a few minutes; but a few minutes now might just save you months of hassle down the road. Do you really want to be calling your credit card companies, bank, credit agency, DVLA, DWP, on New Years Eve. Or worse, worry whether someone will be showing up at your doorstep because you couldn’t be bothered to spend a measly 10 minutes with your kids to talk to them about social networking sites (oh yea, they just told their friends on their Facebook site when you were going to be away). . . and you didn’t tell them how to prevent outsiders from accessing their pages. Nor did you tell them in no uncertain terms that even when they close their site everything they put on the Internet IS THERE FOREVER. Oh yes, some make it thru the doors, most don’t . . .when will THEY learn.
I wish you a very happy holiday season – and a safe online journey.
Edward P Gibson
Chief Security Advisor
Microsoft Ltd-UK"
Andy Dominey (who is a MOM MVP), kicks off the new OpsMgr 2007 section of FAQShop in style with this great article on IT Security Monitoring with OpsMgr 2007 which will be featured in an upcoming edition of the Microsoft Security Newsletter.
Look out for other great articles as we start to ramp up the OpsMgr section of the site.
945007 An Internet Explorer Automatic Component Activation (IE ACA) update is available to disable the "Click to activate" behavior
942615 MS07-069: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer
942202 After you install and uninstall some toolbar items in Internet Explorer 6, toolbar names may become blank, or unrelated toolbar items may appear
843289 Proxy server settings are not set correctly in Internet Explorer after you download a proxy script that uses chunk encoding
945896 FIX: Error message when you run a complex query in SQL Server 2005: "The query processor ran out of stack space during query optimization"
945770 FIX: The DBCC CHECKDB statement takes longer to run on an x64-based computer than the statement takes to run on a 32-bit computer when you run the statement against a database in SQL Server 2005
942657 FIX: You have to enter the old password of a SQL Server login when you try to change the password of the login by using SQL Server Management Studio in SQL Server 2005
945068 Some visual elements in SQL Server Management Studio lose functionality when you register many instances of SQL Server
944968 FIX: A minidump file is generated, and an error message is logged in the SQL Server error log when you run the DBCC MEMORYSTATUS statement in SQL Server 2005
943389 FIX: You must restart the SQL Server service on the principal server after you resume the SQL Server service process from a debug tool in SQL Server 2005
944677 FIX: Conflicts are not logged when you use the Microsoft SQL Server Subscriber Always Wins Conflict Resolver for an article in a merge replication in Microsoft SQL Server 2005
943388 FIX: The witness server crashes and a minidump file is generated in the SQL Server 2005 log folder when you manually failover database mirroring in SQL Server 2005 build 2239
945374 You cannot compile a SQL Server Compact-based OLE DB application for Windows Mobile 5.0, and the Transact.h file cannot be found
939944 The text size setting that you specify is not applied to all Internet Explorer 7 windows that you open on a Windows Vista-based computer
943141 Some customized security settings for the Trusted sites zone in Internet Explorer 7 are reset to the default values on a Windows Vista-based computer
943509 Description of the Jet 4.0 Database Engine hotfix package for Windows XP SP2, for Windows Server 2003 SP1, for Windows Server 2003 SP2, and for Windows Vista: October 23, 2007
946165 Detection and deployment guidance for the December 11, 2007 security release
945631 A Windows Server 2003-based terminal server cannot locate the Terminal Services license server
945085 How to add the C09 display specifier to Active Directory on a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller
945344 The "Serial number" attribute of a self-signed certificate has a negative value when you call the CertCreateSelfSignCertificate function to create the certificate in Windows Server 2003
944340 The time stamps are incorrect after you apply update 928388 and then change the time settings to a year that is earlier than 2007 in Windows XP and in Windows Server 2003
945397 The values that appear for DHCP option 81 and the corresponding GUI meanings that are shown in the DHCP MMC snap-in in Windows Server 2003
941569 MS07-068: Vulnerability in Windows Media file format could allow remote code execution
941568 MS07-064: Vulnerabilities in DirectX could allow remote code execution
945778 Error message when you install a network adapter driver on a Windows Server 2003 64-bit-version-based computer that has more than 32 processors: "Stop 0x000000D1"
944275 MS07-068: Vulnerability in the Windows Media file format could allow remote code execution in Windows Server 2003
937894 MS07-065: Vulnerability in Message Queuing Service could allow remote code execution in Windows XP and in Windows 2000
With many of you probably getting a new digital camera for Xmas here's a list of useful tips to help you organise your pictures once you've taken them as believe you me things can soon get out of hand:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/morefun/organizephotos.mspx
One tip I'd add to this is to make sure you have PLENTY of free disk space as you'd be amazed how fast you fill it up when taking pics.
945713 Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerability in Web Proxy Auto Discovery (WPAD) could allow information disclosure
938910 FIX: Error message when you execute a maintenance plan that contains a Rebuild Index task in SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2: "The Execute method on the task returned error code 0x8007000E (Exception of type 'System.OutOfMemoryException' was thrown)"
945323 FIX: The logins are incorrectly deleted when you run a SQL Server 2005 Integration Services package that contains a Transfer SQL Server Objects task
945539 SQL Server 2005 cannot index some 2007 Office document formats
945066 SQL Server 2005 does not validate all articles in a transactional publication when you run the sp_publication_validation stored procedure to validate the articles
941938 After you use the Internet Explorer Customization Wizard to remove the default elements of some features in Internet Explorer 7, these elements still exist in Internet Explorer 7
945385 A blank Web page is displayed when you start Internet Explorer 7
945977 Some problems occur after installing Windows Server 2003 SP2
945980 DNS name resolution does not work on Windows Server 2003
943443 FIX: An access violation may occur when you use the 64-bit version of the DV Video Encoder filter in a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003 or of Windows XP
941660 Windows PowerShell 1.0 does not work correctly with custom locales or with programs that prevent Windows PowerShell 1.0 from accessing the root of each file system drive in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2003, and in Windows XP
942423 WMAPro content that contains SAP with digital output plays for several seconds and then stops playing in Windows Media Player 10
945463 Windows Server 2003 does not issue security event 523 even though the WarningLevel registry entry is configured
945410 A Windows Server 2003-based computer may stop responding when many connections are created and then disconnected if IPsec is configured
Well the first KB article for for ConfigMgr has been released:
KB Article 945898 - The System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Offer Status Summarizer does not process advertisement status summary data.
To help keep tabs on all ConfigMgr-related KBs Microsoft releases I’ve created the following which aim to maintain going forward:
http://www.faqshop.com/configmgr2007/trobshoot/tskbs.htm
936994 GIF images may not appear when you refresh a Web page in Internet Explorer 6
945317 A file and some registry entries are missing when you upgrade SQL Server Compact 3.5 Beta to SQL Server Compact 3.5
944678 FIX: SSIS stops responding when you run an SSIS package that uses a Flat File source in a Data Flow task after you install cumulative update package 2 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2
945465 FIX: Error message when you synchronize the subscription of a transactional replication from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005: "Property AnsiNullsStatus is not available for UserDefinedFunction ''"
945084 Error message after you insert the System Center Essentials 2007 DVD into a DVD drive: "Not a valid Win32 application"
942212 The SMS_Executive service process for Systems Management Server 2003 stops repeatedly
942763 December 2007 cumulative time zone update for Microsoft Windows operating systems
944916 Stop error message when a client logs off from a Terminal Services session on a server that is running Windows Server 2003 with SP1 or Windows Server 2003 with SP2: "Stop 0x000000AB (SESSION_HAS_VALID_POOL_ON_EXIT)"
942840 You may experience slow Web browser performance when you view a Web page that uses JScript in Internet Explorer on a Windows Server 2003-based computer or on a Windows XP-based computer
942004 A Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition-based computer does not automatically restart as expected after the .crash command is executed to generate a dump file
940569 On a computer that has Microsoft Data Access Components 2.8 installed, an application receives an incorrect value for the identity column from a SQL Server 2005 database
943809 Event 1164 is logged when a disk or a mount point is mounted in a Windows Server 2003 cluster that uses a Majority Node Set (MNS) quorum
944762 Event ID 14079 is logged every 49.7 days on a Windows Server 2003-based computer that is running ISA Server 2004
943875 Authorization Manager in Windows Server 2003 cannot add roles from other domains in the forest after security update 926122 or Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 is installed
944971 A Cluster node may lose an MNS quorum, and the Cluster service may stop on a Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition-based computer
945330 An application that uses the CDOSYS library or the System.Web.Mail namespace in a non-English version of Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 may receive a corrupted error message
944195 Error message when you use a mobile device to access an ASP.NET Web site that is hosted in IIS 6.0: "HTTP 400 - Bad Request"
945119 Stop error that is related to the Storport.sys driver on a Windows Server 2003-based computer: "0x000000D1 (parameter1, parameter2, parameter3, parameter4) DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL"
945765 Domain Controller boots up slowly when pointing to itself as the only DNS server
938863 Name resolution may fail on a Windows Server 2003 DNS server if conditional forwarding is configured and if records have different TTL values
945763 Installation of Windows 2003 Service pack fails when WMI breaks