Microsoft KB Archive/926404

= Description of the Communicator 2005 hotfix package: October 19, 2006 =

Article ID: 926404

Article Last Modified on 9/11/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Communicator 2005

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SUMMARY
This article describes the Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 issues that are fixed in the Communicator 2005 hotfix package that is dated October 19, 2006.

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.



List of issues that the hotfix package fixes
This hotfix package fixes the following issues:  

923829 Error message when you try to use Communicator 2005 to log on to Live Communications Server 2005: &quot;Signing in to SIP failed&quot;

 

925710 Communicator 2005 does not start on a Windows 2000-based computer

 

923636 Communicator 2005 contact list may incorrectly list a contact as &quot;Status unknown&quot;

 

905158 Your telephone calls are not forwarded after you sign in to Communicator 2005

 

905159 Some of the audio control buttons are missing when you resize the Conversation dialog box to its minimum size in Communicator 2005

 

905160 A contact cannot be found in Communicator 2005

 

909087 A short delay is experienced before music or a voice message is heard in Communicator 2005

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910790 Advanced VoIP calling features are unavailable in Office Communicator 2005

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911976 The status indicator may incorrectly display the Away status for your presence status in Communicator 2005

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913282 Communicator 2005 may quit unexpectedly when it tries to retrieve the free/busy information from an Outlook calendar

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913283 You can use a copy-and-paste operation to transfer the contents of a file when a policy that disables file transfers is applied to a computer that is running Communicator 2005

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915585 Internet Explorer unexpectedly closes when you refresh a Web page

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920917 A telephone number may contain a clock icon instead of the number zero in Communicator 2005

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921113 Error message when you try to shut down Windows: &quot;End Program-WMS Idle&quot;

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922479 You experience poor video quality in Communicator 2005 running through a multipoint control unit

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922505 Communicator 2005 responds to invitations to conversations with a &quot;Busy&quot; reply

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922544 Communicator 2005 stops responding during a video conversation with Communicator 2007

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925399 The font in Communicator 2005 dialog boxes is very large if you install the Multilingual User Interface Pack for Communicator 2005

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Hotfix information
The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Download the Communicator 2005 hotfix package now. Release Date: October 19, 2006

For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591 How to obtain Microsoft support files from online services

Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.

Prerequisites
The following list contains prerequisites for the hotfix package: <ul> Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 (SP1), Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (SP2), or Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

For more information about how to obtain the latest service pack for Windows XP, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

322389 How to obtain the latest Windows XP service pack

</li> Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 4 (SP4)

For more information about how to obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to obtain the latest Windows 2000 service pack

</li> Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

For more information about how to obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

889100 How to obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003

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Restart information
You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix package.

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix package is not replaced by any later hotfix.

Registry information
To use one of the updates that this hotfix package contains, you must create a registry key or modify a registry key.

To enable this hotfix package, follow these steps: <ol> Exit Communicator 2005.</li> Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.</li> <li>Locate and then click the following registry subkey:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RTC\SIPCompression

</li> <li>After you select the subkey in step 3, point to New on the Edit menu, and then click DWORD Value.</li> <li>Type Mode, and then press ENTER.</li> <li>Right-click Mode, and then click Modify.</li> <li>In the Value data box, type 3, and then click OK.</li> <li>On the File menu, click Exit to close Registry Editor.</li></ol>

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 are listed in this article.

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

When you apply the hotfix, make sure that you set the REINSTALL=ALL switch and the REINSTALLMODE=vomus switch. For example, set the switches as follows:

&quot;Msiexec /P Communicator.msp REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus&quot;

When you set these switches, the hotfix is applied correctly across all supported operating systems.

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