Applies to

Windows Server 2012 R2

 

Originally published Jul. 2014. 

Updated

Jul. 2014 and Apr. 2015.

These updates and hotfixes can help avoid some known issues and may save you a support call.

A hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in the article. You should not apply the hotfix if you have not seen the symptoms.

Notes

noteNote: A catch 22, do you install it to try preventing the problem from occurring or do you only install it if you see the problem and have an outage?

noteNote: Some updates are required only under certain circumstances

Note:  You should check http://support.microsoft.com/  for the latest version of the different files.

Note 2:  These are not available in Windows Update.

Note 3:  You can download them without entering your e-mail address and captcha if you are a Microsoft Premier customer and have a http://premier.microsoft.com/ account.

Note 4:  Carefully review the list and decide which might be applicable to your unique environment.

Note 5:  Test in your test and your quality assurance environment.

Note 6: Windows Hotfixes and Updates - How do they work?

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2008/10/21/windows-hotfixes-and-updates-how-do-they-work.aspx

Note 7: How to Forcibly Install the LDR Branch from a Particular Hotfix Package

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/3323.how-to-forcibly-install-the-ldr-branch-from-a-particular-hotfix-package.aspx

Note 8:  To learn more about OS Patching Guidance for Window 8.x and Windows Server 2012 x, check out my peer Robert Smith's blog post:

OS Patching Guidance for Windows 8.x and Windows Server 2012 R.x

http://blogs.technet.com/b/robertsmith/archive/2014/09/28/os-patching-guidance-for-windows-8-x-and-windows-server-2012-r-x.aspx

Note 9:  Remember Update Rollups are not cumulative, so later updates do not necessarily have fixes from previous updates.  My peer Steve Mathias wrote a nice blog post here:

Update Rollups For Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 Explained

http://blogs.technet.com/b/askpfeplat/archive/2013/05/13/update-rollups-for-windows-server-2012-and-windows-8-explained.aspx

Note 10:  Most of these are not a part of the Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2 update rollups.  My peer Chad Schultz has a nice list here of the rollup updates:

Current Windows Server 2012 / R2 & Windows 8 / 8.1 Update Rollups

http://blogs.technet.com/b/chad/archive/2015/01/21/current-windows-server-2012-r2-amp-windows-8-8-1-update-rollups.aspx 

List of Print related hotfixes post RTM for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2: 

3019282 Print Spooler service crashes when you print documents on a network shared printer in Windows

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3019282

Update(s):

  • Splwow64.exe  6.3.9600.17480  
  • Spoolsv.exe  6.3.9600.17623 

Supersede(s):

  • 3001267 You cannot connect to a network printer by using the CNAME for the print server in a Windows Server 2012 R2 DNS environment

3018454 XPS printing fails if your preferred printer settings have decimal data in Windows

Update(s):

  • Msxpspcl6.dll  0.3.9600.17661   
  • Msxpsps.dll  0.3.9600.17661  
  • V3hostingfilter-pipelineconfig.xml  
  • V3hostingfilter.dll  0.3.9600.17661 

Supersede(s):

  • 2996808 Gray conversion of the RGB color is printed incorrectly through a PCL 6 version 4 driver in Windows
  • 2996807 Print jobs are intermittently processed slowly through Windows 8.1-based or Windows Server 2012 R2-based printer servers
  • 2996502 Sitka fonts cannot be printed correctly by using an XPS print driver in Windows
  • 2927008 Selected media size does not work for print jobs on a printer in Windows 8.1 and Windows 8

3012235 The Print Pictures Wizard stops responding in Windows 8.1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3012235

Update(s):

  • Photowiz.dll.mui  6.3.9600.17484 
  • Photowiz.dll  6.3.9600.17484
  • 3007058 "Print to file" feature does not work through a Windows-based printer server that uses a version 4 printer driver

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3007058

Update(s):

  • Pmcsnap.dll  6.3.9600.17415  
  • Ppcsnap.dll  6.3.9600.17415 
  • Print management.lnk 
  • Printmanagement.msc  
  • Compstui.dll  6.3.9600.17415 
  • Dafprintprovider.dll  6.3.9600.17415  
  • Findnetprinters.dll  6.3.9600.17415  
  • Printui.exe  6.3.9600.17415  
  • Puiapi.dll  6.3.9600.17415  
  • Puiobj.dll  6.3.9600.17415 
  • Localspl.dll  6.3.9600.17626  
  • Winprint.dll  6.3.9600.17415   
  • Win32spl.dll  6.3.9600.17626  
  • Prnntfy.dll  6.3.9600.17415 
  • Windows.systemtoast.print.notification.lnk 

Supersede(s):

  • 2961042 Printer server goes offline when you wake up the computer at another network location in Windows
  • 2913877 A local print server is pruned from domain controllers in Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2012
  • NOTE:  This one KB3007058 due to KB2913877 needs to go in the Domain Controllers too.

3007054 PIN-protected printing option always shows when you print a document within a Windows Store application in Windows

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3007054

Update(s):

  • Printconfig.dll  0.3.9600.17480 
  • Unishare-pipelineconfig.xml 
  • Unishare.gpd  
  • Printconfig.dll  0.3.9600.17480 
  • Unishare-pipelineconfig.xml 
  • Unishare.gpd  Not applicable 

Supersede(s):

  • 2977758 Print experience application isn’t shown when updating WSD printer driver to V4 in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2
  • 2926991 Printing output is incorrect after you install the Ver.4 printer driver on Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2

3005781 Update for remote applications and Remote Desktop Easy Print that uses RDP 8.1 client in Windows 8.1 or Windows 7

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3005781

Update(s):

  • Mstscax.dll  6.3.9600.17391  
  • Mstscax.mof   
  • Rdvidcrl.dll  6.3.9600.16415  
  • Tsgqec.dll  6.3.9600.16415  
  • Mstscax.dll  6.3.9600.17391  
  • Mstscax.mof  
  • Rdvidcrl.dll  6.3.9600.16415  
  • Tsgqec.dll  6.3.9600.16415 

3002297 The SMB Redirector may hang when the SMB protocol is used in Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8.1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3002297

Update(s):

  • Mrxsmb20.sys  6.1.7601.22819  97,280  25-Sep-2014  00:34  x86 
  • Mrxsmb.sys  6.1.7601.22819 

3000461 A wireless, high-quality print job to a WSD port is automatically canceled on a Windows 8.1 computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3000461

Update(s):

  • Wsdmon.dll  6.3.9600.17481  
  • Wsdapi.dll  6.3.9600.17481  
  • Wsdapi.mof  

2999802 Solid lines instead of dotted lines are printed in Windows

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2999802

Update(s):

  • Pcl4res.dll    0.3.5479.0
  • Pcl5eres.dll    0.3.5479.0
  • Pcl5ures.dll    0.3.5479.0
  • Pclxl.dll    0.3.5479.0
  • Mxdwdrv.dll    0.3.9600.17393
  • Ps5ui.dll    0.3.9600.17393
  • Pscript5.dll    0.3.9600.17393
  • Unidrv.dll    0.3.9600.17393
  • Unidrvui.dll    0.3.9600.17393
  • Unires.dll    0.3.9600.17393
  • Pjlmon.dll    6.3.9600.17393
  • Locale.gpd   
  • Msxpsinc.gpd   
  • Msxpsinc.ppd   
  • P6disp.gpd   
  • P6font.gpd   
  • Pclxl.gpd   
  • Pjl.gpd   
  • Pscript.hlp   
  • Pscript.ntf   
  • Pscrptfe.ntf   
  • Ps_schm.gdl   
  • Stddtype.gdl   
  • Stdnames.gpd   
  • Stdschem.gdl   
  • Stdschmx.gdl   
  • Ttfsub.gpd   
  • Unidrv.hlp   

Supersede(s):

  • 2996534 Rotated images in PowerPoint 2013 are printed incorrectly when you use XPS in Windows
  • 2979583 Graphs and lines are not printed correctly when you use a PCL 6 version 3 driver in Windows
  • 2977285 Custom page size is ignored when a printer uses a V4 printer PostScript driver in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2
  • 2900635 GetOption or SetOptions method of IPrintCoreHelper interface does not update print device settings in Windows

2996207 Network printers that use TCP/IP port do not print after first document has printed in Windows

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2996207

Update(s):

  • Netio.sys  6.3.9600.17337 
  • 2988609 You cannot print fax by using a fax modem in Windows

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2988609

Update(s):

  • Fxsapi.dll    6.3.9600.17331
  • Fxscom.dll    6.3.9600.16384
  • Fxscomex.dll    6.3.9600.16384
  • Fxsocm.dll    6.3.9600.16384
  • Fxsresm.dll    6.3.9600.16384
  • Fxst30.dll    6.3.9600.16384
  • Fxstiff.dll    6.3.9600.16384
  • Microsoft-windows-fax-common-ppdlic.xrm-ms    
  • Welcomescan.jpg    
  • Winfax.dll    6.3.9600.16384
  • Fxsapi.dll    6.3.9600.17331
  • Fxsdrv.dll    0.3.9600.17331
  • Fxsres.dll    6.3.9600.17331
  • Fxstiff.dll    6.3.9600.17331
  • Fxsui.dll    6.3.9600.17331
  • Fxswzrd.dll    6.3.9600.17331

2973940 0x00000006 Stop error when you try to connect to an IPP printer server in Windows

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2973940

Update(s):

  • Inetpp.dll  6.3.9600.17197 
  • Inetppui.dll  6.3.9600.16384 
  • Wpnpinst.exe  6.3.9600.16384 

2965351 "Error_FILE_NOT_FOUND" when you print to a shared network printer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2965351

Update(s):

  • Pmcsnap.dll    6.3.9600.17237
  • Ppcsnap.dll    6.3.9600.17237
  • Print management.lnk   
  • Printmanagement.msc   
  • Compstui.dll    6.3.9600.17237
  • Dafprintprovider.dll    6.3.9600.17237
  • Findnetprinters.dll    6.3.9600.16384
  • Printui.exe    6.3.9600.16384
  • Puiapi.dll    6.3.9600.17237
  • Puiobj.dll    6.3.9600.17237
  • Localspl.dll    6.3.9600.17237
  • Winprint.dll    6.3.9600.16384
  • Win32spl.dll    6.3.9600.17237
  • Prnntfy.dll    6.3.9600.17237
  • Windows.systemtoast.print.notification.lnk   
  • Compstui.dll    6.3.9600.16384
  • Dafprintprovider.dll    6.3.9600.17237
  • Findnetprinters.dll    6.3.9600.16384
  • Printui.exe    6.3.9600.16384
  • Puiapi.dll    6.3.9600.17237
  • Puiobj.dll    6.3.9600.17237

2938013 Event ID 307 does not show the printed document name in Windows

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2938013

Update(s):

  • Localspl.dll    6.2.9200.16859
  • Localspl.dll    6.2.9200.20978
  • Printing.adml   
  • Printing.admx   
  • Printing2.admx   
  • Winprint.dll    6.2.9200.16451
  • Winprint.dll    6.2.9200.20555

2935873 PageMediaSize does not take effect when you print from an app in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2935873

  • In the 2919355 Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 Update April, 2014

2927910 Many pages are printed when printing an Excel 2013 worksheet by using the Terminal Service Easy Print feature

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2927910

  • In the 2928678 Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: March 2014

2922514 White line appears when printing an image by using an XPS printer driver in Windows

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2922514

Update(s):

  • Xpsgdiconverter.dll

In the 2919394 Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 update rollup: February 2014

Supersede(s):

  • 2916266 Mstsc.exe crashes when you print a large document from an RDS session

2885877 PowerPoint 2013 does not print in Pure Black and White mode

2871131 The size of the "HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT" registry hive continuously increases on a Windows Server-based server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2871131

Update(s):

  • Winspool.drv

In the 2955164 Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 update rollup: May 2014

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