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Windows Firewall service starts automatically after installing Windows XP Service Pack 3
Installation of Windows XP Service Pack 3 results in the Windows Firewall service being set to Automatic startup, regardless of its previous startup setting. After installing Service Pack 3 for Windows XP, you may be surprised to see that both the Windows Read More...
Posted: Friday, September 19, 2008 7:42 PM by MichaelPlatts | 4 Comments
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Introduction to the Microsoft IPSec Diagnostic Tool
The Microsoft IPSec Diagnostic Tool can help its users troubleshoot IPSec-related issues on a system.  It also captures non-IPSec parameters like system data, network interface, group policy, and Windows services like NAP, firewall, RRAS, Wireless, Read More...
Posted: Friday, September 19, 2008 4:58 PM by MichaelPlatts | 2 Comments
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IPSEC Domain Isolation: A Test Study - Developing a Plan
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 Read More...
Posted: Friday, July 18, 2008 11:51 PM by MichaelPlatts | 1 Comments
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Intermittent file sharing connectivity from various clients to a Windows Server 2008 server
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 Read More...
Posted: Thursday, July 10, 2008 7:03 PM by MichaelPlatts | 3 Comments
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DNS name resolution issues after installation of Windows Update discussed in bulletin MS08-037
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 Read More...
Posted: Thursday, July 10, 2008 3:12 PM by MichaelPlatts | 1 Comments
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New Networking-related KB articles for the week of June 21 - June 26
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-based Read More...
Posted: Monday, July 07, 2008 7:43 PM by MichaelPlatts | 0 Comments
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New Networking-related KB articles for the week of June 14 - June 20
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, Read More...
Posted: Monday, June 30, 2008 9:41 PM by MichaelPlatts | 0 Comments
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Differences in network performance between Windows Vista/Windows Server 2008 and Windows XP/Windows Server 2003
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 Read More...
Posted: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 11:29 PM by MichaelPlatts | 0 Comments
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New Networking-related KB articles for the week of June 7 - June 13
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 Read More...
Posted: Monday, June 23, 2008 8:47 PM by MichaelPlatts | 0 Comments
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New Networking-related KB articles for the week of May 24 - May 30
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 Read More...
Posted: Monday, June 09, 2008 5:29 PM by MichaelPlatts | 0 Comments
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How to deploy XP SP3 in an existing wired 802.1x environment
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 Read More...
Posted: Thursday, May 22, 2008 8:38 PM by Clay Seymour [MSFT] | 2 Comments
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New Networking-related KB articles for the week of May 3 - May 9
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 Read More...
Posted: Monday, May 19, 2008 9:10 PM by MichaelPlatts | 0 Comments
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New Networking-related KB articles for the week of April 26 - May 2
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" Read More...
Posted: Monday, May 12, 2008 10:48 PM by MichaelPlatts | 0 Comments
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Windows XP Service Pack 3 has released!
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) Read More...
Posted: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 3:24 PM by MichaelPlatts | 0 Comments
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New Networking-related KB articles for the week of April 19-25
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 Read More...
Posted: Monday, May 05, 2008 8:29 PM by MichaelPlatts | 0 Comments
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