Problems Fixed through Windows Vista Service Pack 2

May

16

2009

Bugs and issued fixed on a Windows PC after installing Vista SP2.

On a Windows XP-based computer, you cannot access subfolders and files in a share folder in Windows Explorer if Access-based Enumeration is enabled for the share folder

The volume label of the storage media is not updated and the AutoPlay dialog box is not displayed after you insert the storage media into a removable drive on a Windows Vista-based computer

The logon screen on a portable computer may not be resized correctly when you remove an external monitor, and then you wake the Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer from sleep or hibernation

A long delay occurs when you try to open a network share by entering a path in the Run box on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer

The "GetFileVersionInfo" function for localized binary files may return incorrect file-version information in Windows Server 2008 and in Windows Vista Service Pack 1

Description of updates to APIs that enable Windows-based applications to retrieve historically accurate time stamps

Error message when you log on to a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer that uses roaming user profiles: "Unable to log you on because your profile could not be loaded, please contact your administrator"

When you click a file protocol-based hyperlink that points to a 2007 Office system file in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008, an application that is associated with the file may not start

You receive an error when you use the Add a Network Location Wizard to connect to a WebDAV site that uses certificate-based authentication on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer

When you open a network share by using a previously created shortcut in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008, a newly created file or folder in the network share does not appear until you update the screen

Windows Explorer may crash when you try to expand a parent folder in the Windows Explorer navigation pane in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008

On a Windows Vista-based computer or on a Windows Server 2008-based computer, when you use Windows Explorer to view offline files in Remote Storage, the files are recalled

A hotfix is available to add a new time zone in Argentina (GMT -3:00) for 2007 through 2008 in Windows XP and in Windows Server 2003

Error message when you try to connect a Windows Vista-based computer to a network projector in Windows Meeting Space: "The Network Projector could not be added to the meeting"

When you drag files onto an application shortcut, the application does not start on a Windows Vista-based computer

Error message when you try to copy a file to a Distributed File System (DFS) shared folder on a Windows Vista-based computer or on a Windows Server 2008-based computer: "The selected files could not be copied. There is not enough free space on the device"

In Windows Explorer, you cannot copy a file that contains extended attributes from an NTFS volume to a FAT volume on a Windows Vista-based computer

The "Connect to a network" dialog box takes a long time to appear on a Windows Vista-based client computer that has many virtual private network (VPN) connections

On a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, a mandatory user profile is not deleted when the "Delete cached copies of roaming profiles" Group Policy setting is enabled

After you put a Windows Explorer window into full-screen mode on a secondary monitor, the navigation bar does not appear on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer

The Play item and the AutoPlay item do not appear on the shortcut menu that is retrieved by the IShellFolder and IContextMenu interfaces on a Windows Vista-based computer

On a Windows Vista-based computer, a shared folder disappears in Windows Explorer after you rename the folder

A hotfix is available to update the "(GMT +03:00) Baghdad" time zone for 2008 in Windows Server 2008 and in Windows Vista

The classic Start menu is not displayed correctly in Windows Server 2008 without Hyper-V

The System Center Operations Manager 2007 console may crash in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Vista when you open the Health Explorer window

Error message when you extract items from a .zip file in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008: "Error 0×800004005: Unspecified error"

Offline file icons randomly change to different icons every time that you refresh the desktop on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

After you use the ReportResult method to customize the error icon when a logon failure occurs in Windows Vista, the general error icon (CPSI_ERROR) is displayed unexpectedly

A file moves out of the visible region in Windows Explorer when you use the List format in Windows Vista or in Windows 2008

A Group Policy "Documents" setting is localized incorrectly as "Recently used files" on a computer that is running a Japanese version of Windows Server 2008 or of Windows Vista

The contents of a DFS share do not appear if you access the share by using a shortcut to the DFS link from a Windows Vista-based computer or from a Windows Server 2008-based client computer

The logon screen may be clipped on a Windows Vista-based computer after you reset the screen font size to the "Larger scale (120 DPI)" setting, and then you restart the computer

Error message when you try to copy a file to a DFS shared folder or to a shared folder that is a mount point in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008: "The selected files could not be copied. There is not enough free space on the device"

When you run the Netproj.exe utility on a Windows Vista SP1-based computer, some network projectors may not be found

The LocalLow folder may not be created on a Windows Vista SP1-based computer or on a Windows Server 2008-based computer when roaming profiles are used in a domain environment

Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista Service Pack 1 may not display tooltip text correctly if the text contains both alphabetical characters and Japanese characters

When you click the button on the taskbar for an inactive window to make that window active in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008, the currently active window is selected again

Mandatory user profiles do not work as expected on Windows Vista-based and Windows Server 2008-based client computers when the %LogonServer% environment variable is set in the profile path

A significant delay occurs when you try to expand a subfolder of a network drive in Windows Explorer on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server-based client computer

The VerFindFile function always returns the value "VFF_CURNEDEST (0×1)" on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer

Windows Search may fail if you search a network folder from the toolbar in the Windows Explorer while offline on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

The "Burn" button may still appear on a Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008-based client computer after you enable the "Remove CD Burning features" Group Policy

The physical video memory capacity is displayed incorrectly in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008 if the graphics adapter’s physical video memory is at least 4 GB


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