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February 2009 - Posts

Old DHCP Servers appear in the list of Authorized servers after a Domain Rename
After running a Domain Name Rename of a domain that has Authorized DHCP servers in Active Directory, you may see the old server’s name still listed when you view DHCP Authorized servers. This will not prevent the servers from handing out IP Addresses, Read More...
Posted: Friday, February 27, 2009 7:54 PM by MichaelPlatts | 4 Comments
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Why is my network detected as “unknown” by Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008?
A question that has come up from time to time is how and why Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 detect a network as “unknown”. I hope the following explanation is helpful. Network Location Awareness or NLA is the service that determines what kind of Read More...
Posted: Friday, February 20, 2009 10:18 PM by MichaelPlatts | 11 Comments
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Using Secondary DNS zones on Windows Server 2008? Apply hotfix discussed in KB 953317
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 Read More...
Posted: Friday, February 13, 2009 3:44 PM by MichaelPlatts | 1 Comments
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Optimizing your network to keep your DNS squeaky clean
I have run into this issue several times: My customer has a fairly large network, with several subnets. They have wireless clients unplugging from Ethernet and dashing to conference rooms, then closing their laptop and heading home. The client starts Read More...
Posted: Monday, February 09, 2009 8:55 PM by MichaelPlatts | 4 Comments
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Configuring NLB on Windows Server 2008 as a member of the local Administrators group may not work as expected on standalone servers
BALANCING ACT I had a call from a customer with a very strange problem. The team that builds servers for his company likes to keep the Administrator account out of reach of everyone but a tiny circle of people. That is a good thing in most cases. They Read More...
Posted: Friday, February 06, 2009 7:53 PM by MichaelPlatts | 3 Comments
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RPC Endpoint Mapper in a network trace
Something to think about when looking at the Endpoint Mapper in a network trace. That is some title, it took a bit to come up with. In most cases when I find myself writing a technical document or blog it has to do with a specific fix for a specific problem. Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 5:34 PM by MichaelPlatts | 3 Comments
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