Microsoft Enterprise Networking Team

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

MichaelPlatts — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:29:00 GMT

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....(read more)

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

MichaelPlatts — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:34:53 GMT

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...(read more)

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

MichaelPlatts — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:13:43 GMT

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...(read more)

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

MichaelPlatts — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:37:32 GMT

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...(read more)

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

MichaelPlatts — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:10:55 GMT

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....(read more)

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

MichaelPlatts — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:13:22 GMT

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...(read more)

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

MichaelPlatts — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:14:18 GMT

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...(read more)

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

MichaelPlatts — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:40:55 GMT

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...(read more)

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

MichaelPlatts — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:26:27 GMT

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...(read more)

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

MichaelPlatts — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:08:11 GMT

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

MichaelPlatts — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:47:51 GMT

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...(read more)

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

MichaelPlatts — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:15:06 GMT

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...(read more)

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

MichaelPlatts — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:18:28 GMT

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...(read more)

Microsoft Security Advisory 975497 Released

MichaelPlatts — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:46:35 GMT

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...(read more)

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

MichaelPlatts — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:49:34 GMT

"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...(read more)