June 2010 - Posts

[ConfigMgr 2007] Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 and System Center Configuration Manager

Abstract:

The disciplines of system management and security can be considered two sides of the same IT coin when it comes to endpoints. System management ensures that systems are configured, patched, and operating correctly, and security keeps threats and vulnerabilities from compromising the system. The upcoming release of Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 is built on Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager to deliver high levels of protection and productivity. Join this webcast to get an overview of what you can expect from this convergence of security and management.

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[MS KBs] New KB Articles At Microsoft 23 Jun 2010 - Weekly Summary

.NET Framework 2.0


220686 Microsoft Advisory Services Engagement Scenario - .Net Application Consuming High Memory

 

221234 Microsoft Advisory Services Engagement Scenario - .Net Application Performing Slow

 
 

Outlook 2003


224204 The "Import and Export" option in Outlook is unavailable

 
 

SQL Server 2000


212109 Recommended Operating System updates and drivers for SQL Server installations

 
 

SQL Server 2005


215711 The 'affinity mask' and 'affinity I/O mask' configuration should not conflict

 

203323 McAfee Buffer Overflow Protection may cause SQL Server to become unresponsive

 

209102 SQL Server reports Msg 5144 and 5145 for long or failed autogrow of databases and transaction log files

 

209109 ?Windows System Event Log Errors that indicate possible I/O problems can be associated with database inconsistency or performance problems for SQL Server

 

203344 Winsock Layered Service Providers (LSP) may result in network or server stability problems for SQL Server

 

203352 Separate database and transaction log files on different drives for optimal performance and disaster recovery

 

215712 Changing the 'max worker threads' configuration of SQL Server

 

213753 FULL or BULK recovery models can provide better data protection and recovery

 

215717 Virtual Address Space (VAS) errors can occur on 32bit SQL Server Editions with a large 'network packet size' configuration

 

207834 ?The database PAGE_VERIFY CHECKSUM option can help detect database consistency problems with the system I/O path

 

201510 How to Resolve missing MSI or MSP packages during SQL Server Service Packs, Hotfix or Cumulative Updates

 

203359 SQL Server records the date/time of the most recent database consistency check with no errors

 

203334 Using unsupported .Net Framework assemblies with SQLCLR may cause problems after .Net upgrades

 

215719 32bit SQL Server Failover Clustering is not supported on a 64bit Windows Operating System

 
 

SQL Server 2008


218413 Guidelines on granting SQL Server sysadmin privileges

 

202869 Recommendations and Guidelines on Configuring the Authentication Mode for SQL Server

 

216069 Recommendations and Guidelines on Granting Server Permissions to Public role

 

220263 Guidelines on using Tokens in SQL Server Agent Job Steps

 

219449 SQL Server 2008 Best Practices Analyzer - Subscription Does not Match Publication Because Skipped Transactions

 

215247 How to troubleshoot SQL Server Errors that prevent a successful database startup or recovery

 

220190 Guidelines on Managing Certificates used in Transparent Data Encryption

 

218368 Guidelines on using the Trustworthy setting for SQL Server Database.

 

202902 Guidelines on Securing folders for Database Files and Program Files of a SQL Server Installation

 

216072 Guidelines on choosing Service Accounts for SQL Server Services.

 

202871 Understanding Password Policy for SQL Server Logins.

 

218716 Guidelines on Auditing Login failures in SQL Server.

 

202843 Certain database operations take a very long duration to complete or encounter errors when the transaction log has numerous virtual log files

 

216074 Best Practices in Configuring SQL Server Agent Proxy account.

 

220287 Guidelines on securing DTS Packages in SQL Server

 

215273 How to troubleshoot SQL Server database consistency errors

 

214590 Recommendations for configuring HTTP Logging within Reporting Services

 
 

System Center Operations Manager 2007


225294 Microsoft Advisory Services Engagement Scenario â•„ Configuring Native Mode for Configuration Manager 2007

 
 

Visio 2003


225266 Security Settings for ActiveX controls and OLE objects in Office 2003 and in the 2007 Office suite

 

223520 Description of the Office updates: June 8, 2010

 
 

Windows Internet Explorer 8


982085 An ActiveX control that is used to hide or to reset the browser chrome does not work correctly in Internet Explorer 8

 

980299 The "DocumentComplete" event is not raised intermittently in an application that hosts the WebBrowser control in Internet Explorer 8

 
 

Windows Server 2003 R2


225311 Microsoft Advisory Services Engagement Scenario - NLB migration questions and answers

 

982010 You may be unable to log on a terminal server that has the DisableWindowsUpdateAccess user policy set

 

202761 User rights assignment policy settings do not apply successfully to Windows Server 2003 computers

 
 

Windows Server 2008


981964 You experience low performance when you access many small files on an SMB version 1 protocol-enabled remote server from a Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008-based client computer

 

200803 Interactive user logon over external trust fails or encounters delays

 

202845 The redirected printer does not print a document in Windows Server 2008 if the TS Easy Print feature is used in a terminal server session

 

221335 CryptGenKey or CryptAcquireContext API may stop responding when you are logging on with Smart Card.

 

202881 "0x00000050" Stop error message occurs when you use multiple volume managers in Windows Server 2008

 

221855 How to force an authoritative and non-authoritative synchronization for DFSR-replicated SYSVOL (like "D4/D2" for FRS)

 

213436 Stop error 0x7B and installation may fail when you try to upgrade to a Windows Server 2008-based or a Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer that has SAN drives that are managed by EMC's PowerPath Device Specific Module (DSM)

 

979614 Description of a reliability update for the TCP Chimney Offload feature in Windows Server 2008 and in Windows Vista

 

982303 Terminal Services performance counters report an incorrect number of sessions when a heavy load situation occurs in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows Server 2008

 

224916 Microsoft Advisory Services Engagement Scenario - Active Directory Rights Management Services Deployment

 

983528 The TCP receive window autotuning feature does not work correctly in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7

 

202034 Downloaded Offline Address Book or NSPI query response not sorted with expected sort locale

 

202905 You are prompted for credentials when you access a resource in a Windows Server 2008 SP2-based domain if you use a smart card

 

983437 The "Previous Versions" list of a DFS share is empty if you access the share from a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

 

979762 Stop error in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008 when you try to print a document: "0x0000003B" or "0x0000007f"

 

225300 Microsoft Advisory Services Engagement Scenario â•„ Active Directory Migration Tool v3.1

 

981936 Lots of the Event ID 476 events are logged when you use the Ntdsutil.exe tool to create an RODC installation media in Windows Server 2008 R2

 

982801 A domain controller returns the "NO_SUCH_USER (0xc0000064)" status code or the "KDC_ERR_C_PRINCIPAL_UNKNOWN" error in response to authentication requests in Windows Server 2008

 

983574 You cannot bind clients to a NIS server or cannot mount NFS shares in Windows Server 2008

 

225319 Microsoft Advisory Services Engagement Scenario - Remote Desktop Gateway Installation And Public Configuration

 

983246 "Type Mismatch" error message when you run a VBA macro in a 64-bit version of an Office 2010 application

 
 

Windows Server 2008 R2


225406 You may notice increased IO latencies that impact performance when power management is enabled.

 

982210 The startup time increases every time after you back up the data on all the disks of the computer in Windows Server 2008 R2 if the computer runs some virtual machines

 

982728 "Windows cannot connect to printer" error message when you try to create a Point and Print connection to a remote printer from a Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2-based client computer

 

202856 A copy-on-write snapshot may become corrupted in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7 if some snapshots that are stored on the same volume are deleted

 

981765 The network performance is not as fast as expected on a computer that has NUMA-based processors in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7

 

225327 Microsoft Advisory Services Engagement Scenario - Windows Server 2008 R2 RD Connection Broker

 

225325 Microsoft Advisory Services Engagement Scenario - Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Installation

 

981851 The backup operation fails and the Wbengine.exe service stops in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7 if one of the volumes in the operation does not exists any longer

 

225303 Microsoft Advisory Services Engagement Scenario - DirectAccess Installation and Configuration

 

983531 You experience a significant delay when you try to log on to an Active Directory site from a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

 

202877 The DHCP Server service may stop responding in Windows Server 2008 R2

[MS KBs] New KB Articles At Microsoft 9 Jun 2010 - Weekly Summary


.NET Framework 2.0


981619 A hotfix is available that improves the performance of CLR when a .NET Framework 3.5 SP1-based application runs in a virtualized environment

 

981266 Referenced assemblies of a .NET Framework 2.0-based 32-bit application are loaded multiple times

 

981575 A memory leak occurs in a .NET Framework 2.0-based application that uses the AesCryptoServiceProvider class

 

981878 FIX: A dump file is not generated for a .NET Framework 2.0-based application after the application closes

 

219714 A known issue with security update 979906 in which the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1 package is displayed as "1.0 security update"

 

980773 Description of the NCL update for the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 and the .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 on Windows XP and on Windows Server 2003: June 8, 2010

 

982167 Description of the rollup update for the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 and the .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 on Windows XP and on Windows Server 2003 (976765 and 980773): June 8, 2010

 

976765 Description of the ASP.NET update for the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 and the .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 on Windows XP and on Windows Server 2003: June 8, 2010

 
 

Internet Explorer 6.0


202904 Customized Internet Explorer settings defined in an IEAK installation package override settings defined in Internet Explorer Maintenance Policy

 

982381 MS10-035: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer

 

980195 MS10-034: Cumulative security update of ActiveX kill bits

 
 

OneNote 2007


982312 MS10-036: Description of the security update for the 2007 Office system: June 8, 2010

 

983235 MS10-036: Vulnerability in COM validation in Microsoft Office could allow remote code execution

 
 

Outlook 2003


202010 How to manage the Outlook Social Connector by using Group Policy

 

983503 Description of the Office Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter update: June 8, 2010

 

982311 MS10-036: Description of the security update for Office 2003: June 8, 2010

 
 

Outlook 2007


207910 Description of the Office Outlook 2007 hotfix package (Outlook-x-none.msp): June 7, 2010

 

983486 Description of the Office Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter update: June 8, 2010

 
 

Windows Internet Explorer 8


983405 You cannot use Explorer View to view web folders in Internet Explorer 8 on a computer that is running Windows Vista

 
 

Windows Server 2008


216134 Active Route removed on Windows Server Failover Cluster

 

982334 A smartcard application cannot read information from some smartcards on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

 

981879 Fix: You are not prompted to supply new credentials when you try to log on to a WebDav folder by using incorrect saved credentials in Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

 
 

Windows Server 2008 R2


202896 A data corruption issue occurs when multiple users perform read and write operations to a shared file in the SMB2 environment

 

202607 Self-to-Self traffic is blocked by a Legacy IPsec rule which blocks traffic from any IP address to any other IP address

 

981844 Smartcard application cannot read information from some smartcards on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

 

202850 Windows Kernel event ID 41 error in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2: “The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first”

 

981871 You cannot print to multiple trays in a Remote Desktop session in Windows Server 2008 R2

 

202824 Windows client and server operating system compatibility with DNSSEC enabled root servers

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[MS KBs] New KB Articles At Microsoft 2 Jun 2010 - Weekly Summary


Forefront Client Security


974595 The SHV for Forefront Client Security does not run and the NAP clients are quarantined if there are no active users logged on to the Network Policy Server (NPS)

 
 

Outlook 2007


981579 Outlook stops updating the screen correctly after Outlook 2007 is running for a long period of time

 

979955 You are prompted to prepare Office Outlook 2007 for first use after you apply security update 972363

 

981977 Office Outlook 2007 does not display the Windows logon domain and username when you are prompted for your login credentials

 

981378 Message Classification selections are disabled unexpectedly when the "Do Not Forward" menu choice is disabled on the Permission menu in Office Outlook 2007

 

982113 Hyperlinks are still active and clickable after you set Outlook to read email messages as plain text

 
 

Windows Server 2003


982051 Group Policy preferences client-side extension hotfix rollup: May 2010

 
 

Windows Server 2008


981482 In Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 environment, if the network environment is set to enable Delay ACK and storage is connected with iSCSI, an iScsiPrt error is output to the System Event Log when a general operation is executed

 
 

Windows Server 2008 R2


983456 SMTP configuration options are reset in Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 1 and Service Pack 2, after you install the MS10-024 update (976323)

 

202748 "Unable to establish existence of the account specified" error when you schedule a task from Windows 7 or from Windows Server 2008 R2 on a pre-Windows Vista-based computer

 
 

Word 2007


206293 Error inserting SmartArt: "The following file or files contain errors which prevent them from working."

 

982267 Tabbing between form fields and content controls does not work correctly in Word 2010 or in Office Word 2007

 

213116 Some Ribbon commands are not available in Word 2007 and Word 2010 when document protection is enabled for forms

 

982301 The printout is scaled to a microscopically small size when you print an Office Word 2007 document by printing two pages per sheet

 

982159 You cannot open hyperlinks in an RTF email message that link to a mapped drive in Outlook 2007

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