Texas Instruments xHCI USB controllers may encounter a hardware issue on large data transfers in Windows 8.1

Texas Instruments xHCI USB controllers may encounter a hardware issue on large data transfers in Windows 8.1 This article describes an issue that occurs when you transfer large amounts of data between Windows 8.1 and devices that are attached with certain USB host controllers. You can fix this...

Licensing servers become deadlocked under high load in Windows Server 2012 R2

Licensing servers become deadlocked under high load in Windows Server 2012 R2 This article describes an issue that typically occurs in a Remote Desktop License server that is running Windows Server 2012 R2 when there are multiple license servers in the deployment and during high load. Before you...

Remove Lenovo USB Blocker version 1.0.0.37 to avoid a system crash

Remove Lenovo USB Blocker version 1.0.0.37 to avoid a system crash This article describes a problem that occurs after you install October 2015 security update for Windows Kernel 3088195 on a Windows-based computer. You can work around this problem by using the update in this article, which preven...

Update to support auto-redirection of Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials for Windows 10 client connector

Update to support auto-redirection of Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials for Windows 10 client connector This article describes an update for the Windows 10 client connector that enables it to connect to Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials. Before you install this update, see the Prerequisites...

Can't connect to the desktop of Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2 from a remote desktop at low screen resolution

Can't connect to the desktop of Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2 from a remote desktop at low screen resolution This article describes an issue in which you can't connect to the desktop of Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, or Windows Server 2012 R2 from a remote desktop at low screen resolution. ...

Update to improve performance degradations in Mstscax.dll in Windows MultiPoint Server 2012

Update to improve performance degradations in Mstscax.dll in Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 About this update This article describes Remote Desktop device redirection performance on Windows Server 2012-based computers, especially Windows MultiPoint Server 2012. When USB redirected devices is used...

You can't offer Remote Assistance to another user when you use a mandatory profile in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2

You can't offer Remote Assistance to another user when you use a mandatory profile in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2 This article describes an issue in which you can't offer Remote Assistance to another user when you use a mandatory profile in Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8.1, or Windows Server...

Update that supports Azerbaijani Manat and Georgian Lari currency symbols in Windows

Update that supports Azerbaijani Manat and Georgian Lari currency symbols in Windows About this update After you apply this update, the Azerbaijani Manat and the Georgian Lari currency symbols can be input by using the physical keyboard, Windows on-screen keyboard osk.exe, or Tablet PC Input Pane...

You may experience slow logon when services are in start-pending state in Windows Server 2012 R2

You may experience slow logon when services are in start-pending state in Windows Server 2012 R2 This article describes an issue that occurs when you try to log on to Windows Server 2012 R2 by using Remote Desktop Services RDS. You can fix this issue by using the update in this article. Before yo...

Virtual memory size of Explorer increases when you open programs continuously in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2

Virtual memory size of Explorer increases when you open programs continuously in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2 This article describes a memory leak issue in the Explorer.exe process in Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, or Windows Server 2012 R2. An update is available to fix this issue. Before...

"Access violation" error and application that uses private keys crashes in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2

"Access violation" error and application that uses private keys crashes in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2 This article describes an issue in which an "Access violation" error occurs and an application that uses private keys crashes in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2. An update is...

Chkdsk command freezes when it's running in Windows

Chkdsk command freezes when it's running in Windows This article describes an issue that occurs in Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, or Windows Server 2012 R2. You can fix this issue by using the update in this article. Before you install this update, check out the Prerequisites section. Note This...

Windows Error Reporting settings option is unavailable after update 3000850 is installed in Windows Server 2012 R2

Windows Error Reporting settings option is unavailable after update 3000850 is installed in Windows Server 2012 R2 This article describes an issue that occurs after you install November 2014 update rollup 3000850 in Windows Server 2012 R2. You can fix this issue by using the update in this articl...

September 2015 servicing stack update for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012

September 2015 servicing stack update for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 This article describes a servicing stack update for Windows 8, Windows RT, and Windows Server 2012. The update fixes the following issue. About servicing stack The servicing stack includes the files and resources that are...

TPM 2.0 device can't be recognized in Windows Server 2012 R2

TPM 2.0 device can't be recognized in Windows Server 2012 R2 This article describes an issue that occurs on a Trusted Platform Module TPM 2.0 device in Windows Server 2012 R2. You can fix this issue by using the update in this article. Before you install this update, check out the Prerequisites...

Updated APN database entry for Transatel (France, Worldwide) network for Windows 8.1 and Windows 8

Updated APN database entry for Transatel France, Worldwide network for Windows 8.1 and Windows 8 This article describes an update for the Transatel France, Worldwide network in Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8, and Windows RT. Before you apply this update, you should be aware that this upda...

September 2015 update to fix Windows or application freezes after you install security update 3076895

September 2015 update to fix Windows or application freezes after you install security update 3076895 This article describes an issue in which programs or Windows may freeze after you install security update 3076895. Before you apply this update, check the prerequisites and the restart requiremen...

Application may crash with 0x8002801D error in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2

Application may crash with 0x8002801D error in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2 This article describes an issue in which an application may crash with error in Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, or Windows Server 2012 R2. An update is available to fix this issue. Before you install this update, se...

You can't select the first item in a list by touching in Windows 8.1

You can't select the first item in a list by touching in Windows 8.1 This article describes an issue that occurs on certain touch-only devices that have high dots per inch DPI display in Windows 8.1. You can fix this issue by using the update in this article. Before you install this update, check...

WDS has a high CPU usage when many client computers try to start in Windows Server 2012 R2

WDS has a high CPU usage when many client computers try to start in Windows Server 2012 R2 This article describes an issue that occurs in Windows Server 2012 R2 that has Windows Deployment Services WDS installed. You can fix this issue by using the update in this article. Before you install this...

Update to add RDS support for TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

Update to add RDS support for TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 About this update This update provides support for Transport Layer Security TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 in Windows 7 Service Pack 1 SP1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 for Remote Desktop Services RDS. For more...

CHM file freezes when you enter characters in Search box on the Index tab in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2

CHM file freezes when you enter characters in Search box on the Index tab in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2 This article describes an issue that occurs when you enter characters in the Search box on the Index tab in a Compiled HTML Help .chm file in Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, or Windows...

Update APN database entry for China Mobile Hong Kong in Windows 8.1 and Windows 8

Update APN database entry for China Mobile Hong Kong in Windows 8.1 and Windows 8 This article describes an update for China Mobile Hong Kong CMHK in Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8, and Windows RT. Before you apply this update, notice that this update has a prerequisite. About this update...

"Connection is unsuccessful" error when you connect a Bluetooth device to an application in Windows 8.1 or Windows RT 8.1

"Connection is unsuccessful" error when you connect a Bluetooth device to an application in Windows 8.1 or Windows RT 8.1 This article describes an issue that occurs when you connect a Bluetooth device to an application in Windows 8.1 or Windows RT 8.1. An update is available to fix this issue...

Event 1530 is logged and ProfSvc leaks paged pool memory and handles in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2

Event 1530 is logged and ProfSvc leaks paged pool memory and handles in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2 This article describes an issue in which event 1530 is logged, and user profile service ProfSvc leaks paged pool memory and handles in Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, or Windows Server 2012...

System malfunction because memory leak occurs in dwm.exe in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

System malfunction because memory leak occurs in dwm.exe in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 This article describes an issue in which a memory leak occurs in Desktop Window Manager dwm.exe in Windows 7 Service Pack 1 SP1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. An update is available to resolve this...

"Try again" error occurs and Bluetooth device cannot connect to computer in Windows 8.1 or Windows RT 8.1

"Try again" error occurs and Bluetooth device cannot connect to computer in Windows 8.1 or Windows RT 8.1 This article describes an issue that occurs when a Bluetooth device connects to a computer in Windows 8.1 or Windows RT 8.1. An update is available to resolve this issue. Before you install...

Microsoft applications might crash in Windows

Microsoft applications might crash in Windows This article describes an issue that occurs when you use some Microsoft applications in Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8.1, or Windows Server 2012 R2. You can resolve this issue by using the update in this article. Before you install this update, check out t...

Update for customer experience and diagnostic telemetry

Update for customer experience and diagnostic telemetry This article describes an update for Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 7 Service Pack 1 SP1, and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Before you install this update, check out the Prerequisites section. About this update This package updat...

"GsDraw error (1): GenericError" error occurs and application crashes when you create text outline in Windows

"GsDraw error 1: GenericError" error occurs and application crashes when you create text outline in Windows Symptoms This issue occurs after you install security update 3045171. You experience a crash when you use Windows GDI+ to create text outline-based path objects on a computer that is runnin...

"0x0000007F" and "0x0000009F" Stop errors in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2

"0x0000007F" and "0x0000009F" Stop errors in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2 This article describes two Stop errors that occur in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2. You can resolve the Stop errors by using the update in this article. Before you install this update, check out the...

You can't open the "Devices" menu in PC Settings in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2

You can't open the "Devices" menu in PC Settings in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2 This article describes an issue that occurs when you try to open the Devices menu in PC Settings in Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, or Windows Server 2012 R2. An update is available to fix this issue. Before yo...

Decimal symbol and digit grouping symbol are incorrect for the Swiss language locale in Windows

Decimal symbol and digit grouping symbol are incorrect for the Swiss language locale in Windows This article describes an issue in which the separator symbols for Swiss numbers are displayed incorrectly in Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows...

July 2016 update rollup for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2

July 2016 update rollup for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 The July 2016 update rollup includes some new improvements and fixes, including the improvements from June 2016 update rollup KB3161606 and May 2016 update rollup KB3156418 for the Windows 8.1 and 2012 R2 platform. We recommend th...

Activation doesn't work if the sppsvc.exe process doesn't start automatically in Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012

Activation doesn't work if the sppsvc.exe process doesn't start automatically in Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 This issue occurs because the Task Scheduler does not correctly trigger certain events, including the rescheduling of events, when the computer is started after an overdue task...

Stop error code 0xD1, 0x139, or 0x3B and cluster nodes go down in Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2012

Stop error code 0xD1, 0x139, or 0x3B and cluster nodes go down in Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2012 Symptoms Issue 1 When you delete network interfaces on a server that is running Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2012, you experience random and intermittent crashes on the...

May 2015 update for stream.sys driver-based applications in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

May 2015 update for stream.sys driver-based applications in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 This update helps Microsoft improve the experiences when users run stream.sys driver-based applications in Windows 7 Service Pack 1 SP1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, such as the performance and the...

Update for SIP to enable WinVerifyTrust function in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 to work with a later version of Windows

Update for SIP to enable WinVerifyTrust function in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 to work with a later version of Windows About this update Subject Interface Packages SIPs are required in order to read the digital signatures on specific file types. After you install this update, SIPs enable the...

Unexpected ASP.Net application shutdown after many App_Data file changes occur on a server that is running Windows Server 2012 R2

Unexpected ASP.Net application shutdown after many AppData file changes occur on a server that is running Windows Server 2012 R2 Symptoms Consider the following scenario: You have a server that is running Windows Server 2012 R2. You set up a website on Internet Information Services IIS. You creat...

Information or messages are not updated automatically in an application in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

Information or messages are not updated automatically in an application in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Symptoms This issue occurs when several windows are displayed in multiple applications at the same time in Windows 7 Service Pack 1 SP1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Cause This issue...

Screen flickers or becomes blank when you drag tiles on the Start screen in Windows

Screen flickers or becomes blank when you drag tiles on the Start screen in Windows This article describes an issue that occurs when you drag tiles on the Start screen in Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, or Windows Server 2012 R2. An update is available to resolve this issue. Before you install this...

"Description cannot be found" error in event logs in Event Viewer in Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2012

"Description cannot be found" error in event logs in Event Viewer in Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2012 Introduction This article describes an issue in which the "Description cannot be found" error message is displayed in the event logs in Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 20...

Single string is drawn by multiple fonts in the TextBox control of Windows Store application in Windows

Single string is drawn by multiple fonts in the TextBox control of Windows Store application in Windows This article describes an issue that occurs when the MS Mincho font is assigned for the TextBox control in Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8.1, or Windows Server 2012 R2. You can resolve this issue by...

Update to force a UAC prompt when a customized .sdb file is created in Windows

Update to force a UAC prompt when a customized .sdb file is created in Windows This article describes an update that is available when a customized .sdb file is created in Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7 Service Pack 1 SP1, or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Before you install...

Start time increases after another language pack is added to Windows

Start time increases after another language pack is added to Windows Symptoms This issue occurs when you install another language pack to Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7 Service Pack 1 SP1, or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Cause This issue occurs because the language pack catalogs with mo...

Custom Media Size entries are missing in the Print Capabilities document for version 4.0 printer drivers

Custom Media Size entries are missing in the Print Capabilities document for version 4.0 printer drivers Symptoms After you apply the December 2014 update rollup for Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 or the update rollup for Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012,...

You cannot do System Image Backup to Blu-ray media in Windows

You cannot do System Image Backup to Blu-ray media in Windows This article describes an issue that occurs when you use a write once Blu-ray media BD-R disk to do a System Image Backup in Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, or Windows Server 2012 R2. You can resolve this issue by using the update or hotf...

Problems occur after you pin and unpin a Win32 app from the taskbar in Windows

Problems occur after you pin and unpin a Win32 app from the taskbar in Windows This article describes an issue when you use a Win32 app on the taskbar in Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, or Windows Server 2012 R2. The update has prerequisites. Symptoms After you pin a Win32 app such as Internet...

"Access denied" error when you use a Windows Store app to configure printer property settings in Windows

"Access denied" error when you use a Windows Store app to configure printer property settings in Windows This article describes an issue that occurs when you use a Windows Store app in Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, or Windows Server 2012 R2. An update is available to resolve this issue. Before you...

STOP Error 0x0000009F in DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE on Windows 8.1 when your computer resumes from sleep mode

STOP Error 0x0000009F in DRIVERPOWERSTATEFAILURE on Windows 8.1 when your computer resumes from sleep mode Symptoms Symptom 1 On a computer that's running Windows 8.1, you may receive a Stop error 0x0000009F in DRIVERPOWERSTATEFAILURE error message when your computer resumes from sleep mode...