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General Deployment information Because I support the Windows Firewall I often get asked for guidance on deploying it. David Bishop wrote a nice white paper on deploying the Windows Firewall so I won’t repeat it all here but this is my go to link when I am asked about group policy or how to deploy the...

I recently heard from Joe Davies that the 3rd edition of his Understanding IPv6 book is available!     This edition builds on the treasure trove of information found in Understanding IPv6, 2nd Edition, which included updates for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Understanding IPv6, 3rd...

After a deluge of new networking-related articles last week, I have just one to share this time: 2568645 Firewall exceptions not honored after cluster failover - Mike Platts

Quite a variety of new articles were released this week, covering a number of networking technologies and operating system versions: 2523887 You may encounter file corruption issues when you use the Offline Files feature to synchronize data in Windows 7 2525835 MS11-047: Vulnerability in Microsoft Hyper...

There can be several causes that will prevent the Windows Firewall from starting and I will attempt to cover them in this series of five blog posts. In this first post, I will cover Windows XP and Windows Vista / Windows 7 separately as they are two different services. Last I will cover one issue with...

I have one new networking-related article for this week: 2473489 IP address and default gateway settings are assigned incorrectly in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2008, in Windows 7, and in Windows Server 2008 R2 - Mike Platts

This week, I have two new networking-related articles to share with you: 2524426 MS11-035: Vulnerability in WINS could allow remote code execution: May 10, 2011 2550500 Editing the properties for a network adapter may result in unedited adapters being paused/restarted on Windows Vista and Server 2008...

It has been a light week for new content this time around; I have just one new article to report: 2523382 Performance counter 'Redirector-Current Commands' always shows a value of '0' - Mike Platts

I have two new articles to share with you this week: 2506718 A device may be displayed as the default icon on the network map when the network has more than 10 hosts 2512089 Offline File Synchronization – In Windows 7 the "Work Offline/Work Online" option button disappears from Windows Explorer...

I recently read a post by Joseph Davies over at the WSiX Network Connection blog about a resource on TechNet I hadn’t seen before that many of our readers may be interested in. The Windows Server Information eXperience guys have been hard at work updating the Networking and Access Technologies page on...

I have three new networking-related articles to share with you this time around: 2514936 You cannot manage a remote DNS server by using RSAT or the DNS MMC on Window Server-based computers 2514953 The DNS Zone Transfer setting is not retained in Windows Server 2008 2514994 A static record is not updated...

Here are the latest networking-related articles I have to share this week: 2470853 IGMP v1 membership report packets are sent to incorrect destinations on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista 2487035 "0x00000027" Stop error when you try to access earlier versions...

I did not create a blog entry last week as we had no new content to report at the time and didn’t want to be a broken record. This week, I have two new articles to share with you: 2394911 "0x000000D1" or "0x0000007E" Stop error in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 when in an...

This week, once again, I have just 1 new article to share with you. Here is the latest Windows networking-related article: 2473205 List of currently available hotfixes for the File Services technologies in Windows Server 2008 and in Windows Server 2008 R2 - Mike Platts

Happy New Year! At long last, I’m back at work and armed with the latest content. Here are the latest networking-related articles for the past few weeks: 2440591 MS10-099: Vulnerability in Routing and Remote Access could allow elevation of privilege 2470540 The host record of a computer that has a static...

I am playing catch-up this week after being out on holiday – and only have one new networking-related article to share for the past two weeks – enjoy! 2458828 The RPC over HTTP connection cannot be set up when you try to access certain services on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server...

Once again, I have only two new networking-related articles to share this week. On a side note, I will be out of the office next week, so there will be no update at that time. For my updated during the week of the 29th, I will include anything that is published between now and then. 2444213 "Win32"...

It’s been another relatively quiet week with regard to new article creation – I have just two to share again: 2461645 Mounted folders disappear in shared folders after navigating to them in Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 2403152 After setup completes there are...

Like last week, I have just two new networking-related articles to share with you this time. Enjoy! 2264957 A network adapter that has a Japanese device description is not displayed in the route table on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 2385596 An update that adds 33 configuration...

What I have to share this week is nothing compared to the mountain of content released last week, but here are the latest networking-related articles: 2448270 Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor tool failed to run with error message “Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor was unable to reach the Microsoft server for compatibility...

The drought appears to be over! I have quite a number of new networking-related articles to share with you this week: 2248145 IPsec connection in the IKEv1 tunnel mode fails from a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 2353808 The WINS replication operation fails on a failover...

Hello, I am Robert Paige from the Windows Server Partner Ecosystem Team. I wanted to resurface a continuing support issue with deployments that I first commented on back in December of 2009, and again in a March post . After a very encouraging decrease in support incidents traced to this issue, we’ve...

Hi all – this week I have 5 new networking-related articles to share with you: 2366024 Primary DNS suffix for a Windows server 2008, Windows server 2008 R2, Windows 7, Windows Vista, deployment using an Answer file may not be set. 2282988 DNS Model for MBCA 2.0 for Windows Server 2008 - download location...

Hi everyone – below are the most recently published networking-related articles: 2253198 Remote Desktop Gateway Installation And Public Configuration 2253032 DirectAccess Installation and Configuration 2253119 NLB migration questions and answers 2161341 Active Route removed on Windows Server Failover...

I am writing this blog post because we get a lot of questions regarding how NLA determines a network profile and how it relates to Firewall Profiles as the two are often confused. What is NLA? First let’s start with what NLA does. For each network interface the PC is connected to, NLA aggregates the...