XP KBs for December 2008
(943232) - Describes a problem in which an application that uses the Sxs.dll file may crash if you run the application on a Windows XP-based computer. |
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- 12/4/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/943232 |
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MS08-068: Vulnerability in SMB could allow remote code execution |
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(957097) - Resolves a vulnerability in the Microsoft Server Message Block (SMB) protocol that could allow remote code execution on affected systems. |
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(935192) - Fixes an issue in which you receive a Stop error message after you put a Windows XP-based computer into hibernation, and then you resume the computer from hibernation. This Usbhub.sys driver-related issue occurs after you install hotfix 918005. |
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- 12/29/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/935192 |
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(932162) - Describes steps to try if the console tries to connect to the computer instead of providing an eight-digit setup key when you connect an Xbox 360 console to a computer as an extender. |
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- 12/23/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/932162 |
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(932341) - Discusses things to try if your shared folder is not listed as a folder to watch when you use library setup on a Windows Media Center Extender. |
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- 12/23/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/932341 |
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Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerability in Internet Explorer could allow remote code execution |
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(961051) - Provides a link to Microsoft Security Advisory (961051): Vulnerability in Internet Explorer could allow remote code execution. |
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- 12/14/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/961051 |
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(959237) - Describes the problem in which an access violation may occur and Internet Explorer may crash. Describes a hotfix that resolves the problem. |
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- 12/16/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/959237 |
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(960071) - Describes a problem in which an access violation occurs when you use an application that calls the SQLExecDirect function of the SQL Server ODBC driver to run a long query. This problem occurs when the query contains lots of question marks. |
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- 12/18/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/960071 |
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MS08-069: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft XML Core Services could allow remote code execution |
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(955218) - Resolves a security vulnerability that exists in Microsoft XML Core Services that could enable information disclosure.. |
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- 12/16/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/955218 |
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MS08-069: Description of the security update for XML Core Services 4.0: November 11, 2008 |
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(954430) - Resolves a security vulnerability that exists in Microsoft XML Core Services that could enable information disclosure. |
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- 12/16/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/954430 |
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You may receive an error message on a Windows-based computer: "STOP 0x00000050" or "STOP 0x0000008e" |
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(903251) - Explains that the HaxDoor virus may generate a Stop error message or restart your computer in Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, or Windows XP. You can manually remove the variant of the HaxDoor virus to resolve this issue. |
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- 12/16/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/903251 |
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(904408) - On a computer that is running Windows Media Center, you may be using any of the following configurations to output digital audio from your computer to external speakers: An AV receiver or TV that is connected to the computer by the Sony/Philips Digital... |
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- 12/11/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/904408 |
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(893357) - Explains that the Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2)/Wireless Provisioning Services Information Element (WPS IE) update is available for download. To install the update, you must be running Windows XP with Service Pack 2. |
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- 12/22/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/893357 |
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(890830) - Discusses the release of the Malicious Software Removal Tool to help remove specific prevalent malicious software from computers that are running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, or Windows 2000. |
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- 12/9/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/890830 |
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Deployment of the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool in an enterprise environment |
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(891716) - Describes how to deploy the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool in an enterprise environment. |
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- 12/9/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/891716 |
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(918358) - Describes things to try if you get an error message after installing the April 2006 Update Rollup for Windows XP Media Center 2005. |
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- 12/23/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/918358 |
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Availability of the Windows Desktop Search add-in for Files on Microsoft Networks |
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(918996) - Discusses the Windows Desktop Search add-in for UNC/FAT. This add-in lets you index shared network directories and shared FAT drives. The add-in also lets you easily search the contents of specific shared network directories and FAT drives. |
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- 12/10/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/918996 |
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(918005) - Resolves a problem where the power consumption may be more than you expect on a Windows XP-based or Windows Server 2003-based computer. |
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- 12/9/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/918005 |
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(913360) - Describes a problem where the Volume Shadow Copy Service cannot create shadow copies. The computer that experiences the problem is hosting a cluster and is running an x64-based version of Windows Server 2003 and a 32-bit version of SQL Server 2000. |
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- 12/17/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/913360 |
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Summary list of monthly detection and deployment guidance articles |
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(910723) - Provides a summary list of the detection and deployment guidance articles that are released on the second Tuesday of each month. |
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- 12/9/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/910723 |
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(959873) - Fixes a problem in Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition in which you cannot send Start TLS requests to a server that is running OpenLDAP Software. |
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- 12/15/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/959873 |
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(959882) - Describes steps that you can try if you see a connection error when you connect your Xbox 360 console to computer running Windows XP Media Center Edition. |
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- 12/23/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/959882 |
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(956803) - Resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Microsoft Ancillary Function driver (Afd.sys). A local attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. |
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- 12/18/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/956803 |
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(953955) - Describes a problem in which the Win32_Processor class returns the incorrect Name property for the processors on a Windows XP-based computer and on a Windows Server 2003-based computer that has Intel Core 2 Duo processors installed. |
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MS08-071: Vulnerabilities in GDI could allow remote code execution |
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(956802) - Describes vulnerabilities in GDI that could allow remote code execution. |
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- 12/30/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/956802 |
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(961375) - When using System Restore to restore a Windows XP based computer that has drive encryption software installed, the restore may result in a failure to boot into Windows. |
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- 12/19/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/961375 |
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(957319) - Fixes a problem that shows a "Stop 0x00000050" or "Stop 0x0000008E" error message. |
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- 12/19/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/957319 |
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(961174) - Describes a behavior in which you receive a warning message balloon about your display settings every time that you log on to Windows XP. A workaround is provided to prevent this warning message balloon from being displayed. |
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(957924) - Description of the cumulative update rollup for the Visual Basic 6.0 Service Pack 6 Runtime Extended Files. |
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- 12/30/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/957924 |
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(959439) - Fixes a problem in which encrypted the files remain encrypted after you upload the files from a Windows XP-based computer to a WebDAV share. |
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- 12/18/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/959439 |
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(960763) - Describes a problem that is caused by the HP Customer Participation Program plug-in that is loaded by HP Digital Imaging Monitor. Provides a resolution. |
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- 12/16/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/960763 |
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Detection and deployment guidance for the December 9, 2008 security release |
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(960825) - Provides detection and deployment guidance for the December 9, 2008 security release. |
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- 12/12/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/960825 |
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(960608) - Fixes a problem in which the Schtask.exe command-line tool cannot create a task and incorrectly reports that the task name contains invalid characters. |
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- 12/12/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/960608 |
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MS08-067: Vulnerability in Server service could allow remote code execution |
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(958644) - Resolves a vulnerability in the Server service that could allow remote code execution if a user received a specially crafted RPC request on an affected system. |
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- 12/16/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/958644 |
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(958655) - Describes a problem in which you may receive an error message when you use Windows Installer (MSI) 4.5 to install multiple MSI packages in Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP. |
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(960959) - If you Surprise-Remove a PC Card device which contains a USB host controller and embedded USB device, and then re-insert the PC Card, the computer may crash with a Stop FE error on a blue screen, or the USB device may not be re-enumerated when the PC... |
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- 12/8/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/960959 |
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(959682) - Fixes a problem in which you receive an error message when you send a message by using Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and by using an external certificate. |
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- 12/16/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/959682 |
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(960841) - Describes an issue in which you cannot restart the computer after you restore the system to a point that was created before you turned on Windows Disk Protection. |
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- 12/16/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/960841 |
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(960837) - Describes a problem in which all user accounts are disabled or the computer restarts continuously on a Windows XP or Windows Vista-based computer which has Windows SteadyState installed. |
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- 12/10/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/960837 |
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(960838) - Describes a problem in which files that Windows boot loader accesses cannot be replaced or updated when you set Windows Disk Protection to temporarily keep user changes. |
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- 12/10/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/960838 |
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(958580) - Fixes an issue in which the OnIdleTimeoutNotification method does not work when a remote access application is running on a Windows XP SP3-based client computer, which makes a remote desktop connection not drop automatically after the time-out expires. |
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- 12/26/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/958580 |
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(960139) - Describes a problem in which after a Windows XP-based multiprocessors or multicore processor computer resumes from Sleep mode, you may be unable to shut down or restart the computer if the smart card is left in the smart card reader. |
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(955549) - Describes a problem that occurs when you open an .rtf file that contains a MergeField field in a paragraph, and indents that are added to the paragraph are not displayed in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows XP. Includes a resolution. |
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(960037) - Fixes a problem in 64-bit Windows. When a 32-bit process tries update a string value in the registry by using a new value that contains the %ProgramFiles% string, the %ProgramFiles% string is converted to the %ProgramFiles(x86)% string. |
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- 12/30/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/960037 |
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(959199) - Discusses that Windows Media Player 11 seems to crash when you click a link in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 that points to content on the local hard disk or on a UNC network path. |
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- 12/22/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/959199 |
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(959465) - Fixes a problem in which write protection on your SD memory card does not always work. |
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- 12/19/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/959465 |
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(960417) - Fixes a problem in which when you run an application which uses the SystemTimeToTzSpecificLocalTime function in Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, the application performance is very poor. |
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- 12/19/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/960417 |
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(959753) - Describes how to customize the default local user profile when you prepare an image of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003. |
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- 12/19/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/959753 |
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(960680) - Describes that a hotfix is available to update the Slovak currency symbol (Sk) to the Euro currency symbol (€) and to update the Turkish currency symbol from Yeni Türk Lirasi (YTL) to Türk Lirasi (TL). |
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- 12/29/2008 - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/960680 |