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SQL Server 2000
946584 FIX: The SPACE function always returns one space in SQL Server 2000 if the SPACE function uses a collation that differs from the collation of the current database
949199 FIX: Error message when you run queries on a database that has the SNAPSHOT isolation level enabled in SQL Server 2005: "Unable to deallocate a kept page"
948594 Problems occur on a server that is running SQL Server 2005 when you upgrade Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 to Windows Server 2008
949200 FIX: SQL Server 2005 requests columns that you do not expect when you run a SELECT statement
942980 FIX: Error message when you install the release version of SQL Server 2005 on a server that has Windows Internal Database SP2 installed: "The SQL Server service failed to start"
946418 Error message when you install the System Center Operations Manager 2007 reporting feature: "SRS Server Validation Error"
949448 Error message in System Center Operations Manager 2007 or in System Center Essentials 2007: "The setup wizard was interrupted before System Center Operations Manager 2007 could be installed" or "The client has been disconnected from the server"
949446 The mouse pointer disappears and the mouse rotation operation is unpredictable in System Center Operations Manager 2007
949447 You may have to restart the computer when you install the security update that Microsoft Knowledge Base article 933579 describes
948559 AEM does not work when the management server action account is a low-permission account in System Center Operations Manager 2007
949450 You cannot add required permissions to the share when you run the "fix permissions" task in System Center Operations Manager 2007
949453 The state calculation may be delayed when a new group or a distributed application is created in System Center Operations Manager 2007
946426 You are not prompted that a computer is shut down after the Maintenance Mode window expires in System Center Operations Manager 2007
949449 The Client Monitoring Configuration Wizard fails with an unknown error that occurs together with the 80FF002B code when you enable the client monitoring feature in System Center Operations Manager 2007
949455 System Center Operations Manager 2007 Reporting installation fails on a Windows Server 2008 computer if IIS 6.0 Management Compatibility is not installed
947686 How to enable console usage and CAL reports in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 and in Systems Management Server 2003
945532 A Windows Server 2003-based DNS server successfully resolves host names the first time, but then name resolution fails in later queries
943862 The Microsoft IPsec Diagnostic Tool is available for Windows Server 2008, for Windows Vista, for Windows Server 2003, and for Windows XP
949234 Stop error message after a Windows Server 2003-based computer that has the TCP Chimney feature enabled restarts unexpectedly: "Stop 0x000000D1"
946633 The "Font smoothing" feature has no effect in Windows Server 2003 terminal sessions
947870 Error message when you run the Icacls.exe utility to set ownership of a file or of a folder on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 SP2: "Access is denied"
941602 The Dmdiag.exe utility does not correctly list the volume information on a Windows Server 2003-based computer that contains more than 1024 volumes
948698 You cannot use the Reg.exe utility to access 64-bit registry keys on a 64-bit computer from a computer that is running a 32-bit version of Windows Server 2003
948570 When you start a 32-bit application in a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003, a delay occurs
947039 You cannot locally configure or locally delete the application partitions that are created for IP telephony after you upgrade from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008
948925 Event IDs 1173 and 1925 are logged after you perform an authoritative restore on a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller to restore an application partition that was previously deleted
950137 Detection and deployment guidance for the March 11, 2008 security release
944820 The Icacls.exe utility cannot display non-English languages on Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2-based computers
948656 A program that allocates a large block of contiguous memory may not start or may intermittently fail in Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2
948496 An update to turn off default SNP features is available for Windows Server 2003-based and Small Business Server 2003-based computers
948700 After you use the AddIPAddress function to add an IP address in Windows Server 2003, and then you use the "Advanced TCP/IP Setting" dialog box to delete an IP address, the wrong IP address is deleted
941729 Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 2 (KB936181) may repeatedly appear in the update list on Microsoft Update or on Windows Update