KB: Users who have the remote audio setting enabled cause the RD Session Host Servers to hang intermittently in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

Microsoft has released a new KB article (2895698) regarding a serious issue when using the remote audio setting on a Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 RDSG farm! The RD Session Host could in the scenario described below. A hotfix is provided to fix the issue.

“…Consider the following scenario:

• You set up a Remote Desktop Connection Broker (RD Connection Broker) and create a load-balanced Remote Desktop (RD) Session Host server farm. The servers in the farm are installed with Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1).
• You configure Audio and Video Playback on the RD Session Host Servers.
• Users connect to the RD Session Host Servers and have the remote audio setting enabled.

In this situation, the RD Session Host Servers hang intermittently..”

Source & download: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2895698/en-us?sd=rss

A multithreaded application might crash in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

A new hotfix has been released today regarding an issue with applications running on Windows Server 2008 R2 (and Windows 7) that are multithreaded and use a heap.

Article ID: 2545627 - Last Review: February 15, 2012 - Revision: 1.0
A multithreaded application might crash in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2
On a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, you use a multithreaded application that uses a heap. In this situation, the application might crash unexpectedly because of a race condition.
Source: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2545627/en-us?sd=rss&spid=14134