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Article ID: 967484 - Last Review: March 3, 2009 - Revision: 1.0An SUA-based application becomes unresponsive, and the Psxss.exe process uses 100 percent of CPU time 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 allSYMPTOMSYou are running an application that is based on Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications (SUA) on a Windows Vista-based or a Windows Server 2008-based computer. However, the application ... Read more..

In Windows Vista, you cannot use the Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 codec to create MP3 content View products that this article applies to.Article ID:937141Last Review:May 24, 2007Revision:1.0INTRODUCTIONIn Windows Vista, you cannot use the Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 codec (L3codeca.acm) to create MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3) content in a third-party application.MORE INFORMATIONBecause of licensing restrictions, you cannot use the L3codeca.acm file that is included in Windows Vista to encode MP3 content.The third-party products that this article discusses are manufactured by ... Read more..

The OOBE Wizard may not run when you use Sysprep.exe to deploy a Windows Vista imageView products that this article applies to.Article ID:926175Last Review:March 15, 2007Revision:1.3SYMPTOMSWhen you use the System Preparation tool (Sysprep.exe) in audit mode to deploy a Windows Vista Windows Image Format (WIM) image file, the Out of Box Experience (OOBE) Wizard does not run automatically. Instead, the OOBE Wizard is displayed as a System Cleanup Action option in a dialog box. This symptom occurs even though the ... Read more..

Windows Vista cannot obtain an IP address from certain routers or from certain non-Microsoft DHCP serversView products that this article applies to.Article ID:928233Last Review:September 6, 2007Revision:2.1SYMPTOMSConsider the following scenario: •You connect a Windows Vista-based computer to a network.•A router or other device that is configured as a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server is configured on the network.•The router or the other device does not support the DHCP BROADCAST flag.In this scenario, Windows Vista cannot obtain an IP ... Read more..

An application that uses the VDMEnumProcessWOW function to enumerate virtual DOS machines returns no output or incorrect output on a computer that is running a 32-bit version of Windows VistaView products that this article applies to.Article ID:953347Last Review:June 26, 2008Revision:1.1On This PageSYMPTOMSConsider the following scenario. You develop an application that uses the VDMEnumProcessWOW function to enumerate virtual DOS machines (VDMs) that are running 16-bit Windows tasks. However, when the application runs on a computer that is running a 32-bit ... Read more..

Article ID: 956199 - Last Review: November 20, 2008 - Revision: 1.0The last character of a user's Chinese display name is truncated in the Offline Address Book on an Exchange 2007 serverView products that this article applies to.Expand all | Collapse allSYMPTOMSIn the following scenarios, the last character of a user's Chinese display name is truncated in the Offline Address Book (OAB) on a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 server:Users of Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) connect ... Read more..

Article ID: 954430 - Last Review: December 16, 2008 - Revision: 3.0MS08-069: Description of the security update for XML Core Services 4.0: November 11, 2008View products that this article applies to.On This PageExpand all | Collapse allINTRODUCTIONMicrosoft has released security bulletin MS08-069. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites:Home users:http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200811.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200811.mspx) Skip the details: Download ... Read more..

Article ID: 967621 - Last Review: March 3, 2009 - Revision: 1.0A PowerPoint 2007 presentation displays two lines instead of one line when the presentation uses a special font that does not exist on a Windows Vista-based computerView products that this article applies to.Expand all | Collapse allSYMPTOMSIn Windows Vista, you open a Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 presentation that uses a special font. If the font does not exist on the computer, the presentation displays two lines instead ... Read more..

Windows Vista copies a read-only file or a read-only folder on a Windows 98-based computer instead of moving the file or the folder as expectedView products that this article applies to.Article ID:933465Last Review:May 8, 2007Revision:1.0SYMPTOMSConsider the following scenario. On a Windows Vista-based computer, you try to move a read-only file or a read-only folder from a shared folder. This shared folder is located on a Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition (SE)-based computer. In this scenario, you may ... Read more..

Tasks may fail when you run the Driver Test Manager, even though the parent job of the tasks does not failView products that this article applies to.Article ID:934532Last Review:October 31, 2007Revision:1.4SYMPTOMSWhen you run the Driver Test Manager that is included in the Windows Driver Kit and in the Windows Logo Kit, certain tasks may fail. This behavior occurs even though the parent job of the tasks does not fail. Back to the topRESOLUTIONNo action is required. These failures are ... Read more..

An event ID 1080 message is logged in the System log every three seconds after you run the Set-ExchangeServer command to set the static domain controllers on an Exchange 2007 cluster nodeView products that this article applies to.Article ID:948047Last Review:March 4, 2008Revision:1.0SYMPTOMSAfter you run the Set-ExchangeServer command to set or exclude a static domain controller, a global domain controller, or a configuration domain controller on a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 cluster node, the following error message is logged in the ... Read more..

A Group Policy setting is not available in the security policy settings list on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008View products that this article applies to.Article ID:947721Last Review:March 12, 2008Revision:1.0SYMPTOMSWhen you try to access the System objects: Default owner for objects created by members of the Administrators group Group Policy setting on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008, this setting is not available in the security policy settings list.Back to the topCAUSEThis problem occurs because ... Read more..

Restoration of the configuration database is not supported in SharePoint Server 2007 and in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0View products that this article applies to.Article ID:948725Last Review:March 8, 2008Revision:1.0INTRODUCTIONIn Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, restoration of the configuration database is not supported.MORE INFORMATIONWe do not support restoration of the configuration database in SharePoint Server 2007 and in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. If you restore the configuration database, data in the configuration database will ... Read more..

Error message on a Windows Vista-based client computer that is configured to use the Corporate Error Reporting tool: Connect to the Internet, or try again laterView products that this article applies to.Article ID:951858Last Review:May 15, 2008Revision:1.0On This PageSYMPTOMSConsider the following scenario:•You configure the Corporate Error Reporting tool on a network. •On this network, you run a Windows Vista-based client computer that is configured to use Corporate Error Reporting.In this scenario, you may receive the following error message: ... Read more..

An application may crash when it uses legacy methods to query performance counter values in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008View products that this article applies to.Article ID:953290Last Review:May 30, 2008Revision:1.0On This PageSYMPTOMSConsider the following scenario:•On a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, an application uses legacy methods to query performance counter values. For example, the application uses the RegQueryValueEx function to perform a global query for performance counter data.•Counter data is returned from more ... Read more..

Article ID: 958668 - Last Review: November 4, 2008 - Revision: 1.0You cannot shutdown a locked Windows 2000 SP4 virtual machine in Hyper-V Manager on a server that is running Windows Server 2008View products that this article applies to.Expand all | Collapse allSYMPTOMSConsider the following scenario:You install the Hyper-V role on a server that is running Windows Server 2008.You create a virtual machine that is running Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4).You install Integration Services on the Windows 2000 ... Read more..

Article ID: 961320 - Last Review: February 9, 2009 - Revision: 1.0A feature is available for Windows Server 2008 that lets you synchronize the DSRM Administrator password with a domain user accountHotfix Download AvailableView and request hotfix downloadsView products that this article applies to.On This PageExpand all | Collapse allINTRODUCTIONOn a Windows-based domain controller, you may want to synchronize the Directory Service Restore Mode (DSRM) Administrator password with a domain user account. In Windows Server 2003, you cannot do this. ... Read more..

How to move Internet Explorer favorites from an earlier version of Windows to the Internet Explorer Favorites folder in Windows VistaView products that this article applies to.Article ID:933210Last Review:June 11, 2007Revision:1.0INTRODUCTIONThis article describes how to move Microsoft Internet Explorer favorites from an earlier version of Microsoft Windows to the Internet Explorer Favorites folder in Windows Vista. MORE INFORMATIONWhen you perform a custom installation of Windows Vista, Internet Explorer favorites that you used in the earlier version of Windows ... Read more..

The size of the Ntds.dit file on the domain controller grows continually larger after you enable the Credential Roaming feature for Windows Vista-based client computers in the domainView products that this article applies to.Article ID:934797Last Review:August 29, 2007Revision:2.0On This PageSYMPTOMSAfter you enable the Credential Roaming feature for Windows Vista-based client computers in a domain, the size of the Ntds.dit file on the domain controller grows continually larger. Additionally, when Active Directory database changes are replicated to other ... Read more..

Article ID: 960627 - Last Review: November 26, 2008 - Revision: 1.1Audio stops if Driver Verifier is set to verify ks.sys using Low resources simulationView 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 topActionYou are playing audio ... Read more..