Explorer.exe – Pre Service Pack 1 Revision History for Windows 8 RTM and Windows Server 2012 RTM
11-Oct-2012 – 6.2.9200.20534 – Explorer.exe – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2770917 – Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 cumulative update: November 2012
11-Oct-2012 – 6.2.9200.16433 – Explorer.exe – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2770917 – Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 cumulative update: November 2012
Iiscore.dll – Pre Service Pack 1 Revision History for Windows 8 RTM and Windows Server 2012 RTM
10-Oct-2012 – 8.0.9200.20533 – Iiscore.dll – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2763973 – FIX: “HTTP 403 (Forbidden)” when a client HTTPS request is sent to a Web application or a Web service in IIS 7.5 or IIS 8.0 and uses a self-signed certificate
10-Oct-2012 – 8.0.9200.16432 – Iiscore.dll – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2763973 – FIX: “HTTP 403 (Forbidden)” when a client HTTPS request is sent to a Web application or a Web service in IIS 7.5 or IIS 8.0 and uses a self-signed certificate
ATI / AMD have recently released Catalyst 12.10 Driver Suite
You can download it here: http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/downloads.aspx
FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AMD CATALYST 12.10 DRIVER:
AMD Catalyst 12.10 – Ready for Windows 8
For AMD Radeon™ HD 5000, HD 6000 and HD 7000 Series users, Microsoft® has certified today’s AMD Catalyst™ 12.10 release as “compatible with Windows 8.” With this driver, these products offer support for WDDM 1.2, which is an updated model for graphics drivers that Microsoft has designed to provide smooth performance and wide compatibility in their new operating system.
• Target-Independent Rasterization (TIR): TIR is a new rendering path for superior anti-aliasing in Direct3D driver applications
• Native Stereo 3D Support: Windows 8 natively supports stereoscopic 3D gaming and videos via compatible applications
• Unified Video API: Video playback has been integrated into the DirectX® 11 API, for simultaneous video and gaming content. Transcoding performance may also be improved for supported applications
• Optimized screen rotation for rotation aware devices
• Enhanced sleep/resume performance
• Optimized GPU power consumption
• Major technologies / features also supported under Windows 8:
◦ AMD Eyefinity technology
◦ OpenCL™
◦ OpenGL
◦ Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
◦ AMD Dual Graphics
◦ AMD CrossFire technology
◦ AMD Overdrive
◦ AMD Catalyst Control Center/ AMD Vision Engine Control Center
AMD Catalyst Mobility support for AMD Enduro™ Technology
AMD Catalyst Mobility now includes support for AMD Enduro™ technology. AMD Enduro technology is currently supported on all notebook Intel IvyBridge platforms and AMD “Comal” platforms that support the AMD Radeon HD 7900M, 7800M, 7700M. AMD plans for additional products to be supported in future AMD Catalyst releases.
AMD Enduro™ Technology for Notebooks delivers:
• Unbeatable battery life
• GPU accelerated performance for gaming, video, and compute apps
• A Seamless and automatic experience
New Enduro™ Technology features found in Catalyst 12.10:
• Re-designed AMD Catalyst Control Center user interface
◦ View all profiled applications
◦ View recently run applications
◦ Profile applications based on power source
• Expert mode control and customization
◦ Performance centric AC
◦ Battery centric DC
RESOLVED ISSUES
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst 12.10 software suite.
Resolved Issues for the Windows 8 Operating System
• Enemy Territory Quake Wars – performance affected when run at high resolutions
• Wolfenstien – performance affected when run at high resolutions
• System hangs when disabling Eyefinity
• World of Warcraft – Mists of Pandaria experiences graphical corruption when anti-aliasing is forced to 2X or higher
Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System
• F1 2011 – Vehicle textures flicker when game is run at low settings
• Dirt Showdown – Flickering seen when benchmark is run in DirectX 11 mode
• Battlefield – Bad Company 2 : Flickering textures seen in AMD CrossFire mode
• Alan Wake – Freezes when run in DirectX 9 mode with AMD CrossFire and Eyefinity enabled
• Portal 2 – Freezes when run in DirectX 9 mode with AMD CrossFire and Eyefinity enabled
KNOWN ISSUES
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced with the AMD Catalyst 12.10 software suite.
Known issues under the Windows 8 operating system
• AMD Eyefinity portrait resolutions may not apply correctly when AMD CrossFire is enabled
Known issues under the Windows 7operating system
• Serious Sam 3 – crashes when AMD CrossFire and Eyefinity are enabled
• May Payne 3 – flickering and ghosting when in DirectX 9 mode with Anti Aliasing enabled
mscordbi.dll – Revision History for Microsoft .NET Framework 4
03-Oct-2012 – 4.0.30319.590 – mscordbi.dll – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2756195 – Hotfix Rollup KB2756195 is available for the .NET Framework 4 on Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows 7, Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
24-Jul-2012 – 4.0.30319.577 – mscordbi.dll – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2733944 – Hotfix Rollup 2733944 is available for the .NET Framework 4 on Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows 7, Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
21-May-2012 – 4.0.30319.569 – mscordbi.dll – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2714396 – Hotfix Rollup 2714396 is available for the .NET Framework 4
29-Feb-2012 – 4.0.30319.559 – mscordbi.dll – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2675468 – FIX: Console.ReadLine method doesn’t return a null value when the redirected standard input of an application is closed in the .NET Framework 4.0
22-Jan-2012 – 4.0.30319.276 – mscordbi.dll – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2600211 – Update 4.0.3 for Microsoft .NET Framework 4 – Runtime Update
22-Nov-2011 – 4.0.30319.261 – mscordbi.dll – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2600217 – Reliability Update 2 for the .NET Framework 4
04-Nov-2011 – 4.0.30319.526 – mscordbi.dll – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2640103 – FIX: “Faulting module name: clr.dll” error message when you run a Microsoft .NET Framework 4-based application
21-Oct-2011 – 4.0.30319.251 – mscordbi.dll – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2599651 – Update 4.0.3 Beta for Microsoft .NET Framework 4 – Runtime Update
11-Aug-2011 – 4.0.30319.500 – mscordbi.dll – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2592573 – “Positive number required” error when you use a .NET Framework 4-based application to deserialize a file
09-Jul-2011 – 4.0.30319.239 – mscordbi.dll – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2572078 – MS11-078: Description of the security update for .NET Framework 4: October 11, 2011
24-Jun-2011 – 4.0.30319.485 – mscordbi.dll – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2563373 – Application might crash and encounter a System.NullReferenceException exception in the .NET Framework 4 if the CorrelationManager.LogicalOperationStack property is used
08-Jun-2011 – 4.0.30319.476 – mscordbi.dll – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2540745 – FIX: High memory usage when the Thread.AllocateDataSlot method allocates data slots in the .NET Framework 4
17-May-2011 – 4.0.30319.237 – mscordbi.dll – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2533523 – Reliability Update 1 for the .NET Framework 4
25-Apr-2011 – 4.0.30319.461 – mscordbi.dll – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2538717 – FIX: Application may crash if the Localized property is set to True in a .NET Framework 4-based Windows Form application
12-Apr-2011 – 4.0.30319.235 – mscordbi.dll – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2518870 – MS11-044: Description of the security update for the .NET Framework 4 on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2: June 14, 2011
11-Apr-2011 – 4.0.30319.453 – mscordbi.dll – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2511058 – FIX: Full thread stack is committed unexpectedly when you start threads that are not created in CLR after you set the value of the disableCommitThreadStack element to 1 in the .NET Framework 4
06-Apr-2011 – 4.0.30319.233 – mscordbi.dll – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2468871 – Update for the .NET Framework 4
28-Mar-2011 – 4.0.30319.448 – mscordbi.dll – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2509818 – FIX: ICorDebug interface does not resolve the managed frames on all stacks for a mini-dump file in the .NET Framework 4
10-Feb-2011 – 4.0.30319.225 – mscordbi.dll – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2446708 – MS11-028: Description of the security update for the .NET Framework 4 on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2: April 12, 2011
15-Dec-2010 – 4.0.30319.404 – mscordbi.dll – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2467309 – FIX: The String.IndexOf method takes longer than expected to finish, and .NET Framework 4.0 performance decreases significantly
18-Nov-2010 – 4.0.30319.390 – mscordbi.dll – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2260913 – FIX: Updating the .NET Framework may fail and some files in the GAC may be deleted
04-Nov-2010 – 4.0.30319.372 – mscordbi.dll – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2162169 – A beta version of an update rollup package is available for the .NET Framework 4
04-Nov-2010 – 4.0.30319.208 – mscordbi.dll – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2162169 – A beta version of an update rollup package is available for the .NET Framework 4