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New Networking-related articles for the week of June 19 – June 25
After a deluge of new networking-related articles last week, I have just one to share this time: 2568645 Firewall exceptions not honored after cluster failover - Mike Platts...(read more)
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New Networking-related articles for the week of June 26 – July 2
Like last week, I have only one new article to share this time: 2524478 The network location profile changes from "Domain" to "Public" in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 - Mike Platts...(read more)
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The Network Connection Status Icon
Have you ever wondered how Windows knows you’re connected to the Internet? You may have noticed the over the network icon by the clock, have you ever wondered what happens in the background? This blog...
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Deployment: Windows Firewall and Group Policy
General Deployment information Because I support the Windows Firewall I often get asked for guidance on deploying it. David Bishop wrote a nice white paper on deploying the Windows Firewall so I won’t...
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Windows Vista Networking-related Knowledge Base Articles for the week ending...
Here is a healthy dose of KB articles regarding Windows Vista:http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947229On a Windows Vista-based computer, Windows Firewall applies local program and port exceptions in...
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Windows Server 2008 Technical Library
The Windows Server 2008 Technical Library is a great resource for finding information about performing common tasks and operations for Windows technologies. The content in the networking section of...
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Overview of IPSec Rules in Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
IPSec is becoming increasingly popular and as a result we are seeing more support calls on it. I wanted to give a brief overview of the IPSec wizard in the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security as...
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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 computer952899 Event IDs 1018 and 1020 appear in the Application log after you remove...
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Windows Firewall service starts automatically after installing Windows XP...
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...
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Stopping the Windows Authenticating Firewall Service and the boot time policy
Lately, I have been seeing a number of issues/concerns from people where they manually stop the Firewall service and lose connectivity to the machine. They always seem surprised when I explain that it...
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New Networking-related KB articles for the week of October 11 – October 17
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...
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New Networking-related KB articles for the week of February 28 – March 6
Here are the latest networking-related Knowledge Base articles for the week of February 28 through March 6: 980027 A Windows Server 2008 domain controller cannot allocate new ports when Server for NIS...
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Keep an eye on the Windows Server Information Experience Networking Team’s blog!
If you’re curious about what is going on with new or updated TechNet content, make sure to check out the WSiX Network Connection . This blog is maintained by the talented team of writers that work on...
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New Networking-related KB articles since May 8
I’d like to apologize for not having any new KB articles to post for the past several weeks; some changes have been going on with the tools I use to find this information. Here are the most recent...
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New Networking-related articles for the week of August 22 – August 28
Hey everyone – here are the most recently published networking-related articles: 2276930 Windows Vista Client releases its DHCP Lease during reboot unexpectedly 2029072 "Windows Easy Transfer can't...
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Network Location Awareness (NLA) and how it relates to Windows Firewall Profiles
I am writing this blog post because we get a lot of questions regarding how NLA determines a network profile and how it relates to Firewall Profiles as the two are often confused. What is NLA? First...
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Disabling Network Discovery/Network Resources
We often get requests from people asking how to disable Network Discovery because they either don't want to see any machines in the Network Resources list or they perceive a performance issue with the...
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Disabling Firewall Alerts in the Action Center
We are occasionally asked how to disable the notification you get from Action Center that the Firewall Service is not enabled. I am writing this to explain what options are available. Why are you...
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New Networking-related articles for the week of March 27 – April 2
Like last week, I have two new networking-related articles to share this time: 2263829 The network connection of a running Hyper-V virtual machine may be lost under heavy outgoing network traffic on a...
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The Windows Firewall Service Fails to start – Introduction
There can be several causes that will prevent the Windows Firewall from starting and I will attempt to cover them in this series of five blog posts. In this first post, I will cover Windows XP and...
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