
The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. If this section does not appear, contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix. If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article.
WINDOW MEDIA PLAYER MPEG 2 DECODER UPDATE
Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing the problem described in this article. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Important This hotfix has been re-released to address an issue in which the digital signature on files produced and signed by Microsoft will expire prematurely, as described in Microsoft Security Advisory 2749655.Ī supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. Therefore, the handle count increases in proportion to the number of times that you play the video. A handle is created when you play a video, and the MPEG-2 Video Decoder does not release the handle immediately after it is created. This issue is caused by an error in the MPEG-2 Video Decoder. Additionally, the handle count for Windows Media Player increases continuously. When you play videos multiple times in Windows Media Player on a computer that is running Windows 7, a handle leak occurs in the Microsoft MPEG-2 Video Decoder. Windows 7 Enterprise Windows 7 Professional Windows 7 Ultimate Windows 7 Home Basic Windows 7 Home Premium Windows 7 Starter Больше.
