This article describes the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 issues that are fixed in the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 hotfix package that is dated December 16, 2008.

• 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 packages.
• Whether you must make any registry changes.
• The files that the hotfix package contains.

Issues that this hotfix package fixes

This hotfix fixes the following issues that are not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

• When you try to attach the content database by using the Stsadm -o Addcontentdb command, you may receive the following error message:
  Error "upgrade completed with errors"
  [SPManager] [ERROR] [11/1/2008 11:15:48 AM]: Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding.
• You have a tree view that has too many nodes. When you try to run a full content deployment or an incremental content deployment, you may receive the following error message:
  Cannot complete his action.
  Please try again. at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequest.ImportNavigationXml.
• After you apply the August Cumulative Update (KB956057), the Custom List Forms for editing do not display correctly on lists that contain multiple-selection fields.
• You upgrade a Windows SharePoint Service (WSS) 2.0 site to WSS 3.0. Then, you upgrade the site to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. After that, you cannot use the "Content and Structure" feature to move existing items between different document libraries and folders.
• You use the Approval workflow in a document library, and you select SharePoint groups as approvers. Some of your domain trusts are offline. In this scenario, when the workflow is initiated, it fails, and you may receive the following error message in the Unified Logging Service (ULS) log:
  System.SystemException
  The trust relationship between the primary domain and the trusted domain failed.
• If you open a Web page that has a Discussion Board Web part in SharePoint Designer 2007, and you save the Web page, the Discussion Board Web part is broken.
• A site column is added by using a URL that has different uppercase or lowercase letters from the letters in the URL that was used to create the site. When this occurs, the Site Columns page is broken.
• When you try to back up and restore the SharePoint environment, folders that are pending approval may prevent Data Protection Manager (DPM) from restoring the files and the folders.
• Auditing policies for Document library cannot audit view events for non-Office files.
• The Picture library sub-view selector for Details, Thumbnails, and Filmstrip in the All Pictures view is lost after you install the WSS 3.0 Infrastructure Update, KB951695.
• When you click the Local Office SharePoint Server sites link in Content Sources, you may receive the following error message:
  Unexpected Error has occurred
• Search returns no (zero) results during an index merge process.

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problems that are described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing the problems described in this article. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site: Note The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for installing this hotfix.

Restart requirement

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

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace a previously released hotfix.

Registry information

To use one of the hotfixes in this package, you do not have to make any changes to the registry.

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 package uses a Microsoft Windows Installer package to install the hotfix package. The dates and the 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.

32-bit hotfix package

Download informationMicrosoft Windows Installer .msp file informationAfter the hotfix is installed, the global version of this hotfix has the file attributes, or a later version of the file attributes, that are listed in the following table: 64-bit hotfix package

Download informationMicrosoft Windows Installer .msp file informationAfter the hotfix is installed, the global version of this hotfix has the file attributes, or a later version of the file attributes, that are listed in the following table:

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