I recently fielded a call from a customer who was seeing Event ID 4224 errors on a Windows Server 2008 machine. The machine hosted DNS but also hosted WINS. It was noted that after a restart of the WINS Server service that the “Event 4224 – WINS encountered...

This post is second in a series by David Pracht and Steve Martin.  To read the first post, click here . Developing a plan... We started by brainstorming about what we might need to consider in the environment. For example – Does the Forest...

NetMon is a common tool which comes in handy in revealing behaviour of various problems. When Network engineers receive traces for review, some basic information is required before starting work on this: At What machine was the trace taken? Were simultaneous...

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

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...

I have three new networking-related articles to share with you this week: 2533454 Resolving Internet connectivity issues on World IPv6 Day (June 8, 2011) 2550576 STOP 0xC4 may occur in tcpipreg.sys following a reboot after Driver Verifier is enabled on...

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...

An issue was discovered last month with the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) that caused the Windows Services host process to stop working if a Windows Update package that was downloaded was corrupted. The problem and methods to get out...

So there I was.. at a trade show.. stuck with a question that at first glance appeared to have been custom-made by my dear friends in the linux world. “Does Microsoft DNS support the concept of Stealth DNS server?” What exactly is a stealth DNS server...

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

I have just one new networking-related article to mention this week: 2465408 Applications or services cannot update their routing tables after they receive route change notifications in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7 - Mike Platts

If you are configuring Windows Security Heath Validator for Security Update Protection, you have multiple options.  One of these options are 'Important and above' as shown below: This being the case, you may think that any Important Update available...

Recently I had a question about an error being produced by a third-party security scanning software package. First let me say that this is less an error and more just information. The error indicates that ISAKMP/IKE key exchange for IPSec could allow...

I have three new networking-related articles to report this week: 2489177 You cannot access a drive that is mapped to a WebDAV share on a web server that uses only certificate authentication after the connection is idle for some time in Windows 7 or in...

Happy World IPv6 Day! I wanted to remind you that various Microsoft sites, among many others, are running IPv6 today to allow ISPs, hardware manufacturers, and various other businesses to test communication in a large scale. If you would like to learn...

Like last week, I have one new networking-related article to share this time: 2560995 Intel’s My WiFi Technology stops working after resuming from sleep or hibernate in Windows 7 - Mike Platts

After a week with no new articles to share with you, we have a surprising amount this week: 2319435 Device Manager does not display a Bluetooth device in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 2508429 MS11-020: Vulnerabilities in SMB Server could allow...

Network Monitor 3.3 has released and can be downloaded now! Download details: Microsoft Network Monitor 3.3 For information about the features of this release, check out the following post on the Netmon blog: Network Monitor 3.3 has arrived! - Mike Platts

Our friends that support Active Directory over at the AskDS Blog have a new post that deserves your attention.  A problem in Windows Server 2008 DNS Server can result in Secondary zones that lose records.  As you might imagine, this can wreak...

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...

Hi! My name is Sai Balaji and I work with Microsoft Networking Support in Bangalore. I primarily help Premier Customers resolve their real time Windows Networking issues. The ‘push’ that I got to write this first post of mine goes back to my own experiences...

If you are setting up NAP and have your Windows System Health Agent configured to update from Windows Update as shown below: Your Windows Vista RTM clients will be reported as noncompliant and they will get the following error : The Windows update Agent...

"I wish there was a way to run a Netmon capture for an extended time and to have it stop when a certain event is recorded in the event logs. I don't have the hard drive space for large captures that are many gigs in size. I only want to see the Netmon...

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 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...