954412   The IPsec remote management registry value is not preserved when you upgrade your computer to Windows Server 2008 or to a Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 954408   Dynamic updates do not work on the standard primary DNS...

Issue In recent weeks we have seen a number of cases with intermittent file sharing connectivity to Windows Server 2008 servers. I wanted to get this information out so that people who may be experiencing the issue won't have to spend a lot of time tracking...

We have been hearing of an issue since the recent release of an update to address a DNS spoofing vulnerability, MS08-037, discussed in KB951748 .  After application of the update, affected systems can experience problems with applications that rely...

953730   The netsh command cannot start the PNRP Machine Name Publication Service on a Windows Server 2008-based computer 952899   Event IDs 1018 and 1020 appear in the Application log after you remove the SNMP service on a Windows Server 2008...

952790   An application is unable to obtain an exclusive lock to a volume after the system runs for several hours in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Vista Service Pack 1 953270   After a Windows Vista-based computer resumes from hibernation...

The DHCP database can be moved or migrated from a Windows Server 2003 server to a Windows Server 2008 server, or from one Windows Server 2008 server to another.  The information below details the necessary steps. Export the DHCP database from a server...

Overview of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 performance improvements This is just an overview; I am including several links with more detail on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 networking. You can take this as far as you like; it is a very...

IPSec is becoming increasingly popular and as a result we are seeing more support calls on it.  I wanted to give a brief overview of the IPSec wizard in the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security as well as provide some additional references. ...

948745   MS08-034: Vulnerability in WINS could allow elevation of privilege 951376   MS08-030: Vulnerability in Bluetooth stack could allow remote code execution 953979   Device Manager may not show any devices and Network Connections may...

Our friends over at the Network Monitor Blog have information on how to get the beta for Netmon 3.2.  There are some really cool new features in this release.  Find more information here: http://blogs.technet.com/netmon/archive/2008/06/12/network...

951851   The WebClient service stop responding when you try to map a network drive to a WebDAV shared folder from a Windows Server 2003-based computer 950092   Third-party vendors may be unable to achieve IPv6 Ready Logo Phase-2 certification...

949429   The virtual IP address of a Windows Server 2008 NLB cluster is bound to the NetBIOS host name of a particular server or of multiple servers 947028   How to restrict SSTP connections to a specific IP address in Windows Server 2008 950826...

949821   Two options in the “Customize Advanced Key Exchange Settings” dialog box are truncated on a computer that is running the Russian version of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) or the Russian version of Windows Server 2008 949825...

The Purpose Hello, Our names are David Pracht and Steve Martin.  As Networking Support Professionals at Microsoft we support IPSec but historically it has not been a high call generator.  We designed this lab to explore an increasingly popular...

950876   Group Policy settings are not applied on member computers that are running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1 when certain SMB signing policies are enabled 951058   The "Automatically restore this connection when computer...

Prior to SP3, the 802.1x service for XP is the Wireless Zero Configuration Service. This service handles the 802.1x needs for both wired and wireless connections. This has been problematic since not everyone uses wired 802.1x. Also, because the wired...

Ask a DNS administrator and he’ll tell you there is no such thing as being “too careful” with DNS data! One of the dreaded things is to check the box for Auto Scavenging. A slight mis-configuration can lead to useful DNS entries getting...

951088   Error message when you use SMB-to-NFS gateway software that exposes mounted NFS shared folders as SMB shared folders on a Windows Server 2008-based computer: "Stop 0x0000007E" 951016   Description of User Account Control and...

Windows Server 2008 is here, along with a new version of Network Load Balancing (NLB).  Just as in previous versions, NLB continues to provide an excellent option for scaling many kinds of applications and promoting higher availability.  And...

Here are the latest Networking-related Knowledge Base articles: 951764   How to enable the port scalability feature for RPC proxies and for applications in Windows Server 2008 950499   You may be unable to use the "netsh interface"...

The latest Service Pack for Windows XP, SP3, is now available for download.  Of note in this release, Windows XP with Service Pack 3 will have the ability to be a NAP (Network Access Protection) client.  Also, Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2...

Here are the latest Networking-related KB articles: 948927   Error message when you use SmartCard-only authentication to log on to a Windows Vista-based client computer in a wireless network environment: "Cannot connect to <SSID>: Please...

There is a recently added Troubleshooting section to the Windows Server 2008 Technical Library.  This new area contains troubleshooting information for many areas, including: Networking DHCP Infrastructure DNS Infrastructure File Services NAP Infrastructure...

Here are the latest Networking-related KB articles: 948505   The gethostbyname function unexpectedly returns the IP addresses in numeric order on a Windows Vista-based computer or on a Windows Server 2008-based computer 951422   The WTSQuerySessionInformation...

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...