[Windows6.1-KB2734410-x64.msu]

File Name: Windows6.1-KB2734410-x64.msu

File Submitter: cgthamm

File Submitted: 26 Aug 2012

File Category: Language Neutral Windows 7 Hotfix Downloads

 

KB2734410 - RPC client application stops responding on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7

 

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[Windows6.1-KB2734410-x86.msu]

File Name: Windows6.1-KB2734410-x86.msu

File Submitter: cgthamm

File Submitted: 26 Aug 2012

File Category: Language Neutral Windows 7 Hotfix Downloads

 

KB2734410 - RPC client application stops responding on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7

 

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[Windows6.1-KB2734642-v2-x86.msu]

File Name: Windows6.1-KB2734642-v2-x86.msu

File Submitter: cgthamm

File Submitted: 26 Aug 2012

File Updated: 4 Jan 2014

File Category: Language Neutral Windows 7 Hotfix Downloads

 

KB2734642 - RDS-based applications crash in Windows 7 SP1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

 

NOTE: This hotfix is included in hotfix rollup 2775511.

 

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[Windows 8 Developer Preview]

I have been running Windows Developer Preview since Microsoft's Install Fair. It is much better than either Windows Vista or Windows 7, although it is far from finished.

 

The same applications run 1.5 to 2 times faster under Windows Developer Preview than under previous versions of Windows, which is one of the main reasons that I chose to keep running it after the Install Fair.

 

Memory management and networking are improved, as is user isolation, in that each logged-in user now runs its own Desktop Window Manager.

 

Windows Developer Preview features IE10, which is vastly improved over IE9. For example, they have solved the problem of not being able to connect to many secure (i.e. https) web sites under both IE8 and IE9. Graphics are also rendered by the GPU instead of the CPU, making for significantly faster browsing.

 

Windows Developer Preview features support for Metro-style apps, which is clearly nowhere near finished in that there are still a lot of bugs. I have chosen to turn all of the Metro-style user interface off, except for the login, which *does* work, and looks much better.

 

It would appear that Microsoft has received a lot of positive feedback, as they are now providing security updates for Windows Developer Preview on Windows Update.

 

- Chris

[Updated KB981214 - Password does not work]

If you have:

 

- Windows Vista x64

- An EHCI USB Controller (e.g. several nVidia-chipset-based ASUS AM2 motherboards)

- Intellipoint 8.0 (i.e. to drive a Microsoft mouse)

 

Then installing kb981214 will cause the mouse to stop responding. (Incidentally, I noticed the password to the hotfixes stopped working shortly after I reported this to Microsoft, in November 2010.)

 

The hotfix that replaces it is:

2494796 Some I/O request packets bypass a Usbccgp.sys filter driver that is developed on a Windows Vista-based computer.

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2494796