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The private key description field always displays "CryptoAPI Private Key," and you cannot change the text on computers that are running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP x64 Professional
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Certificates are unusable when you import a PEX file to a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008
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Applications that reply on the RPC service are blocked in Windows Vista SP1 or Windows Server 2008 when you block Windows Firewall incoming connections and enable remote management
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The Group Policy Management MMC snap-in stops responding on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 when you select a Group Policy object in a domain that has lots of organizational units
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The Terminal Server Licensing MMC snap-in or the TS Licensing Manager MMC snap-in uses NT LAN Manager instead of the Kerberos protocol to pass authentication, respectively, in Windows Server 2003 or in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008
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Windows Explorer stops responding for approximately 30 seconds when you try to access the DFS resources in a Windows Server 2008 domain
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Network bindings are incorrect after you change a network adapter's configuration on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008
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The upgrade from Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2008 R2 fails if you have applied some TCP-A and NetDMA settings before the upgrade
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A warning message is returned from the W32Time service when you run the dcdiag command on Windows Server 2008 against a Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controller
Blogs
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You encounter poor performance when you use the SMB 2.0 protocol to perform network-related operations, such as ADMT migration, on computers that are running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista
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SYSVOL migration to DFSR unnecessarily replicates or conflicts files in Windows Server 2008
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A computer that is running Windows Server 2003 stops responding (hangs) during startup if many IPv6 addresses are assigned
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The File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) service may cause high CPU usage in a Windows Server 2003
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Description of Group Policy Preference Migration Tool (GPPMIG)
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Single CALs support is available for Terminal Server license servers that are running Windows Server 2008
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Microsoft Windows Vista and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 may report incorrect ping statistics for a response similar to "Destination Host Unreachable"
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Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM) takes more than 60 seconds to load Group Policy object (GPO)
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· File Server Capacity Tool (FSCT) Release Candidate available for download
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Memory corruption occurs when you try to log off from a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 after you sync the offline file in the Client-Side Caching folder
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Network and Sharing Center does not display Windows Firewall domain policies in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008, you cannot browse the network
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SMB 2.0 protocol-related performance counters return extremely high values on computers that are running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista
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A terminal server that is running Windows Server 2008 cannot obtain terminal licenses from a Terminal Server license server that is running Windows Server 2008 after you enable the "License Server Security Group" Group Policy setting
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· Windows Server 2008 R2 Core: Introducing SCONFIG.
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· The Hyper-V Resource Kit is now available !!!
· Cable Guy article on the IPv6 enhancements in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 now available
· TCP Analyzer Expert: Make Your Network Run Faster
· Microsoft File Server Migration Toolkit 1.2 available as a free download
· Unable to Change Share Permissions on a File Share Cluster Resource
· Windows 7 – Reminder about Beta 1 and RC Downloads
· Deploying DFS Replication on a Windows Failover Cluster – Part I (Part II/Part III)