Microsoft has released security bulletin MS08-052. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites:

• Home users:
  http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200809.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200809.mspx)
  Skip the details: Download the updates for your home computer or laptop from the Microsoft Update Web site now:
  http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/ (http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/)
• IT professionals:
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-052.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-052.mspx)

How to obtain help and support for this security update

For home users, no-charge support is available by calling 1-866-PCSAFETY in the United States and Canada or by contacting your local Microsoft subsidiary. For more information about how to contact your local Microsoft subsidiary for support issues with security updates, visit the Microsoft International Support Web site: North American customers can also obtain instant access to unlimited no-charge e-mail support or to unlimited individual chat support by visiting the following Microsoft Web site: For enterprise customers, support for security updates is available through your usual support contacts.

Known issues with this security update

• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 updates do not presume that an instance of SQL Server is intended to be enabled. By design, SQL Server updates do not enable an instance of SQL Server that is in a disabled state. Therefore, SQL Server updates leave the instance of SQL Server in the preupdate configuration state. For a SQL Server update to apply to an instance of SQL Server, the instance must be enabled. For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
  953739  (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=953739/ ) SQL Server 2005 installers do not update an instance of the SQL Server service that is in a disabled state
• SQL Server 2005 updates that are not completed successfully may leave services that depend on the SQL Server service in a stopped state after installation. You must be aware of the services that depend on the SQL Server service before you install this update. For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
  953741  (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=953741/ ) SQL Server 2005 installers stop dependent services
• If the SQL Server 2005 installation or the SQL Server 2005 Express Edition installation is an upgrade from an earlier version of SQL Server, you may receive the following error message when you try to uninstall SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server 2005 Express Edition:
  1731 The source installation package for the product [2] is out of sync with the client package. Try the installation again using a valid copy of the installation package '[3]'.
  For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
  955250  (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=955250/ ) Error message when you try to uninstall a SQL Server 2005 Express Edition hotfix package:"1731 The source installation package for the product [2] is out of sync with the client package"

File Information

The English (United States) version of this security update has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it 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.

For all supported 32-bit editions of SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (SP2)

For all supported 64-bit editions of SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (SP2)

For all supported Itanium editions of SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (SP2)