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SQL Server 2005
953200 How to migrate SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 failover clustered instances from Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 to Windows Server 2008
957187 Stop error if you use some OpenType fonts on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2008: "Stop 0x00000050"
958002 File System Auditing option in the Security Templates in MMC is confusing
957201 A hotfix is available to update the "(GMT-3:00) Brasilia" time zone and the "(GMT-4:00) Manaus" time zone for 2008 through 2009 in Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008
954920 When an application requests a result set from new SQL Server 2008 collations, you may receive an "MSG 40242" or "MSG 40205" error when the ODBC driver for SQL Server is used or an "MSG 40234" error when the SQL OLE DB provider is used
957419 SCSI hardware-mirrored disks may be corrupted on a Windows Server 2003-based cluster node
958054 You receive a "0x80070420" error code when you use the Windows Update or Microsoft Update Web sites to install updates
958055 Error code when you use the Windows Update Web site or the Microsoft Update Web site to install updates: "0x8007064C"
958045 Error code when you try to use Windows Update or Microsoft Update to install updates: "0x800B0001"
958040 Error message when you try to install updates from the Windows Update or Microsoft Update Web site: "0x8024000B"
958043 Error message when you try to install updates by using the Windows Update Web site or the Microsoft Update Web site: "0x80070422"
958047 You receive the error 0x80200010 when you try use the Windows Update Web site or the Microsoft Update Web site to install updates
958042 When you try to install updates from the Windows Update Web site or from the Microsoft Update Web site, you may receive a "0x80246007" error code
958051 You may receive a "0x8007F0F4" error code when you try to install updates from the Windows Update Web site or from the Microsoft Update Web site
958041 Error message when you try to install updates from the Windows Update or Microsoft Update Web site: "0x8024002D"
958049 Error code when you use the Windows Update or Microsoft Update Web site to install updates: "0x8007066A"
958044 You receive a "0x80070490" error code when you use Windows Update or Microsoft Update Web sites to install updates
958053 Error code when you use the Windows Update or Microsoft Update Web sites to install updates: "0x8024D00C"
958056 You receive a "0x80246002" error code when you use the Windows Update or Microsoft Update Web sites to install updates
958046 Error code when you try to use Windows Update or Microsoft Update to install updates: "0X80248007"
957495 The action controls in Sound Recorder are missing or only partly visible if you set the font size to Large or to Extra Large in a non-English version of Windows XP
This guide will provide you with all the information you need to setup and configure Hyper-V Server 2008. It covers setup up local administrator passwords, the new Hyper-V configuration tool and remote management.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=E1E111C9-FA69-4B4D-8963-1DD87804C04F&displaylang=en
Yes it does but you'll need to apply a hotfix depending on which version of ConfigMgr you're running… [Go to article]
Mark the date in your diaries folks the next WMUG meeting will be on the 30th October where none other than Wally Mead will be presenting who has kindly agreed to stop off at our meeting on his way to Tech Ed.
We’re still still working on the finer details but Wally wants to know what YOU want to hear about so please can you either post your comments here or email me direct at cliff@wmug.co.uk
I’ll update this post with your feedback as I get it.
This is a GOLDEN opportunity for you to meet and hear from one of THE SMS/ ConfigMgr experts in the world so give us your thoughts.
957826 Where you can find more information about the SQL Server 2008 builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 and the SQL Server 2005 builds that were released after SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2
956471 Health Service problems occur when an active Root Management Server is targeted as an agent from other Management Groups
956444 Error message when you try to run a Service Level Dashboard report after you install Service Level Dashboard Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007: "EXECUTE permission is denied on SL_Dashboard_DashboardGroupGet"
558120 Error resolving DNS records in top level domain (TLD) that has a purely numeric suffix
954457 You cannot start a computer from a USB flash drive that is formatted to use the FAT32 file system
Install this update to resolve potential issues when you manage Hyper-V with System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM). After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer. This update is provided to you and licensed under the Windows Server 2008 License Terms.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=FD44B4E3-2DCC-4299-B345-BC09A9A37B60&displaylang=en
NEW YORK — Sept. 22, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. today announced it has released to manufacturing its newest server — Windows HPC Server 2008, giving Wall Street firms an easy-to-deploy, cost-effective and scalable high-performance computing (HPC) solution. Today’s event kicks off a series of global launch activities in the coming weeks to support the new product.
During a keynote address at the 2008 High Performance on Wall Street conference, Bill Laing, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Windows Server and Solutions Division, discussed how financial services firms are increasingly turning to HPC resources to conduct real-time and intra-day risk analysis in response to the turbulent market environment.
“Companies have to be more efficient than ever with IT resources, but need to maintain their position in a competitive marketplace. They require HPC solutions that deploy quickly, integrate in a heterogeneous environment and scale from workstation to cluster,” Laing said. “The launch of Windows HPC Server 2008 is just another step in our vision to drive HPC mainstream.”
In his keynote speech, Laing also noted that the company’s HPC vision goes beyond traditional HPC workloads. Microsoft brings the value of an integrated HPC solution and a productive development environment to customers for whom high-performance computing has been out of reach in the past. By focusing on productivity for users, developers and administrators, Microsoft is positioned to take high-performance computing mainstream.
“IDC research shows that high-performance computing has been one of the highest-growth IT markets over the past five years,” said Earl Joseph, HPC program vice president at IDC. “Microsoft has made significant advancements in its products targeted for the HPC market, especially with the launch of Windows HPC Server 2008.”
Laing also talked about how Windows HPC Server 2008 gives developers the tools to use high-performance computing with the Microsoft products that businesses already own and use every day, including Office Excel and Office SharePoint Server, through a new service-oriented architecture (SOA) within HPC development.
Windows HPC Server 2008, the successor to Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003, is based on Windows Server 2008 and is designed to do the following:
Greater Opportunities for Customers and Partners Close to 100 companies in various vertical industries, including Lloyds TSB Bank in financial services, participated in early evaluation and feedback programs during the development of Windows HPC Server 2008.
Morgan Stanley, a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services, has been working closely with Microsoft on the development of Windows HPC Server 2008.
“At Morgan Stanley, we create and develop models and systems designed to enhance our securities and investment banking businesses,” said Jay Dweck, global head of strategies and technology for the Institutional Securities Group (ISG) at Morgan Stanley. In this capacity, Dweck runs Morgan Stanley Innovative Data, Environments, Analytics & Systems (IDEAS). “We are closely evaluating Microsoft’s Windows HPC Server 2008 to provide Morgan Stanley with the ability to maintain our competitive edge.”
For partners, Windows HPC Server 2008 provides a broad platform for ISVs and an expanded playing field for OEMs to enable new innovations in high-performance computing. Microsoft is working with more than 60 partners, including Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Cray Inc., Dawning Technologies Inc., Dell Inc., HP, IBM Corp., Intel Corporation, transtec AG., Verari Systems Inc., Viglen Ltd. and VXTECH, to continue to drive high-performance computing farther into the mainstream.
“We believe that Windows HPC Server 2008 and IBM System x hardware will significantly expand the high-performance computing market,” said Dave Jursik, vice president of HPC Sales for IBM. “The combination of Microsoft’s proven software with IBM’s unique supercomputing tools and solutions gives clients industry-leading productivity and extreme, high-end performance.”
“Milliman is very proud to be the first actuarial system vendor to be integrated with Windows HPC Server 2008,” said Pat Renzi, MG-ALFA product manager at Milliman Inc. “Our recent integration continues our history of success in delivering the speed and capacity of high-performance computing from Microsoft. In addition, MG-ALFA is a highly scalable application that is extremely easy to implement and integrate into the IT infrastructure of our insurance company clients.”
Last week, Microsoft announced a new partnership with supercomputer leader Cray to introduce a new compact supercomputer, the Cray CX1. With prices starting at $25,000 (U.S. estimated retail price (ERP)), the CX1 running Windows HPC Server 2008 is easy to purchase, deploy, operate and upgrade. The solution will enable companies in various industries to unify their Windows-based desktop and server workflows.
Availability and Pricing
Windows HPC Server 2008 evaluation copies are now available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/hpc. Pricing for Windows HPC Server 2008 will be $475 (U.S. ERP) per node. More information is available at http://www.microsoft.com/hpc/howtobuy/pricing/default.mspx.
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.
We had seven new Knowledge Base articles for the week: Two on SMS 2003, one on MOM 2005, one on System Center ConfigMgr 2007 and three on System Center Operations Manager 2007. The links and titles are below:
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Sys Mgmt Svr Ent Ed 2003 EN 838891 - You may receive status message ID 4963 or 5436 in the Systems Management Server 2003 or Configuration Manager 2007 Administrator Console when you try to install a new management point Published - Updated EN-US
Sys Mgmt Svr Ent Ed 2003 EN 886092 - You receive status message "ID=5436" when you reset the passwords for Systems Management Server connection accounts during a site reset in Systems Management Server 2003 Published - Updated EN-US
MOM Ops Mgr Serv Ent Ed 2005 EN 883348 - Cannot use the push installation method to install the Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 agent on domain controllers in untrusted domains Published - Updated EN-US
Sys Center Operation Mgr 2007 EN 956444 - Error message when you try to run a Service Level Dashboard report after you install Service Level Dashboard Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007: "EXECUTE permission is denied on SL_Dashboard_DashboardGroupGet" Published - New EN-US
Sys Center Operation Mgr 2007 EN 956423 - The connection settings for connectors in tiered management groups are configured incorrectly after the OpsMgr SDK Service restarts in a System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1 environment Published - Updated EN-US
Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL 955955 - A task sequence that contains many packages may take longer to run after you install System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 or hotfix 949225 Published - Updated EN-US
Sys Center Ops Mgr 2007 SP1 956471 - Health Service problems occur when an active Root Management Server is targeted as an agent from other Management Groups Published - New EN-US
Enjoy!
J.C. Hornbeck | Manageability Knowledge Engineer
We had three new Knowledge Base articles for the week: One on System Center ConfigMgr 2007 and two on System Center Operations Manager 2007. The links and titles are below:
Sys Center Operation Mgr 2007 EN 956423 - The connection settings for connectors in tiered management groups are configured incorrectly after the OpsMgr SDK Service restarts in a System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1 environment
Sys Center Config Manager 2007 AL 956918 - The "Delete Aged Configuration Management Data" site maintenance task may take a long time to finish in System Center Configuration Manager 2007
Sys Center Ops Mgr 2007 SP1 956689 - A Run As account that is configured for proxy authentication in a Web application monitor is not used in System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1
I’ve added these to the List of ConfigMgr KB Articles on FAQShop.
Internet Explorer 6.0
954593 MS08-052: Vulnerabilities in GDI+ could allow remote code execution
938464 MS08-052: Description of the security update for GDI+ for all editions of Windows XP, of Windows Vista, of Windows Server 2003, and of Windows Server 2008 and for Windows Server 2000 with Internet Explorer 6 SP1
954607 MS08-052: Description of the security update for GDI+ for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 Hotfix: September 9, 2008
558119 Event ID 7000 appears in the System log while starting SQL 2005 Server
954606 MS08-052: Description of the security update for GDI+ for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 GDR: September 9, 2008
955686 FIX: Error message when you open a cursor for a very long cursor statement in SQL Server 2005: "Attempt to access expired blob handle"
956423 The connection settings for connectors in tiered management groups are configured incorrectly after the OpsMgr SDK Service restarts in a System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1 environment
956689 A Run As account that is configured for proxy authentication in a Web application monitor is not used in System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1
955047 MS08-055: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office could allow remote code execution
954478 MS08-052: Description of the security update for GDI+ for Office 2003: September 9, 2008
953404 MS08-055: Description of the security update for Office 2003: September 9, 2008
951944 MS08-055: Description of the security update for the 2007 Office system and for the Compatibility Pack for the 2007 Office system: September 9, 2008
954326 MS08-052: Description of the security update for GDI+ for the 2007 Office system: September 9, 2008
956791 Description of the Office Visio 2007 hotfix package: August 26, 2008
947738 MS08-052: Description of the security update for GDI+ for Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1: September 9, 2008
952241 MS08-052: Description of the security update for GDI+ for Visual Studio 2008: September 9, 2008
957486 Detection and deployment guidance for the September 9, 2008 security release
947736 MS08-052: Description of the security update for GDI+ for Visual Studio .NET 2002 Service Pack 1: September 9, 2008
947737 MS08-052: Description of the security update for GDI+ for Visual Studio .NET 2003 Service Pack 1: September 9, 2008
956625 After you run Internet Explorer 7 for a long time on a computer that is running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, Internet Explorer becomes unstable or crashes
957662 Recommended settings for event log sizes in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows Server 2008
953663 Group Policy objects are removed from Windows Server 2003-based clients if the WMI filter evaluation fails
956826 When you start the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in or the Active Directory Sites and Services snap-in on a Windows Server 2003-based computer, the snap-in closes unexpectedly the next time that you open it
957271 The Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service process may stop unexpectedly on a Windows Server 2003-based computer
954154 MS08-054: Vulnerability in Windows Media Player could allow remote code execution
We had four new Knowledge Base articles for the week: One on Mobile Device Manager 2008, two on System Center ConfigMgr 2007 and one on System Center Operations Manager 2007. The links and titles are below:
Sys Center Operation Mgr 2007 EN 956446 - The e-mail notifications may contain garbled subject lines if you enable the "Generate subject line with no encoding" option in System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 Published - New
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Sys Center Config Manager 2007 AL 956465 - The SMS_EXECUTIVE service process restarts unexpectedly when a limit is set for the maximum transfer rate between two sites in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Published - New
Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL 955114 - The SMS_Executive service process may crash when the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 Hierarchy Manager handles the site control (.ct2) file from child sites that are running the RTM version of Configuration Manager 2007 Published - New
Sys Ctr Mobile Dvc Mgr 2008 EN 951840 - Attempts to validate Windows Mobile device certificates and to authenticate System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 fail Published - New
I’ve added the ConfigMgr articles to the List of ConfigMgr KB Articles on FAQShop.
I just wanted to say a big thankyou to everyone that attended our latest meeting last night. A very impressive turn out with two fantastic speakers (both of whom I learnt a lot on from and I know I’m not alone).
Many thanks to all the folks at Microsoft without whose help this event would not have been possible.
Off to start planning the next event so stay tuned…
Of course today being September 11th is going to make a lot of people remember what happened on this date 7 years ago. Of course this was a terrible thing but let us also take a moment to remember ALL unnecessary loss of human life be it through terrorism, war, man made disaster whatever.
Also remember that in the majority of cases there are two “sides” affected, both of which will have endured suffering, a fact that often gets overlooked or forgotten.
System Center Operations Manager 2007
956446 The e-mail notifications may contain garbled subject lines if you enable the "Generate subject line with no encoding" option in System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1
956063 Description of the Visio 2007 hotfix package: August 26, 2008
953323 Windows Explorer in Windows XP or in Windows Server 2003 leaks handles when you browse shared folders on the remote computers by using network shortcuts
952312 The Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in sets incorrect ISO country codes for Jersey, for Guernsey, and for the Isle of Man on a Windows Server 2003-based computer
956627 Kerberos tickets are issued even though the time difference between the client clock and the domain controller clock is greater than the "Maximum tolerance for computer clock synchronization" value
934318 FIX: The Lsass.exe process may use a high percentage of CPU resources when you run Message Queuing on a domain controller with global catalog
955843 An ADO-based application may stop responding when it uses the adAsyncExecute option to open a Recordset object in Windows Server 2003 or in Windows XP
957310 Error message when you try to install updates from the Windows Update or Microsoft Update Web site: "0x80073712"
957309 Error message when you try to connect to the Windows Update or Microsoft Update Web site: "0x80240030"
957307 Error message when you try to install updates from the Windows Update Web site or from the Microsoft Update Web site: "0x80240016"
957308 Error message when you try to install updates from the Windows Update Web site or from the Microsoft Update Web site: "0x80241001"
Looks like 4 Critical patches this month:
Vulnerabilities in GDI+ Could Allow Remote Code Execution (954593)
Vulnerability in Windows Media Encoder 9 Could Allow Remote Code Execution (954156)
Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (955047)