Major Cumulative update (USB) rollup for Vista (Jul 20)

[Guest Milhouse Van Houten]

(Since it's a hotfix, if you want it, you'll have to request here:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451)

 

This caught my attention:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kben-us936003

 

Microsoft has released a cumulative update rollup for Windows Vista. This

rollup helps establish a quality baseline for the USB core components on the

Windows Vista operating system. This rollup supersedes previously-released

USB fixes and contains additional high-applicability USB fixes.

 

Issues that are fixed in the update rollup

This update rollup includes the fixes that are included in the following

Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

925528 Stop errors occur on a Windows-based computer that has 2GB or more of

RAM and is using an NVIDIA nForce USB controller

929734 You may experience problems after you resume a Windows Vista-based

computer from sleep or from hibernation

930568 Error message when you try to put a Windows Vista-based computer to

sleep or into hibernation: "STOP 0x000000FE BUGCODE_USB_DRIVER"

929478 After you use the Safely Remove Hardware option to remove a built-in

optical drive from a portable Windows Vista-based computer, you may be

unable to reconnect the drive

930570 Error message in the Usbhub.sys process when you wake a Windows

Vista-based computer from sleep or from hibernation: "STOP 0x00000044"

928631 A USB device may no longer work correctly after Windows Vista resumes

from sleep or from hibernation

933433 Recording quality is poor when you use a USB microphone on a Windows

Vista-based computer that has 4 GB of RAM or more

933442 A USB composite device does not work after you disable and then

enable the device in Device Manager on a computer that is running Windows

Vista

934633 When you connect a USB multifunction printer device to a Windows

Vista-based computer, a second instance of the printer object is created,

and the first instance no longer works

934796 Error message on a Windows Vista-based computer that is running a USB

composite device: "STOP 0x000000FE"

933824 The Safely Remove Hardware feature and the Windows Explorer "Eject"

command do not work correctly with an Apple iPod that is connected to a

Windows Vista-based computer

935782 A USB device takes a long time to resume from "selective suspend"

mode on a Windows Vista-based computer that uses UHCI USB controllers

935783 When you resume a Windows Vista-based computer from sleep, you may

experience unexpected behavior from a USB device

 

The following issues were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge

Base article.

- When the computer resumes from a suspend state or from a hibernation

state, the computer stops responding, and you receive a 0x9F stop message on

a blue screen.

- The computer takes a long time to resume from a suspend state or from a

hibernation state.

- The computer takes a long time to resume from a suspend state or from a

hibernation state when you use a VIA controller.

- The computer stops responding when you use an AuthenTec USB fingerprint

reader. Also, you receive a 0xFE Stop error on a blue screen or a 0x9F Stop

error on a blue screen.

- The computer stops responding when you use a USB Bluetooth audio device.

- The computer takes a long time to resume from a suspend state or from a

hibernation state when you use an Enhanced Host Controller Interface (EHCI)

controller.

- The computer stops responding when you remove a USB device, and you

receive a 0xFE Stop error on a blue screen.

- When a computer resumes from a suspend state or from a hibernation state

multiple times, you receive a 0xFE Stop error on a blue screen.