Description of the Windows SharePoint Services post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: May 23, 2006 (918421)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services

SUMMARY

Microsoft has released the Windows SharePoint Services post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services.

This article describes the following items about the hotfix package:

  • The issues that the hotfix package fixes.
  • The prerequisites for installing the hotfix package.
  • Whether you must restart the computer after you install the hotfix package.
  • Whether the hotfix package is replaced by any other hotfix package.
  • Whether you must make any registry changes.
  • The files that the hotfix package contains.

INTRODUCTION

This article describes the Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services issues that are fixed in the hotfix package that is dated May 23, 2006.

Issues that the hotfix package fixes

This hotfix package fixes the following issues that were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
  • Garbage characters appear at the start of display names of certain users in Windows SharePoint Services when Windows SharePoint Services is deployed in an Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) environment

    Consider the following scenario. You deploy Windows SharePoint Services in an ADFS environment. After a user who is a member of the ADFS account partner accesses Windows SharePoint Services, garbage characters appear at the start of the display name of that user in Windows SharePoint Services. This issue may also occur after a user adds new content such as a list item to Windows SharePoint Services. For example, the display name of a user may resemble the following:

    %$#*\UserName@DomainName.com

  • Data in a document is removed after you check in a document to a document library

    You check out a document that is stored in a folder in a document library. Then you check in the document. When you view the document, the document no longer contains any data. The size of the document is changed to 0 (zero) bytes.

    This issue occurs if the name of the folder that stores the document is changed when the document is checked out.
  • A site owner receives an "HTTP 404 - File not found" error message when the site owner clicks a URL in an e-mail message that is generated by the Site Use Confirmation and Auto-Deletion feature

    Consider the following scenario. You install Windows SharePoint Services in scalable hosting mode. You configure the Site Use Confirmation and Auto-Deletion feature in Windows SharePoint Services to automatically send e-mail messages to site owners to confirm whether Windows SharePoint Services sites are still being used. A site owner uses Microsoft Outlook Web Access to open the e-mail message. When the site owner clicks a URL in the e-mail message, the site owner receives an error message that resembles the following:
    HTTP 404 - File not found
    This issue occurs because the URLs in the e-mail message contain an additional forward slash (/) character.

MORE INFORMATION

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

Prerequisites

The following list contains prerequisites for the hotfix package:
  • The full-file version of this hotfix is also the administrative version of this hotfix. You can install this version of the hotfix on a computer that is running Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 2 or Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 1. However, we have tested this hotfix more extensively on Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 2 than we have on Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 1. If you install this hotfix on a computer that is running Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 1, some file conflicts might occur. We support this configuration, but we do not recommend this configuration.

Restart information

You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this .

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix is not replaced by any later hotfix.

Registry information

You do not have to create any registry keys or modify any registry keys to use any hotfixes that this package contains.

Hotfix file information

This hotfix may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build. This hotfix contains only the files that you must have to correct the issues that this article lists.

The global version of this hotfix uses a Microsoft Windows Installer package to install the hotfix. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) in the following table. When you view the file information, the date is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

Download information
File nameFile versionFile sizeDateTime
Wss2003-kb918421-glb.exe11.0.8027.03,576,12823-May-200616:55
Microsoft Windows Installer .msp file information
File nameFile versionFile sizeDateTime
Sts.mspNot applicable3,870,20823-May-200616:54
After the hotfix package is installed, the global version of this hotfix package has the file attributes, or a later version of the file attributes, that are listed in the following table.
File nameFile versionFile sizeDateTime
Mdspsppt.dll11.0.8010.080,63220-Jan-200621:50
Mdspxmlu.dll11.0.6467.080,63228-Jan-200522:06
Onetutil.dll11.0.8027.01,411,85622-May-200622:52
Owssvr.dll11.0.8027.02,239,24822-May-200622:56
Sqmsto.dll11.0.8004.02,288,32806-Dec-200521:45
Sqmstoup.dll11.0.8004.02,222,79206-Dec-200521:45
Store.sqlNot applicable1,158,75630-Nov-200509:34
Storeup.sqlNot applicable1,125,26330-Nov-200509:34
Stsadm.exe11.0.6551.0154,31225-Mar-200521:39
Stsap.dll11.0.8000.0244,48022-Oct-200522:36
Stslib.dll11.0.8000.097,00822-Oct-200522:36
Stsom.dll11.0.8027.01,477,41622-May-200622:56
Stssoap.dll11.0.8012.0199,36803-Feb-200614:21
Stswel.dll11.0.8027.01,063,69622-May-200622:56
Notes
  • For more information about how to install this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the hotfix package.
For more information about the terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/6/2006
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