The Windows Server 2008 Technical Library is a great resource for finding information about performing common tasks and operations for Windows technologies.  The content in the networking section of this library offers some great information on many...

Here are the most recent networking-related KB articles: 951008 No firewall is enabled after you upgrade a Windows Server 2003-based NAT/Basic Firewall router to Windows Server 2008 951005 The Network Policy Server may not log successful authentication...

In a nutshell, Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution (LLMNR) resolves single label names (like: COMPUTER1 ), on the local subnet, when DNS devolution is unable to resolve the name. This is helpful if you are in an Ad-Hoc network scenario, or in a scenario...

Recently, I have been seeing a number of customers reporting problems attempting to implement a specific feature of Cisco's Access Control Server (ACS) 4.0. This feature is called Machine Access Restriction (MAR). The issue that arises is that this...

The Networking Team's own David Pracht contributed information about Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista and how to get it over at the Windows Vista Now blog.  Check it out! Windows Vista SP1 is here!!!

DNS Scavenging is a great answer to a problem that has been nagging everyone since RFC 2136 came out way back in 1997. Despite many clever methods of ensuring that clients and DHCP servers that perform dynamic updates clean up after themselves sometimes DNS can get messy. Remember that old test server that you built two years ago that caught fire before it could be used? Probably not. DNS still remembers it though. There are two big issues with DNS scavenging that seem to come up a lot:...

As you may know, Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2003 included the Scalable Networking Pack (or SNP) which allowed for increased performance in many situations by allowing some TCP functionality to be handled by the network driver and network adapter...

HEROES happen {here} The day is finally here!  Windows Server 2008, along with SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008, is launching!  Check out our main corporate page at http://www.microsoft.com for information, or go direct to the HEROES happen...

With Windows XP Wireless networking, the build-in supplicant revolves around the Preferred network list. This is the list of wireless networks and their configurations organized in the order in which we would PREFER to connect. Simple enough! However...

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947732 The data transfer fails when you use a program that uses the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) to transfer data on a Windows Server 2008-based computer 2/6/2008 Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL http://support...

Here is a healthy dose of KB articles regarding Windows Vista: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947229 On a Windows Vista-based computer, Windows Firewall applies local program and port exceptions in the private and public profiles even when the Windows...

Here are recent KB articles that relate to networking technologies in Windows Server 2003: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945466 You receive a Stop error message when a computer that is using a TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE)-enabled adapter is running...

We have just 1 Windows Vista article this week: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945399 A network adapter is automatically reinstalled after you uninstall the network adapter in Device Manager on a Windows Vista-based computer 1/28/2008 Windows Vista

Here are two recent KB articles for Windows Server 2003 and 2008: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944135 The recvfrom function stops responding when you use the sendto function in the IPv6 raw socket to send an ICMP packet and then use the recvfrom...

In Microsoft CTS Network support, we frequently need to troubleshoot wireless connectivity issues. These issues are always made more difficult to resolve in instances where the wireless network is hidden. We recommend that customers do not use non-broadcast...

Here are some recently released KB articles you may find interesting - enjoy! http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947465 Error message when you try to use Windows Meeting Space on a Windows Vista-based computer: "Group Policy might be preventing you...

This isn't the type of post we usually make, but if you are currently looking for a great career, we may have an incredible opportunity for you! The team that I am a part of, the Windows Networking Team, is looking for great people to help us support...

Here are two new networking-related KB articles for Windows Server 2008: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943514 The WINS service may be unable to start after you move the WINS database from the default location to another location on a Windows Server...

Here are the latest networking-related articles for Windows Vista: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946784 How to obtain the IPv6 Ready Logo for Windows Vista and for Windows Server 2008 from IPv6 Forum 1/16/2008 Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL http:...

Here is the latest Knowledge Base article related to networking for Windows Server 2003: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946056 A Windows Server 2003-based computer responds slowly to RDP connections or to SMB connections that are made from a Windows...

Here is the latest Knowledge Base article related to networking for Windows Vista: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941644 MS08-001: Vulnerability in TCP/IP could allow remote code execution 1/8/2008 Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL

Here are the latest Knowledge Base articles related to networking for Windows Vista.  The first article is related to a WebDAV issue (although the title doesn't indicate that): http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943280 You are prompted to enter your...

There is just one new article for Windows Server 2003 this week - no new articles for Windows XP or Windows Vista: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940202 A Windows Server 2003-based computer may stop responding during shutdown after you install the...

Here are the newest networking-related KB articles for Windows Vista.  There were no new articles in this category for Windows XP this time around: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946481 Error message when you try to connect to an ad hoc connection...

Here are the latest Windows Server 2003 articles you can find in the Microsoft Knowledge Base that relate to networking technologies: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945397 The values that appear for DHCP option 81 and the corresponding GUI meanings...