Microsoft Enterprise Networking Team

New Networking-related KB articles for the week of November 8 – October 14

2009-11-19T20:29:00Z

Here are the latest networking-related Knowledge Base articles to report this week. Next week, there will be no update due to the upcoming holiday. I will publish an update the week after next that will encompass anything published between now and then. If you get to have a holiday next week, I hope you enjoy it! 976759 WFP drivers may cause a failure to disconnect the RDP connection to a multiprocessor computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 976484 Some IIS clients cannot connect...(read more)

New Networking-related KB articles for the week of November 1 – November 7

2009-11-12T19:34:53Z

We have just one newly-published KB article to share this week: 974126 Network policies on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 do not work when a format that uses commas as the decimal separator is specified in Regional and Language Options - Mike Platts...(read more)

How to migrate a DHCP database from Windows 2000 Server to Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2

2009-11-09T22:13:43Z

A few months ago, I wrote a post on how to migrate a DHCP Server database from Windows 2000 to Windows Server 2008 . As Windows Server 2008 R2 has since released, I wanted to update the information on this subject. The process has not changed in any way from my original post. I am publishing this to confirm the original steps will work whether the target server is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2. These steps describe how to move a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) database...(read more)

New Networking-related KB articles for the week of October 25 – October 31

2009-11-05T21:37:32Z

Here are the most recently published networking-related Knowledge Base articles: 975830 The memory usage of the Dns.exe process keeps increasing after you install hotfix 941672 on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 SP2 and that has the DNS server role installed 975792 Numeric host names cannot be resolved on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 972887 Error message when multiple network adapters are configured to use static IP addresses on a computer that is...(read more)

New Networking-related KB articles for the week of October 18 – October 24

2009-10-30T16:10:55Z

Here is the list of the most recently published networking-related Knowledge Base articles: 976723 IPv6 network address seems case-sensitive at address assignment for multiple network adapters installed on a Windows7 and Windows Sever 2008 R2 based computer. 954373 The Network Access Protection Agent service may not start after you restart a Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based computer 976160 Converting an active lease to a reservation causes the lease to become inactive on Windows Server 2008 975815...(read more)

New Networking-related KB articles for the week of October 11 – October 17

2009-10-21T20:13:22Z

Here are the latest networking-related Knowledge Base articles: 973509 The advanced security settings for Windows Firewall that you deploy by using a Group Policy object (GPO) are not displayed in Windows Vista or in Windows 2008 975212 When you use a VPN connection that uses Smart Card authentication on a client computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, the computer stops responding 974178 Error code 1450 after you transfer data by using the named pipes protocol between a client...(read more)

Errors may be seen when attempting to access shares after installation of the update described in KB 968389

2009-10-20T21:14:18Z

If you are unable to access shares on Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP or are being prompted for credentials, or are having authentication issues, then it might be due to an incorrect installation of the hotfix described in KB 968389 . Please check to see if you have KB 968389 installed and if you see any of the below symptoms: When you access shares on a file server remotely from another workstation/server, you might receive permission errors or access denied errors. When you try to access shares...(read more)

New Networking-related KB articles for September 27 – October 10

2009-10-15T21:40:55Z

This post covers recently published Networking-related KB articles for the week of September 27th through October 3rd as well as October 4th through October 10th: 973097 Error message when the Smb.sys driver unloads on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003: "Stop 0x00000019" 973780 Some TCP connections between an NLB server that is running Windows Server 2008 and its clients are broken after the Port Scalability feature is enabled on the NLB server 976159 BITS jobs are lost when...(read more)

New Networking-related KB articles for the week of September 20 – September 26

2009-09-30T22:26:27Z

Here are the latest networking-related Knowledge Base articles: 973245 On a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista, you cannot add one or more servers to the securelist of a DNS service instance that is hosted on a server that is running Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 973246 Write error when you upload files into a shared folder that is hosted on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 972907 Stop error message on a computer that is running Windows...(read more)

New Networking-related KB articles for the week of September 13 – September 19

2009-09-24T22:08:11Z

There is only 1 new KB article related to our networking technologies this time: 975497 Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerabilities in SMB could allow remote code execution - Mike Platts...(read more)

New Networking-related KB articles for the week of September 6 – September 12

2009-09-18T19:47:51Z

Here are the most recently published networking-related Knowledge Base articles: 975608 When a user, belonging to Network Configuration Operators group, installs a networking component, bindings that involve filter drivers may not be created. 973155 The getpeername function may return an incorrect IP address when the AcceptEx function accepts a new Winsock connection through an I/O completion port on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista - Mike Platts...(read more)

Passive Connections May Fail Through a NAT-Based Firewall to IIS 6.0 and older FTP Server

2009-09-18T01:15:06Z

Passive-mode FTP is sometimes referred to as "server-managed", because after the client issues a PASV command, the server responds to that PASV instruction with one of its ephemeral ports that will be used as the server-side port of the data connection. With that information, the client then makes a new connection to that port on the server and starts the data transfer. Example: Frames seen in a network trace Note: Client and server are on the same subnet in this example. Client's request...(read more)

New Networking-related KB articles for the week of August 30 – September 5

2009-09-11T00:18:28Z

Here are the most recently published networking-related Knowledge Base articles: 972840 The SNMP service does not respond to all SNMP requests on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 after the Group Policy settings are refreshed 972071 Applications that use the UDP protocol may encounter poor performance on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 960670 IPv6 network adapters are reinstalled when network connectivity is restored on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows...(read more)

Microsoft Security Advisory 975497 Released

2009-09-09T18:46:35Z

What is the purpose of this alert? This alert is to notify you that Microsoft has released Security Advisory 975497– Vulnerabilities in SMB Could Allow Remote Code Execution - on September 08, 2009. Summary Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a possible vulnerability in Microsoft Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol. We are not aware of attacks that try to use the reported vulnerabilities or of customer impact at this time. We are actively working with partners in our Microsoft Active...(read more)

NM3EventCap: How to stop a network capture when Windows logs an event

2009-09-03T21:49:34Z

"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 traffic at the time a particular event is logged. If there was only a way to do this......." The good news is that there is a way to do this by using NM3EventCap.exe as per the steps below. Prerequisites : Network Monitor 3.2 or later, NM3EventCap...(read more)