Remove the standby option

this is registry entry for removing standby option from shut down menu


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Service s\ACPI\Parameters\ :
New Dword value: Attributes Key Value: 0x70 After the key is added and
you reboot, Standby is unavailable.

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May 5- May 11 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Windows 6/7

Last week, 10 Windows 6 and Windows 7 related hot-fix KB article were released, including 4 for Windows 6 and 6 for Windows 7 RC. Below are the details:

Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008- 2 KB articles:

· 967530 When you print multiple files of different file types by using the Print button of Windows Explorer, in Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, all the files print in the same format as the last selected file

· 967819 The Windows Hardware Error Architecture in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 cannot report the correct source for machine check exceptions

Windows Server 2008 - 2 KB articles:

Publish Post

· 967358 You receive error messages when you try to create a domain GPO or edit an existing domain GPO in a Windows Server 2008 Active Directory domain environment

· 963031 Error message when you open the Share and Storage Management window in Windows Server 2008: "Computer cannot be managed because it is running an operating system which is not supported by Share and Storage Management"

Windows 7 Beta - 6 KB articles:

· 967943 A software update is available that addresses common application compatibility issues in Windows 7 Beta and Windows Server 2008 R2

· 970416 Description of test update 1 for Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC)

· 970418 Description of test update 2 for Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC)

· 970419 Description of test update 3 for Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC)

· 970420 Description of test update 4 for Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC)

· 970789 A folder that is created under the root of the system drive is missing entries in its security descriptor, which may cause some application failures on the English version of Windows 7 Release Candidate 32-bit Ultimate

May 12- May 18 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Windows 6

Last week, 4 Windows 6 related hot-fix KB article were released, including 2 for both Windows Vista and Server 2008 and 2 for Windows Server 2008 only. Below are the details:

Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008- 2 KB articles:

· 969308 You have to enter user credentials again even if you select the "Remember my password" option when you connect to the TS Gateway server from a Windows Vista SP1-based or Windows Server 2008-based Remote Desktop Connection 6.1 client

· 957414 Event Viewer crashes when you open a large event log file and sort log entries by one column on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer

Windows Server 2008 - 2 KB articles:

· 958165 Stop error on a Windows Server 2008-based computer that has Server for NFS enabled when an NFS client copies data to the NFS server: "Stop 0x000000C2"

· 970718 The Hot Add Memory feature does not work on a non-virtual machine system that is running an x86-based version of Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2

May 11 - May 17 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Windows Legacy Products

Last week, 7 Windows legacy products related hot-fix KB articles were released, including 2 for Windows XP, 6 for Windows Server 2003, 1 for Systems Management Server, 1 for Data Protection Manager and 2 for System Center. Below are the details:

Windows Server 2003 - 2 KB articles:

· 970485 Duplicate computer names are generated if you use a Windows Setup program to generate random names for a large number of computers

· 969352 A long delay occurs when the Ntfs.sys driver tries to mount a large volume on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 SP2

System Center - 5 KB articles:

· 967843 The _PrimarySG_ security group is repopulated every hour even though the group's membership has not changed in System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1

· 968718 You cannot customize the ramdisk TFTP block size on a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 site server that has the Pre-Boot Execution Environment (PXE) service point role

· 969113 Operating system deployment fails in a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 environment if you deploy a different operating system to a client within one hour of a previous deployment

· 969341 Delta merge may fail on System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1-based branch distribution points

· 969530 The Ccmexec.exe process may consume almost 100 percent of CPU resources on System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 clients

May 14 - May 20 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - SQL Server

SQL Server 2008 - 15 KB articles:

· 967552 SQL Server 2008 Database Auditing shows query criteria as a parameterized value instead of the actual record

· 968215 Error message when you try to bulk insert data into a table that contains a DATE type column that uses a US date format in SQL Server 2008: "Bulk load data conversion error"

· 968615 SQL Server 2008 Integration Services Import and Export Wizard does not provide the ConnectionString property for the .NET Framework Data Provider for ODBC

· 968741 You receive asserts after you delete a row that contains BLOB data from a SQL Server 2008 database

969357 SQL Server 2008 Report Designer renders numbers in an order opposite to what you expect when you add a special character to a Textbox control that contains both Hebrew characters and numbers

· 969453 The cascading report parameters are inconsistent in a SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services report that contains three or more levels of cascading report parameters

· 969513 When you read an input column by using the managed code within a script component in a SQL Server 2008 Integration Services package, some meaningless characters are added to the returned data

· 969653 All SQL Server 2008 database engine performance counters appear to be missing when you try to monitor the performance counters through WMI interfaces

· 969793 Error message when you click the Columns tab in OLE DB Source Editor in SQL Server 2008 Integration Services: "Error at Data Flow Task [OLE DB Source [1]]: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_OLEDBERROR"

· 970184 You receive a "File system error" error message that mentions a temporary file when you process a cube in SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services

· 970287 A performance issue occurs when you run a full-text query that contains the "AND NOT" clause in SQL Server 2008

· 970461 An MDX query that contains the Aggregate function incorrectly returns a NULL value for a calculated measure in SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services

· 969467 Error message when you run a query that uses the CASE function in SQL Server 2008: "Conversion failed when converting the value ‘’ to data type ."

· 969611 Error message when you run a job whose owner is a Windows user account after SQL Server 2008 Agent is restarted: "The job failed. The owner () of job does not have server access"

· 970349 Queries from a query notification that has a lot of subscriptions run slowly when you change the Auto Close option to False in SQL Server 2008

May 13 - May 19 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Developer

Last week, 9 Developer products related hot-fix KB articles were released, and 3 for Windows Embedded system, 1 for Visual Studio, 2 for .Net Framework, 1 for BizTalk Server, 1 is for IIS, and 1 is for Commerce Server. Below are the details:

Windows Embedded system - 3 KB articles:

· 967334 Error message when you soft-reset a Windows Embedded CE 6.0-based device that has credentials in the registry: "LoadVProviders: There are no virtual type providers present"

· 968612 You cannot play a Windows Media file on a Windows Embedded CE 6.0-based device if the video render of the device uses the YV12 format to render the media file

· 958255 Service Pack 3 for Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs and Windows Embedded for Point of Service is available

Visual Studio - 1 KB article:

· 959417 Error message when you try to repair, uninstall, or install Visual Studio Team System 2008 after you install an update that adds a new Windows Installer feature: "A problem has been encountered while loading the setup components"

.Net Framework - 2 KB articles:

· 968108 Web clients crash or you experience unexpected behavior when you access an ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX-enabled Web site that is deployed in a Web farm

· 959162 You receive error MSB4018 when you run MSBuild.exe at a Visual Studio 2008 SP1 command prompt to build a large solution

BizTalk Server - 1 KB article:

· 967606 The BizTalk Server FTP adapter does not retrieve files successfully from an IBM AIX-based FTP server that is set to the fr_FR locale

Commerce Server - 1 KB article:

· 969372 The Commerce Server 2009 SharePoint Commerce Services Configuration Wizard cannot create Web application when both the IIS Web site and the Extended IIS Web site are configured to use host headers and port 80

Internet Information Service - 1 KB article:

· 967342 The internal IP address of an IIS 7.0 server is revealed if an HTTP Request that does not have a Host header or has a NULL Host header is sent to the server

May 15 - May 21 Hot-Fix KB articles Weekly Release - Messaging Server

Last week, the Update Rollup 7 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 was released. Below are the details:

• 946449 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946449/ ) A non-read report message is sent after you perform a "Mark All as Read" operation against unread e-mail messages in Exchange Server 2007
• 949113 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949113/ ) Unexpected modified instances of a recurring meeting may appear when you use Entourage to access a calendar on a computer that is running Exchange Server 2007
• 949114 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949114/ ) Duplicate calendar items may appear when you use Entourage to access a calendar on an Exchange 2007 server
• 949464 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949464/ ) The customized properties are removed in the recipients' calendars when you send a meeting request that includes customized properties
• 950115 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950115/ ) When a CDO 1.2.1-based application generates a meeting request that includes some European characters in the message body, these characters appear as question marks in Exchange 2007
• 951341 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951341/ ) Users cannot read calendar items when they connect Exchange Server 2007 by using certain IMAP4 or POP3 clients
• 952778 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952778/ ) Event ID 9874 is frequently logged on Exchange Server 2007 with Service Pack 1
• 953094 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953094/ ) The value in the "Messages queued for submission" performance counter on the mailbox role of Exchange Server 2007 increases after a meeting request is delivered
• 954213 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954213/ ) All Test commands that are related to the Client Access Server fail when you run the commands on an Exchange 2007 server in a disjoint namespace
• 954741 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954741/ ) The UseRUSServer parameter does not work if an administrator has specified an RUS server on a target mailbox server
• 954898 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954898/ ) The LegacyExchangeDN attributes for mail-enabled objects are incorrectly set in an environment that contains Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007
• 955027 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955027/ ) The Edgetransport.exe process may crash on a hub transport server that is running Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1
• 955462 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955462/ ) You notice high CPU usage when the IMAP service is running on an Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1 server that has the CAS role
• 955778 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955778/ ) You receive a Non-Delivery Report (NDR) message when you send an e-mail message to a non-SMTP address in an Outlook client that is using Cached mode
• 956069 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956069/ ) A Non-Delivery Report (NDR) is generated when an Exchange Server 2007 user tries to send a message to a recipient who has a one-off FAX address that includes any characters that are larger than 0xFF in Unicode
• 956205 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956205/ ) Corrupted characters appear in the Subject field or in the Location field of a recurring calendar item after a user adds DBCS characters to a field in a meeting occurrence by using an Outlook 2002 client
• 956275 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956275/ ) An Exchange 2007 sender's address is split into two separate addresses when an external recipient replies to the message
• 956455 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956455/ ) The display name appears in a received message even though the property of the user mailbox is set to "Hide from Exchange address lists" in Exchange Server 2007
• 956687 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956687/ ) Messages stay in the submission queue after you enable per-mailbox database journaling in an Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange Server 2007 coexisting environment
• 957019 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957019/ ) Images cannot be pasted in an Exchange Server 2007 Outlook Web Access message body
• 957071 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957071/ ) The MSExchange Transport service may crash intermittently on the Exchange 2007 server
• 957124 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957124/ ) You do not receive an NDR message even though your meeting request cannot be sent successfully to a recipient
• 957227 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957227/ ) The Exchange Management Console crashes when one or more domain controllers of a top-level domain are not reachable
• 957485 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957485/ ) The Test-OwaConnectivity command returns a warning message in Exchange Server 2007 when there is a disjoint namespace
• 957504 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957504/ ) The IMAP4 service crashes intermittently, and Event ID 4999 is logged on Exchange Server 2007
• 957683 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957683/ ) An IP Gateway can still be used to dial out for a "Play on Phone" request after the IP Gateway is disabled
• 957834 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957834/ ) Network shares are deleted and created intermittently by the replication service on an Exchange SCC cluster when SCR is enabled on the Exchange server
• 957947 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957947/ ) The Exchange Information Store service may crash when an Entourage client synchronizes with an Exchange 2007 server
• 958091 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958091/ ) You cannot update the task complete percentage to any value other than 0 or 100 in Outlook Web Access
• 958093 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958093/ ) Voice mail messages are not stamped with the disclaimer that is defined in the transport rule in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
• 958128 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958128/ ) Replication messages stay in a queue in a retry state after a public folder database is dismounted
• 958331 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958331/ ) The Restore-StorageGroupCopy command may fail in an Exchange Server 2007 SCR environment
• 958444 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958444/ ) Event 522 is logged when replication is resumed on a suspended Storage Group on an Exchange Server 2007 CCR or SCR environment
• 958472 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958472/ ) An unexpected text string appears at the top of the message body when an Exchange Server 2007 user sends an HTML message by using Outlook Web Access
• 958552 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958552/ ) The ByteEncoderTypeFor7BitCharsets setting does not take effect for the US ASCII character set after you install the hotfix that is mentioned in Microsoft Knowledge Base article 946641
• 958638 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958638/ ) Exchange 2007 Server cannot parse X-Priority headers from clients that submit X-Priority headers that contain additional comments
• 958803 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958803/ ) The EdgeTransport.exe process may stop responding in Exchange Server 2007 when the priority queuing feature is enabled
• 958872 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958872/ ) The Map This Address feature in the contact page for an OWA client does not work in Exchange Server 2007
• 959100 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959100/ ) Exchange Server 2007 cannot route e-mail messages to mail enabled Non-MAPI public folders that are hosted on an Exchange Server 2003 server
• 959135 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959135/ ) Event 9673 occurs when the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service crashes on a computer that is running Exchange 2007 with Service Pack 1
• 959397 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959397/ ) An increase in database size is generated unexpectedly when IMAP4 users use a Copy command in Exchange 2007
• 959434 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959434/ ) The last logon time is not updated to reflect the logon times that have occurred after users log on to their mailboxes by using the Entourage client in an Exchange 2007 environment
• 959545 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959545/ ) A redirection message in Outlook Web Access 2007 is incorrect when the message is translated to Korean
• 959671 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959671/ ) The Manage Mobile Devices option is not displayed in Exchange Management Console after a mobile device re-synchronizes with an Exchange 2007 server
• 959952 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959952/ ) The Set-Mailbox command does not change the AutomateProcessing attribute for an Exchange Server 2007 user when a regular user mailbox is converted from a room mailbox
• 960291 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960291/ ) Outlook Web Access or an Exchange Web Service application does not correctly display a monthly or yearly recurring appointment or meeting request
• 960292 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960292/ ) The MSExchangeIMAP4 service may crash intermittently after you apply an update rollup for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1
• 960349 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960349/ ) The Exchange Information Store service may crash after you enable tracing for the logon actions
• 961281 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961281/ ) An error is returned when you enable SCR from any source in a child domain after you install Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 Rollup 5
• 961395 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961395/ ) The Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging server does not update the caller information if an external user makes a call