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The Quick and Easy on Using NMCap to Create Circular Network Traces Based on File Size

Hello all Networking Blog readers. My name is Brett Crane and I am an engineer with the Networking Teams here at Microsoft. I wanted to take a minute to show you a quick way to utilize Network Monitor to perform Sequential, or also called Read More...

Posted: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 10:42 PM by MichaelPlatts | (Comments Off)

Springboard Series Virtual Roundtable with Mark Russinovich

Springboard Series Virtual Roundtable Under the Hood: Windows Vista Performance...Need Answers? Join Mark Russinovich and a panel of industry experts for a LIVE virtual roundtable to explore your top of mind performance issues, common misconfigurations, Read More...

Posted: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 8:12 PM by MichaelPlatts | (Comments Off)

New Networking-related KB articles for the week of August 10 - August 17

941091 The SnmpMgrOpen function fails and returns a null session, and the GetLastError function returns a 0 in Windows Server 2003 953317 A primary DNS zone file may not transfer to the secondary DNS servers in Windows Server 2008 936330 Read More...

Posted: Monday, August 25, 2008 9:33 PM by MichaelPlatts | (Comments Off)

Filed under: KB Articles, IPSec, SNMP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008

Engineering Windows 7 Blog goes live

Hi everyone, Just in the last couple of days, I've heard that there's a new blog in town. It is just getting going at this point, but this could be a great one to check out as more details are released: http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/ - Michael Platt Read More...

Posted: Friday, August 15, 2008 10:49 PM by MichaelPlatts | (Comments Off)

Filed under: Windows 7

How to test the BITS client on your machine?

Now let’s look at a series of Bitsadmin commands used to create a BITS job and download a file. These commands are used to test the BITS client side and verify it works. 1. Create a download job called bitstest by typing the following in the directory Read More...

Posted: Thursday, August 14, 2008 8:47 PM by MichaelPlatts | 1 Comments

Filed under: BITS, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008

Don't be THAT guy... The case of the missing DNS zone

Introduction to the “Don’t be THAT guy” blog series: I come in to work every day and get calls with these exact scenarios. Of course, the names have been changed to protect the innocent and to keep the guilty from having to find Read More...

Posted: Friday, August 08, 2008 10:27 PM by MichaelPlatts | 1 Comments

NetBIOS browsing across subnets may fail after upgrading to Windows Server 2008

When installing a new Windows 2008 server or upgrading an existing server to Windows 2008, the Computer Browser service is set to disabled by default. If you upgrade the Domain Controller that is assigned the PDC FSMO role or you move that role to a Windows Read More...

Posted: Friday, July 25, 2008 9:57 PM by MichaelPlatts | 4 Comments

Filed under: Browsing, NetBIOS, Windows Server 2008

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

Filed under: IPSec, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

New Networking-related KB articles for the week of June 27 - July 3

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 Read More...

Posted: Monday, July 14, 2008 10:05 PM by MichaelPlatts | 1 Comments

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 | 1 Comments

Filed under: SMB, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008

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

Filed under: KB Articles, Windows 2000, Windows XP

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 | (Comments Off)

Filed under: KB Articles, BITS, IPv6, NLB, SNMP, Windows Firewall, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Wireless

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 | (Comments Off)

Filed under: KB Articles, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, 802.1x

Steps to move a DHCP database from a Windows Server 2003 or 2008 to another Windows Server 2008 machine

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 Read More...

Posted: Friday, June 27, 2008 10:42 PM by MichaelPlatts | 1 Comments

Filed under: DHCP Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008

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 | (Comments Off)

Filed under: SMB, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008