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Português (Brasil) DescriptionA Hotfix is a product update package with one or more updated product files that fix a specific product problem.
IMPORTANT NOTE Please be aware this Hotfix has not gone through full Microsoft product regression testing nor has it been tested in combination with other Hotfixes.
Please carefully review the associated Hotfix KB article to verify the fix is the one needed and there are no known compatibility or installation issues. You may also want to contact a Microsoft Support Professional at
http://support.microsoft.com Issue Description KB918642 FIX: A .NET Framework 2.0-based application may require read/write permissions to a registry key even though the application only has to read the registry key
SYMPTOMSA Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0-based application may require read/write permissions to a registry key even though the application only has to read the registry key.
When this problem occurs, the following event may be logged in the Application log in Event Viewer:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: .NET Runtime
Event Category: None
Event ID: 0
Date: Date
Time: Time
User: N/A
Computer: ComputerName
Description: The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( .NET Runtime ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: unable to open shim database version registry key-v2.0.50727.00000
Additional Information about the issue resolved by this Hotfix can be found in its Knowledge Base article at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918642 Additional HotfixesSearch the list of all other publicly available Visual Studio and .NET Framework Hotfixes at
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