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Article ID: 957507 - Last Review: December 17, 2008 - Revision: 2.1FIX: After you install a non-English version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1, some localized IntelliSense text may revert to EnglishView products that this article applies to.On This PageExpand all | Collapse allSYMPTOMSAfter you install a non-English version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1), some localized IntelliSense text may revert to English. This problem occurs in the following language versions of Visual Studio 2008 ... Read more..

Article ID: 967667 - Last Review: March 5, 2009 - Revision: 1.0XPS Viewer crashes when it loads an XPS document that was generated by Microsoft XPS Document Writer on a Windows Vista-based or a Windows Server 2008-based computerHotfix Download AvailableView and request hotfix downloadsView products that this article applies to.On This PageExpand all | Collapse allSYMPTOMSConsider the following scenario:You have installed Microsoft Office Word 2007 Service Pack 1 on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008.To ... Read more..

Article ID: 968701 - Last Review: March 6, 2009 - Revision: 1.0Generics In RemotingView products that this article applies to.Expand all | Collapse allSource: Microsoft SupportBack to the topRAPID PUBLISHINGRAPID PUBLISHING ARTICLES PROVIDE INFORMATION DIRECTLY FROM WITHIN THE MICROSOFT SUPPORT ORGANIZATION. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS CREATED IN RESPONSE TO EMERGING OR UNIQUE TOPICS, OR IS INTENDED SUPPLEMENT OTHER KNOWLEDGE BASE INFORMATION.Back to the topSymptomThe Customer gets the below exception when trying to call a Generic Method on the ... Read more..

Article ID: 960709 - Last Review: January 6, 2009 - Revision: 1.3Cumulative update packages for the 2007 Microsoft Office core suite applications and for 2007 Microsoft Office servers: December 16, 2008 View products that this article applies to.On This PageExpand all | Collapse allINTRODUCTIONThe cumulative update packages for December 2008 contain the latest hotfixes for the 2007 Office core suite applications and servers. We recommend that you test hotfixes before you deploy them in a production environment. Because the builds ... Read more..

Issues that you may encounter when you open or are using a Microsoft Office Access database on a computer that is running Windows VistaView products that this article applies to.Article ID:935370Last Review:November 2, 2007Revision:1.4SYMPTOMSWhen you open or are using a Microsoft Office Access database on a computer that is running Windows Vista, you may encounter one or more of the following issues:•Access appears to stop responding.•Access responds very slowly.•Access exits unexpectedly or crashes.•An event that resembles the following is logged ... Read more..

Error message when you try to log on by using an account name that contains an at sign (@): The system could not log you onView products that this article applies to.Article ID:925634Last Review:November 27, 2007Revision:1.7SYMPTOMSWhen you try to log on to a Microsoft Windows-based computer by using a user name that contains an at sign (@), you receive the following error message: The system could not log you on. Make sure your user name and domain are correct, ... Read more..

Description of the Word 2007 hotfix package: March 25, 2008View products that this article applies to.Article ID:950486Last Review:April 2, 2008Revision:1.0On This PageSUMMARYThis article describes the Microsoft Office Word 2007 issue that is fixed in the Word 2007 hotfix package that is dated March 25, 2008.This article describes the following items about the hotfix package:•The issues that the hotfix package fixes.•The prerequisites for installing the hotfix package.•Whether you must restart the computer after you install the hotfix package.•Whether the ... Read more..

System.Threading.Timer fires immediately when specifying a large value for due timeView products that this article applies to.Article ID:950807Last Review:March 24, 2008Revision:1.0Source: Microsoft SupportBack to the topRAPID PUBLISHINGRAPID PUBLISHING ARTICLES PROVIDE INFORMATION DIRECTLY FROM WITHIN THE MICROSOFT SUPPORT ORGANIZATION. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS CREATED IN RESPONSE TO EMERGING OR UNIQUE TOPICS, OR IS INTENDED SUPPLEMENT OTHER KNOWLEDGE BASE INFORMATION.Back to the topActionWrite a .Net application and use the System.Threading.Timer object, specifying a large value for due time in either the Change() or ... Read more..

A microcode reliability update is available that improves the reliability of systems that use Intel processorsView products that this article applies to.Article ID:936357Last Review:December 11, 2007Revision:7.0On This PageSUMMARYA microcode reliability update is available that improves the reliability of systems that use Intel processors. This article describes how to download this update.Back to the topMORE INFORMATIONNote The update that is described in this article is not supported on computers that use an older Intel Pentium together with a Family 5 ... Read more..

MS08-035: Vulnerability in Active Directory could allow denial of serviceView products that this article applies to.Article ID:953235Last Review:June 10, 2008Revision:1.0On This PageINTRODUCTIONMicrosoft has released security bulletin MS08-035. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security update. This information includes deployment options. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites: •Home users:http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200806.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200806.mspx)Skip the details: Download the updates for your home computer or laptop from the Microsoft Update ... Read more..

Article ID: 956912 - Last Review: February 16, 2009 - Revision: 1.0The original file is not removed from the shared network location after you convert a .doc file to the .docx file formatView products that this article applies to.Expand all | Collapse allSYMPTOMS You open a Microsoft Office Word 97-2003 document (*.doc) file from a shared network location. Then, you convert this file to the Word 2007 document (*.docx) file format. When you try to save the ... Read more..

MS08-029: Vulnerability in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine could allow denial of serviceView products that this article applies to.Article ID:952044Last Review:May 13, 2008Revision:1.0On This PageINTRODUCTIONMicrosoft has released security bulletin MS08-029. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the corresponding security update. This includes file manifest information and deployment options. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites: •Home users: http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200805.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200805.mspx)Skip the details: Download the updates for your home computer or ... Read more..

FIX: You may encounter various problems when you try to generate type library information by using the Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.dll assembly in Visual Studio 2008View products that this article applies to.Article ID:946308Last Review:March 13, 2008Revision:1.0On This PageSYMPTOMS When you try to generate type library information by using the Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.dll assembly in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, you may encounter one of the following symptoms.Back to the topSymptom 1When you use the Regasm.exe utility to generate and to register a type library, you ... Read more..

A third-party program exits unexpectedly or stops responding when the program loads the inetmib1.dll SNMP subagent .dll fileView products that this article applies to.Article ID:947727Last Review:March 11, 2008Revision:1.0SYMPTOMSWhen a third-party program loads the inetmib1.dll Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) subagent, the program exits unexpectedly or stops responding.Back to the topCAUSEThe Microsoft SNMP extension does not support third-party applications loading the inetmib1.dll subagent .dll file.Back to the topMORE INFORMATIONWhen any third-party program loads the inetmib1.dll SNMP subagent, the third-party program directly ... Read more..

You are running a Microsoft .NET 2.0 Windows Forms application that contains an ActiveX control on a computer with Microsoft .NET 2.0 Framework Service Pack 1 installed.   Result You receive the following unhandled exception and call stack. System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.OleInterfaces.AttemptStopEvents(Object trash) at System.Threading._ThreadPoolWaitCallback.WaitCallback_Context(Object state) at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state) at System.Threading._ThreadPoolWaitCallback.PerformWaitCallbackInternal(_ThreadPoolWaitCallback tpWaitCallBack) at System.Threading._ThreadPoolWaitCallback.PerformWaitCallback(Object state) Cause This is due to a bug in .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1. During a garbage collection of a Windows Form containing ActiveX controls, the ... Read more..