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976749 You receive a VBScript "Type Mismatch" script error message in Internet Explorer after you install cumulative security update 974455
975123 Description of the Outlook 2003 hotfix package (Outlooknminus1.msp): September 23, 2009
974648 Cumulative update package 6 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3
974205 FIX: Error message in the SQL Server 2005 Errorlog file after the SQL Server service stops responding: “Timeout occurred while waiting for latchâ€
974647 Cumulative update package 16 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2
974777 FIX: Database restore operation may fail during the recovery phase when the database uses query notification in SQL Server 2005
974985 FIX: A "DBCC CHECKDB" statement or a "DBCC CHECKTABLE" statement reports errors after you rebuild an XML index in SQL Server 2005
974247 FIX: You receive an error message when you run a SQL Server Compact 3.5-based application after you install the 32-bit version of SQL Server Compact Edition 3.5 Service Pack 2 Beta on an x64 computer
974296 FIX: A deadlock occurs when you perform an operation that cleans up the security cache in SQL Server 2005
973643 FIX: The synchronization of a merge publication that uses Web synchronization takes a very long time to finish after the initial synchronization in SQL Server 2005
975681 FIX: The database mirroring session is suspended when you add more than one log transaction file to a folder on the principle server that does not exist on the mirror server
974067 FIX: You use the COUNT function on a column that is returned by a subquery that returns no rows in SQL Server 2005, and an incorrect result is returned
975090 FIX: Deadlocks may occur when multiple concurrent query notification subscriptions are fired on same objects in SQL Server 2005
974785 FIX: An API cursor plan that is created by a plan guide is not reused when the cursor is active
972926 FIX: The connection to a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services catalog database encounters an error, and the connection is not reset
975134 FIX: Capitalization and accent changes on a column of user-defined data type are not propagated in SQL Server 2005 merge replication
200360 Schema changes are repeatedly enumerated by merge agent during synchronization operation of merge replication in SQL Server
975417 FIX: A SELECT statement returns an incorrect result set if a linked server is being used in SQL Server 2005
975860 FIX: A full backup with snapshot may cause SQL Server 2005 to stop responding
976041 FIX: You receive an incorrect result when you run a query that uses a parallel execution plan in SQL Server 2005
975089 FIX: The restore operation takes a long time when you restore a database that has query notification enabled in SQL Server 2005
975230 FIX: You receive an incorrect result when you run a query that uses a ranking function on a partitioned table in SQL Server 2005
974319 FIX: Error message when you use database mirroring in SQL Server 2005, and an assertion failure occurs intermittently: "SQL Server Assertion: File: , line=823 Failed Assertion = 'result == LCK_OK'."
975159 FIX: For SQL Server Compact Edition (CE) Subscribers, only schema without data is replicated for newly added articles to an existing Merge Publication using “ExchangeType.Uploadâ€
974130 FIX: A memory leak may occur if you use a linked server query to retrieve a sql_variant column from a remote server in SQL Server 2005
200413 IEEE 1394 Asynchronous Requests Complete With Incorrect Data or Status and Time Out Under High Transfer Rates
973871 An application may encounter an access violation exception when it uses the Hbaapi.dll module to query information from a DVD drive or a CD drive that is attached to an HBA adapter on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 SP2
976647 The migration of hotfixes may fail after the installation of a Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP service pack
976826 Upgrading a member server to Windows Server 2008 R2 does not fully remove FRS
974971 Error message when you use the CryptAcquireContext function to request a handle to a third-party CSP on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008: "0x800b0100 (Invalid Signature)"
975710 Operating system deployment over a network by using WDS fails in Windows Server 2008
976160 Converting an active lease to a reservation causes the lease to become inactive on Windows Server 2008
974504 The Windows Remote Manager (WinRM) service does not start after you uninstall WinRM 2.0 on Windows Server 2008 or on Windows Vista
976161 PCI bridge device firmware actions do not run when PCI configuration space becomes available
974759 Stop error message on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista: "0x00000027 RDR_FILE_SYSTEM"
975702 Error message when you change security settings for a folder that contains a child object for which you do not have access permission: "Access is denied"
200411 The HRA snap-in is missing after uninstalling and re-installing the HRA Role service
974522 A LDAP simple bind action fails on a domain controller that is running Windows Server 2008 if the distinguished name of the user account exceeds 256 characters
972145 "Internet Explorer" is mentioned in several UI phrases for Windows Media Player even though you disable Internet Explorer in Windows Vista
959757 You receive a "1402" error when you use RemoteApps to deploy Windows Installer packages to thin clients from a server that is running Windows Server 2008
976982 When installing updates using Windows update or Microsoft Update you may receive Error 0x643 or 0x80070643
961741 An update that adds RemoteApp support is available for Windows Vista-based virtual machines that are running on Windows 7-based computers
The Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 Management Pack adds support for monitoring Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 in a 64-bit environment with Operations Manager 2007 R2 or Operations Manager 2007 SP1 with hotfix (KB971541) installed. This enables the Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 Management Pack to work with either the 32-bit or the 64-bit Operations Manager 2007 agent. Except for the 64-bit support, the other features and guidance for Configuration Manager 2007 Management Packs remain intact. This management pack includes:
Before you install the Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 Management Pack, read the Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 Management Pack User's Guide. The guide includes the instructions you need to correctly deploy, configure and use the management pack.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=a8443173-46c2-4581-b3b8-ce67160f627b
Summary The following bulletins have undergone a major revision increment. Please see the appropriate bulletin for more details. * MS09-062 - Critical
Bulletin Information: * MS09-062 - Critical - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-062.mspx - Reason for Revision: V2.0 (October 28, 2009): Added Microsoft Office Visio Viewer 2007, Microsoft Office Visio Viewer 2007 Service Pack 1, and Microsoft Office Visio Viewer 2007 Service Pack 2 as affected software, and added SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 to the Non-Affected Software table. Also added notes to the Affected Software table for SQL Server 2005 customers with a Reporting Services SharePoint dependency; corrected the MBSA detection entries for Microsoft Report Viewer; and corrected the log file and registry key verification information for Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 when installed on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4. - Originally posted: October 13, 2009 - Updated: October 28, 2009 - Bulletin Severity Rating: Critical - Version: 2.0
Whilst we’re on the subject of webcasts here’s another one that’s happening on the 11th November (my birthday :-)
Language(s): English.
Product(s): Windows,Windows 7.
Audience(s): IT Generalist.
Duration: 60 Minutes
Start Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Event Overview We focus on automating Windows 7 operating system deployments using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager in this webcast. First, we cover how to automate hardware and software inventory using Asset Intelligence to determine what applications and hardware are needed for deploying Windows 7. Next, we examine deploying Windows 7 packages, and we discuss how to add Windows 7 packages to System Center Configuration Manager and then the deploy packages to bare metal machines and existing Windows Vista clients across the enterprise.
Presenter: Kevin Remde, Senior IT Pro Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation
Prolific blogger, Kevin Remde shares his thoughts, ideas, and tips on the TechNet Events Bloggers Web site and the IT Professional Community Web site. As a webcast presenter, he has landed on the Microsoft top 10 webcast list several times. Kevin has worked as both a developer and an IT professional, so he loves sharing helpful new solutions and technologies with his IT peers. At Microsoft, Kevin relishes the opportunity to generate fresh ideas and run with them. He received his bachelor's degree in computer science at the University of Minnesota (go Gophers!), where he also studied music theory and composition.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032416867&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
Just a reminder this is taking place next Tuesday, 3rd November:
Product(s): Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager.
Start Date: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Event Overview With the release of the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems, new capabilities and usage scenarios are emerging for system management. Economic, regulatory, green IT, and security issues continue to be the challenges organizations face. In this webcast, we provide a technical update and overview for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007. We focus on Service Pack 2 and R3 enhancements, market capabilities, and describe our near-term release road map.
Presenter: Jeff Wettlaufer, Senior Technical Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032428200&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
We are pleased to announce SQLBits goes West, the 5th instalment of SQLBits conferences. We are making it even bigger and better than last time, now spanning 3 days, and still keeping everything that has worked so well at previous events.
The event will be held at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport South Wales, just off the M4 motorway.
This is the biggest event yet, with 3 days of top quality SQL Server content. It starts with the pre-conference training day on Thursday 19th, more details coming soon. We have had a lot of feedback about weekday versus weekend during previous events so this time we have added a paid conference day on the Friday 20th, with a SQL 2008 and R2 theme. Finally we have the free Saturday community day, with speakers from around the world covering all manner of SQL Server topics.
http://www.sqlbits.com/default.aspx
From Michael Niehaus’ blog:
We have seen lots of requests over the past couple of years for a wizard pane that allows you to select from a list of roles that should be applied to a machine, where those roles are defined in the MDT database. There are a few examples of this available on the web, implemented in different ways. I’ll throw another one into the mix, this one using an ADO.NET Data Services web service to get the needed data. (If you didn’t read my previous posting about this setup, click here.)
Continued at: http://blogs.technet.com/mniehaus/archive/2009/10/28/mdt-2010-wizard-example-role-selection.aspx
Michael Niehaus has just released a new version (v2.1.0) of his MDT Wizard Editor:
The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MTD) Wizard Editor is a simple .NET 2.0 application designed to assist with the process of editing the wizard XML manifest files used by the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit. While it does not presently help much with the authoring of each wizard pane's content, it does simplify the more tedious parts of editing the XML manifest and the HTML embedded within each wizard pane. Features available in the current release:
With version 2 of the wizard editor, the following enhancements have been added:
Here’s the Release Notes for the latest version:
This release contains miscellaneous changes:
To find out more/ download this tool goto:
http://mdtwizardeditor.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=35062
I saw this over on Michael Niehaus’ blog. I’m no programmer (“Hello World” is about my limit), but this stuff DOES seem to get be easier as time goes on. Now if only I had something like the Access Report Creator where I could drag and drop stuff round, point buttons at fields to do “stuff” etc. then that WOULD be cool.
The biggest challenge for me (as I’m it is for most people), it too many things we WANT to be doing Vs too many things we SHOULD be doing with too little time. Anyway, enjoy:
One of the new features in the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 is ADO.NET Data Services. This enables you to expose the contents of a data source, e.g. a SQL Server database, through something that looks roughly like an RSS feed, accessed in a similar manner to a web service. That’s nice but why do you care as an IT pro? Well, it’s a convenient way of making the contents of the MDT database available to programs or scripts without forcing them to use ADO to access SQL Server directly.
The best part of ADO.NET Data Services: You really don’t need to write any code. Just walk through a few Visual Studio 2008 wizards and you’re done – almost. There are two lines of code that I added, one to day that all the selected tables and rows can be accessed read-only, and a second that generates detailed errors if something doesn’t work. The basic process is described at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/cc745957.aspx. (So I lied – you have to write two lines of code.)
The harder part of this is deploying the resulting ADO.NET Data Services project to an IIS server. You need to have .NET 3.5 SP1 installed, then IIS and ASP.NET need to be installed. You might need to run “ServiceModelReg.exe –i” to get the ADO.NET Data Services and WCF logic registered in IIS, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms732012.aspx for details. You will definitely need to edit the database connection string in the Web.Config file to point to your server (and optionally the instance) as well as the database (Initial Catalog) that needs to be used. And you might need to grant access to SQL Server, the database, and the database tables and views. (See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms998320.aspx if SQL Server is on the same machine.) Really, it’s not that bad :-)
The actual ADO.NET Data Services files need to all be dropped in a directory. After doing this, set up an application in IIS that points to this directory. At that point, if everything is set up right, you should be able to access the the web service via a browser. To test it out, try a URL like this:
http://yourserver/YourApplicationName/MDTDatabase.svc
If that gives you a list of objects available in the database (you might need to tell IE not to display the result in RSS Reader view to see the real contents – in IE8, that’s configured on the “Content” tab from the “Feeds and Slices” settings dialog), you know at least IIS, .NET, and ADO.NET are fine. Then try a more specific URL to request all the computer records:
http://yourserver/YourApplicationName/MDTDatabase.svc/ComputerIdentity
That should result in something that looks like this:
Yes, kind of weird looking, but pretty easy to consume in a script. So that’s the next step – making use of this data. More on that in the next posting.
The full solution (Visual Studio project, source, binaries, etc.) is attached.
http://blogs.technet.com/mniehaus/archive/2009/10/27/using-the-mdt-database-from-a-web-service-without-writing-code.aspx
Summary The following bulletins have undergone a major revision increment. Please see the appropriate bulletin for more details. * MS09-043 - Critical
Bulletin Information: * MS09-043 - Critical - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-043.mspx - Reason for Revision: V2.0 (October 27, 2009): Bulletin revised to communicate the rerelease of the update for Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3 and Microsoft Office 2003 Web Components Service Pack 3 to fix a detection issue. This is a detection change only; there were no changes to the binaries. Customers who have successfully updated their systems do not need to reinstall this update. - Originally posted: August 11, 2009 - Updated: October 27, 2009 - Bulletin Severity Rating: Critical - Version: 2.0
Useful information from the Virtual PC Guy’s blog on using ISO’s in Hyper-V:
Like many Hyper-V users, I have created ISO images of most of my CDs / DVDs (and in the case of my MSDN software – have downloaded in ISO format to begin with). I then have these images stored on a file server.
It is possible to connect a CD ISO image on a file server to a Hyper-V virtual machine, as long as you are working in a domain environment and you are running the Hyper-V management user interface directly on the Hyper-V server.
If you run the Hyper-V management user interface on a remote computer, you will need to enable constrained delegation in order to use ISO images on a network share. If you are running in a workgroup environment your only option is to enable anonymous access to the file share that holds your ISO images (obviously not a good idea from a security point of view).
Aside: The reason for these conditions is that Hyper-V requires the use of both your personal user credentials and the Hyper-V servers workstation credentials when connecting an ISO image to the virtual machine. Your user credentials are used to verify that you personally have permission to use the ISO image in question. The use of your user credentials is why constrained delegation needs to be enable for remote management to work. The Hyper-V server workstation credentials are used to ensure that we can start the virtual machine, and connect the ISO image to the virtual machine, even when you are not logged into the server (for example, if the server needs to be rebooted). Unfortunately workstation credentials only work in domain environments – so workgroup environments need to enable anonymous access.
Aside: The reason for these conditions is that Hyper-V requires the use of both your personal user credentials and the Hyper-V servers workstation credentials when connecting an ISO image to the virtual machine.
Your user credentials are used to verify that you personally have permission to use the ISO image in question. The use of your user credentials is why constrained delegation needs to be enable for remote management to work.
The Hyper-V server workstation credentials are used to ensure that we can start the virtual machine, and connect the ISO image to the virtual machine, even when you are not logged into the server (for example, if the server needs to be rebooted). Unfortunately workstation credentials only work in domain environments – so workgroup environments need to enable anonymous access.
As I am using Windows Home Server for my file server – which does not support being joined to a domain – setting up a share with anonymous access was the only option for me. But I found this idea so abhorrent that I would make local copies of ISO files as I needed them instead.
Needless to say I was far from happy with this arrangement.
Furthermore, as I often use Remote Desktop to connect directly to the guest operating system in my virtual machines, I have found it irritating to need to switch back to the Hyper-V management user interface solely for the purpose of connecting a new ISO image.
Luckily I have found a simple and elegant solution to both of these problems.
What I have done is to install Virtual CD software inside each of my virtual machines. This allows me to use ISO images that are stored on my Windows Home Server, and I can connect CD ISO images even when I am connected using Remote desktop. For my virtual machines I am using Alcohol 52%, but other programs to look at for this include Virtual CloneDrive and DAEMON Tools.
This solution will not work for installing operating systems (but I these days I tend to use Windows Deployment Services for that – so that is not an issue for me) but it works for everything you could think of once the operating system is up and running.
Cheers, Ben
http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2009/10/27/installing-virtual-cd-software-in-a-virtual-machine.aspx
This article describes the Windows Management Framework BITS package.
Windows Management Framework BITS
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960568
This article discusses the Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) 7.0 client update tha...
This article discusses the Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) 7.0 client update that enables you to use the new Remote Desktop Services features. These features are introduced in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2. These features are available for computers that are running Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3), Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2). The RDC 7.0 client can be used to connect to legacy terminal servers or to remote desktops as before. However, the new features that are mentioned in this article are available only when the client connects to a remote computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969084
The Platform Update for Windows Server 2008 and the Platform Update for Windows...
The Platform Update for Windows Server 2008 and the Platform Update for Windows Vista are collections of runtime libraries that make it easy for developers to target a wider customer base. Notes about the Platform Update for Windows Server 2008
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971644
This document and files provides the guidance and scripts necessary to deploy Windows XP Mode in a corporate environment.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9f142a1a-a7b7-4d0b-bd56-d9627f39c14f&displaylang=en