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Symptoms
This article describes the following about this hotfix release: The issues that are fixed by this hotfix packageThe prerequisites for installing this hotfix packageWhether you must restart the computer after you apply this hotfix packageWhether this hotfix package is replaced by any other hotfix packageWhether you must make any registry changes after you apply this hotfix packageThe files that are contained in this hotfix package
Resolution
When you try to create a snapshot report in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services, the following exception may be logged in the Reporting Services log:

System.NullReferenceException Additionally, you may experience the following problems: You may notice that mini-dump files have been created in the LogFiles folder for Reporting Services. By default, the path of the LogFiles folder is as follows:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\LogFilesNote The folder name MSSQL.3 is a placeholder because this folder name may vary, depending on which SQL Server services you have installed.The mini-dump files are created at a fixed interval.Note You may also experience these problems in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services.

Symptoms
When you attempt to open a file or folder on Windows NT shared networkdrive that is on a NTFS partition, you may receive the following errormessage:

A Fatal Exception 0E has occurred at 0028:C0231810 in VXD VMM(0D) +00001810.
The current Application will be terminated.
Resolution
This behavior can occur if both of the following conditions exist:The file or folder you are attempting to open has a long file name.You have disabled short file name (standard 8.3 naming) creation on theWindows NT computer.