Compatibility, media fixes arrive for Windows 7

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Compatibility & media fixes arrive for Windows 7

Source: ars technica
 
Posted Friday, 08:50 AM

In addition to the security bulletins posted on this month's Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released a slew of non-security updates, the majority of which are for the latest versions of the client and server operating systems. All of them are available on Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center.

Compatibility
The first patch is for a game, application, or firmware that is either installed incorrectly, causes system instability, or has primary functions that do not work correctly. The update will either prevent incompatible software from running (hard block with third-party manufacturer consent), notify the user that incompatible software is starting to run (soft block), or improve the software's functionality (update). This month's update has changes for two applications on Vista/Server 2008 plus 11 applications on 7/Server 2008 R2, which is a few hundred times less in than previous months. Here are the direct links: Windows Vista 32-bit, Windows Vista 64-bit, Windows Server 2008 32-bit, Windows Server 2008 64-bit, Windows Server 2008 Itanium, Windows 7 32-bit, Windows 7 64-bit, Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit, and Windows Server 2008 R2 Itanium.

The next issue occurs when a dynamic-link library (DLL) is not manifested correctly and runs in the latest OS context unexpectedly. The update enables a DLL designed for earlier versions of Windows to run in a Windows Vista context if the DLL does not specify an RT_MANIFEST resource and the DLL calls an API that uses the dynamic compatibility context. This backward compatibility feature enables Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to provide a Windows Vista context for applications that are designed for earlier versions of Windows. You can grab it for Windows 7 32-bit, Windows 7 64-bit, Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit, and Windows Server 2008 R2 Itanium.


Media
The first media update is a cumulative one for Windows Media Center (WMC), which specifically fixes the following issues:


If there is a revoked version of the PlayReady PC Runtime installed when you use Windows Media Center to play protected content, a "Copy Prohibited" overlay message or a black screen is displayed. After you apply this update, the overlay message will direct you to the appropriate PlayReady PC Runtime update on the Microsoft Update website.
You reference a backup database when the guide database in Windows Media Center is corrupted. If you set a manual recording on a channel that is not listed in the backup database, the Mcupdate.exe process crashes.
Schedule data may disappear in regions that use in-band guide data. For example, schedule data disappear in Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) regions.
Windows Media Center crashes when you use an invalid path for a recorded TV location.
The fix is available for Windows 7 32-bit and Windows 7 64-bit.

There is also a June 2010 Cumulative Update for WMC which fixes an issue where if the program guide database is corrupt, WMC crashes and Mcupdate.exe may crash when it automatically performs a daily guide update. The fix is available for Windows Vista 32-bit and Windows Vista 64-bit.


Other
Another update provides fixes and improvements to graphics, media foundation, and print functionality in SP2 of both Windows Vista 32-bit and Windows Vista 64-bit.
Warning: It's a beta update, however, so we wouldn't recommend that you go out of your way to install it.

This last issue occurs when you configure the regional date and time format settings to use Hebrew (Israel). By default, the "dd/MM/yyyy" format is used for Short date, and when you view the date in a Windows Forms application that uses the DateTimePicker control, the date is displayed in the "yyyy/MM/dd" format unexpectedly. This fix is available for Windows 7 32-bit, Windows 7 64-bit, Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit, and Windows Server 2008 R2 Itanium.

Source: ars technica   
Link: http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/06/compatibility-media-fixes-arrive-for-windows-7.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss


NOTE from TC - posted for those users, that may be having trouble with certian "apps" running on Windows 7..... use the posted information with caution / at your own risk

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