Windows Vista Client Monitoring Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007
The Windows Vista Client Monitoring Management Pack is built on the Windows Diagnostics Infrastructure in Windows Vista that detects, diagnoses and tries to resolve hardware and software problems.
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12.5.2007 Network Monitor 3.3 for Windows 7
Network Monitor 3.3 is a protocol analyzer. It allows you to capture network traffic, view and analyze it. Version 3.3 is an update and replaces Network Monitor 3.2. Network Monitor 3.x is a complete overhaul of the previous Network Monitor 2.x version.
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22.4.2009 Network Diagnostics Tool for Windows
The Network Diagnostics for Windows XP tool analyzes information about your network connectivity to help you troubleshoot network-related problems with your computer. Typically you will do this along with a support professional, either on the phone or over the internet. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.
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25.7.2006 Windows 7 DHCP Network Hint
The next iterations of the Windows client and server operating systems will deliver the evolution of the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
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24.12.2008 Windows 7 to allow PC backups to Network Share
Windows Complete PC Backup is an image based backup tool where you could take a backup of your entire system and restore it later.
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9.11.2008 Windows weakness can lead to network traffic hijacks
A problem in the way Windows PCs obtain network settings could let attackers hijack traffic, security researchers said Saturday.
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26.3.2007 12 Hidden Windows Vista Network Tools
Thanks to Steve Jobs for this article. Windows Vista delivers an impressive line up of network tools that can be used to keep the operating system connectivity on a short leash. The total of 12 command-line tools can be used to manage all aspects of Vista networking.
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4.6.2007 Windows XP Service Pack 3 Network Installation Available
Microsoft has finally made the Windows XP Service Pack 3 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers available from Microsoft Downloads.
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7.5.2008 Windows 7 Network Optimization, Virtualization, Devices Profile
With Windows 7, Microsoft is not only working to steer away from the mistakes made with Windows Vista, but also to move on territories where the successor of Windows XP has failed to gain a consistent level of traction.
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9.11.2008 Microsoft starts Windows Network Developer Platform beta
Windows Network Developer Platform
Windows Network Developer Platform encompasses technologies such as Winsock, WinINet, HTTP Server API and WinHTTP. HTTP Server APIs (also known as HTTP.sys) is the kernel mode HTTP server stack in Windows that provides user-mode Win32 APIs.
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Resolve TCP/IP Network Configuration Issues in Windows Vista
Microsoft has set up the networking infrastructure in Windows Vista in such a manner that it requires only minimal user interaction, especially when the operating system has to interact with a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server.
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7.10.2007 Network Reminder 1.0 Beta 5
Network Reminder is a multi-user tool that allows you to set alarms or run programs at a specified time.
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15.10.2007 Network Monitor 3.1 Beta Released
The NM3.1 Beta is available on http://connect.Microsoft.com and simmering with new features for you to test. I'll bet you can't wait to sniff wireless management traffic; for sure an exciting new feature. Not sure how to create a filter? Now this is much easier with our new right click, add to filter feature.
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9.5.2007 Vista Network Helper v1.5
Thanks to Steve Jobs for this post in his blog. Steve Jobs wrote: I’m a laptop user and connect frequently to new or different networks (wlan or lan) and I often come across the problem to connect to the internet or networks. So I decided to make my own batch file to change the network settings to solve the issue.
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17.5.2007 Microsoft Network Monitor 3.1.512.0
Network Monitor is a protocol analyzer. It allows you to capture network traffic, view and analyze it. This version is a complete overhaul of the previous Network Monitor 2.x version. Thanks to pacpis for this download.
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13.7.2007 How to fix Vista's network bottlenecks
As much as I enjoy using Vista, I’ve definitely noticed that in some networking activities, it definitely seems to struggle. Particularly compared with Windows XP.
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27.9.2007 Network Monitor 3.0 Final Released to Connect
The releases just keep coming...
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24.11.2006 Siemens Breaks Network Speed Record
German electronics company Siemens said Wednesday that it had set a new network speed record, achieving a speed of 107 gigabits -- the equivalent of roughly two DVDs worth of data -- per second, two and a half times faster than the previous record.
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21.12.2006 Network Monitor 3.3 Beta released for testers
In order to download the beta, you must be a member of our connection. To join, select the HOME link in the top left corner and create an account or sign in. Then click on Apply Now under our connection from the CONNECTION DIRECTORY list to join.
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6.3.2009 Microsoft opens Network Monitor 3 beta 2 to public
After many years the Microsoft network sniffer, Network Monitor, is coming back.
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11.9.2006 Microsoft Responds To Vista's Network and Audio Problems
With the discovery last week of the connection between Vista's poor networking performance and audio activities, word quickly spread around the Net. No doubt this got Microsoft's attention, and they have responded to the issue. Thanks to pacpis for this news.
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27.8.2007 Vista SP1 will deliver big network speed boost
I downloaded the release candidate of Vista Service Pack 1 yesterday and was prepared to wait till its public debut next week before writing about it.
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6.12.2007 Network Access Protection for XP SP3 and Vista SP1
Network Access Protection is designed to permit a high degree of control over client computers across a network.
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13.10.2008 Enable Vista-Native Network Access Protection on XP SP3
Network Access Protection (NAP) is one of the few features that were actually added to Windows XP SP3.
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13.5.2008 Instant Messaging Comes to Xbox 360, Expanding the Largest Social Network on Television
Xbox 360 owners can connect with more than 260 million Windows Live Messenger users on Xbox 360, Windows-based PCs and Windows Mobile-powered devices beginning the week of May 7.
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9.4.2007 MSN to Relaunch as MSN Media Network?
The LiveSide folks are reporting that MSN is looking to relaunch itself as the MSN Media Network. We figured the MSN team would have to do some kind of rebranding, given that most of their properties are now operating under the "Live," rather than the MSN banner. LiveSide says the MSNers are looking to expand their franchises to include
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7.2.2006 MSN (may) becomes the MSN Media Network
Several sources have indicated to us that MSN plans to relaunch itself as the MSN Media Network, whilst at the same time expanding its range of interactive and content rich services. As well as continuing to deliver content through MSN.com and MSN Music, the MSN Video team is evolving to include Movies and TV. Both these sites have already been revamped at the end of last year and feature show times and reviews as well as the latest entertainment news.
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8.2.2006 Home Computer - Home Network - Home Server
In the 1960s & 70s the idea of a home computer was unheard of outside of science fiction circles. Before the late 1980s home networks were unheard of.
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2.12.2007 Windows 7 Migration Tool to Move From Windows XP to Windows 7
In past we had covered guide on upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7. Unfortunately there is no direct upgrade path from Windows Xp to Windows 7 and you have to use Windows Easy Transfer utility if you want to move your user and program files from XP to Windows 7.
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22.11.2009 Vista SP1, and then Windows 7, Windows 8 and Non-Windows Midori
2008 saw the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Server 2008, but Microsoft's journey on the Windows path is far from over.
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5.8.2008Comcast to deploy 250 GB/month usage caps in October
No longer having throttling as a weapon in its arsenal in the fight to control network overuse, Comcast is now deciding the only way it can implement
controls on its network is if it spreads throughput monitoring out to everyone equally...
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29.08.2008HP unleashes wireless network traffic monitoring
HP this week claimed to be the first to implement a technology designed to improve traffic monitoring in wireless networks.
HPs
ProCurve Networking enterprise LAN switching business said it has incorporated sFlow technology into its Wireless Edge Services xl Module for its
switches. HP just announced this module.
SFlow is an IETF specification “ RFC 3176 -- that uses packet-based traffic sampling to
provide network-wide visibility. It is intended to improve insight into network traffic both in wired and wireless environments, allowing customer to
quickly respond to security threats, and scale to large network deployments.
Though HP may be the first to implement sFlow for
wireless traffic monitoring, it is not the first to implement it for wireline. Extreme, Foundry and even HP began plugging sFlow into their switches
three years ago.
HP ProCurve and InMon Corporation jointly developed the wireless extensions for sFlow.
Customers will be able to use wireless sFlow to assist in wireless deployment, troubleshooting wireless signal or performance issues, as well as
gaining visibility into network traffic such as top talkers, top applications and connections, HP said.
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26.09.2007OneSwarm network improves file-sharing control, anonymity
UW computer-science researchers make monitoring downloads mighty hard.
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24.02.2009Who's on first? Wireless network security with Linux
Network monitoring and intrusion detection are integral parts of network security. This becomes even more important when introducing wireless access,
because now theres an openly available entry point into your network. You safeguard buildings with security systems, valuables with safes and server
rooms with doors. Its important to secure your wireless network too. Heres how to build monitoring in from the onset along with some great open-source
tools.
As soon as a wireless access point is installed it begins emitting broadcasts, announcing its Service Set Identifier
(SSID) to all and sundry. This is useful: it makes discovery and initial client configuration very swift and painless. Yet the downside is obvious;
this doesnt just help your users but any person who is armed with a wireless card “ be it in their laptop, PDA or iPod Touch!
This problem can be counteracted; most all access points (APs) will let you prohibit SSID broadcasts. In this case, the AP waits for a client to
connect with the proper SSID and channel. The network is now harder to find “ popular tools like NetStumbler wont see it “ and if it is harder to
find, it is also more secure.
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05.11.2007Whistleblower: AT&T Maintained a 'Secret Room' for the NSA
Former AT&T network technician Mark Klein appeared yesterday on Capitol Hill to reiterate his astonishing claim: AT&T operated a 24 x 48-foot room in
one of its network operations centers in San Francisco, where Klein discovered his employer was cooperating with the National Security Agency in the
monitoring of all Internet traffic over a major backbone line...
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09.11.2007Nokia, Intel beef up new network security appliance
Nokia added a new appliance to its network security range that has more processing muscle -- the first product to come out of its collaboration with
Intel.
The
IP2450 is intended for large enterprises and
service providers doing high-end network monitoring. It features two quad-core Intel processors.
Running Check Point Software
Technologies' SecureXL VPN (virtual private network) and firewall software, the appliance can handle as much as 9Gbps of traffic using Nokia's IPSO
6.O OS. Adding two Nokia Accelerated Data Path (ADP) cards boosts throughput to 20Gbps. ..
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06.09.2007Twitter vote-monitoring effort mainly sound and fury
The ad hoc volunteer election-monitoring effort undertaken on Twitter last week had problems with imprecise methodology and random trolls, so much so
that one researcher calls the compiled data "a mess."..
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13.11.2008Network management software vendors readying IPv6
It may be time to ask your network monitoring and management software vendors about their plans for IPv6 visibility.
IPv6
visibility is "moderately critical," said Phil Hochmuth, senior analyst for Yankee Group. "It's something that's on everyone's checklist. In any
government organization, it's going to be a bit higher priority because of the federal mandates they have around IPv6, but it's something ¦ everyone
is going to have to have in the future and everyone will have support for it eventually, whether they are network equipment makers or network
management software makers. It's better to do it sooner rather than later."
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31.07.2008Microsoft aims to slash malware's window of opportunity
A
new
patent suggests that
Microsoft plans to help
network administrators fight
the spread of malware by
developing a network
monitoring system that would
collect realtime malware data
in an effort to prevent
malware from spreading on
non-protected clients and
reduce the time it takes to
patch against such malware.
It's quite like
Windows Defender, but with a
(potentially) much quicker
response time, and manageable
by network admins. We learned
of the new patent from reader
James
Moody, who wrote to us
with word of his find.
A central "trusted
entity" (a server on the
network) would talk to clients
outfitted with special
software, working in unison to
check application signatures
and request more information
from clients when the presence
of malware is suspected. The
monitoring server dynamically
builds profiles for each
exploit it finds and then
prevents it from propagating
across the network by
notifying other clients of the
exploit's features.
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23.07.2007Using Certificate-Monitoring Tools with Windows Server 2008
One of the main objectives of administering certificates is to achieve an advanced level of security in your enterprise. Identity and access
management should be taken very seriously. In this article we will very briefly cover what CAs are and then cover the important aspects of using
specific certificate-monitoring tools such as PKIView.msc and certutil.exe with Windows Server 2008. It is Important to know how certificates affect
your security posture and if they are healthy or require maintenance, such as replacement. An expired certificate can show a request of a service to
show that your security is weak or non-existent; many times it may even instigate an attack. It may also indicate that you have not taken care of your
updates, do not have a maintenance routine, and do not get real time fault-based email or text alerts or worse. This article covers the importance of
using certificates, and how to monitor them with Windows Server 2008.
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14.01.2009Arbor to acquire Ellacoya Networks
Consolidation in security keeps on coming, with Arbor Networks stepping up to the plate with plans to acquire Ellacoya Networks. Arbor, which
announced a definitive agreement to acquire Ellacoya on Thursday, is looking to boost its network security and service offerings to Internet service
providers.
While the combined company will maintain separate products lines, Arbor is aiming to infuse its network security monitoring and
reporting capabilities into Ellacoya's platform and Ellacoya's deep packet inspection technologies will be mixed into Arbor's products.
The end goal is dish up technology that can detect and address a range of network-based attacks from the core of an ISP's network to the edge of
the broadband service.
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18.01.2008CIA purchases stake in firm monitoring social networking
News reported on Wired's US website gives details regarding a plan by 'America's spy agencies' to read our blog posts, keep track of
our Twitter updates and check out our book reviews on Amazon. The investment branch of the CIA, a company named In-Q-Tel has invested a sum of money
into a company named Visible Technologies, a software firm which specializes in monitoring social media websites such as Twitter and YouTube.
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20.10.2009Windows Live OneCare 2.0 in Beta
Microsoft has released a beta
version of Windows Live
OneCare 2.0, its anti-malware
and maintenance software. The
update adds support for
monitoring the status of other
PCs on a network, as well as a
new firewall that adjusts its
settings automatically
depending on the security of
the network.
OneCare
2.0 can also perform PC
maintenance tasks, including
clearing a jammed print job
and listing what applications
are causing a system to be
slow to boot up. 64-bit
compatibility is new in
version 2.0 as well. Windows
Live OneCare is offered as a
subscription service for a
yearly rate of $49.95 USD,
which covers up to three PCs
in a home.
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12.07.2007Microsoft Outlines System Center Road Map
Microsoft plans to ship its
long-awaited Operations
Manager 2007 application
management software on April
1, which will mark the first
product released under the
System Center brand. Formerly
known as Microsoft Operations
Manager v3, System Center
Operations Manager 2007
provides end-to-end event,
service and application
monitoring and reporting. The
platform supports Service
Model Language (SML) for
monitoring IT and software
services -- required for
service-level agreements --
and features audit collection
services for compliance
auditing and a customizable
reporting tool.
At
the Microsoft Management
Summit, which started Tuesday
in San Diego, the Redmond,
Wash., software giant also
announced a technology
licensing agreement with EMC
that will bolster the network
management capabilities of
System Center Operations
Manager 2007. As part of the
deal, Microsoft said it will
integrate EMC's Smarts
network discovery and health
monitoring software into a
future version of Operations
Manager.
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28.03.2007Overview of the Windows Server 2008 Firewall with Advanced Security Part 1
Windows Server 2008 introduces a new and improved firewall; the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security. The new Windows firewall introduces many
improvements and is very similar to the firewall that was included with Windows Vista. Features included with the new Windows Firewall with Advanced
Security include:
- Granular inbound access control
- Granular outbound access control
- Tight integration
with the Windows Server 2008 Server Manager, with automatic configuration of the firewall when services are installed using the Server Manager
- Highly improved IPsec policy configuration and management, and a name change. IPsec policies are now referred to as Connection Security Rules
- Improved monitoring of firewall policy
- Improved monitoring of IPsec policies (now called Connection Security Rules)
- Improved centralized monitoring of Main and Quick Mode Security Associations
There are many configuration options included with the
Windows Firewall, so this article will be split into three parts, this first part is about basic general configuration options for the firewall and
for IPsec policies. The second part will focus on how to create inbound and outbound rules, and the third part will hone in how to create connection
security rules.
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28.05.2008DHCP Network Hint in Windows 7
With the increase in popularity of laptops, it is very common for users to frequently reconnect to a previously visited network. In order to improve
user experience in roaming scenarios, where the user connects back to a previously visited network where the user had a valid DHCP lease, DHCP network
hint has been implemented in Windows 7 OS. DHCP network hint helps in identifying the correct DHCP configuration for a previously visited network and
then using the configuration opportunistically. Network hint used in order to uniquely identify different network is SSID (Service Set Identifier) of
a network...
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22.12.2008Set up a secure wireless
network using Windows Connect
Now
Columnist Barb Bowman explains
how to use Windows Connect Now
to set up a secure wireless
network without worrying about
complicated network
configuration issues...
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04.01.2006Microsoft and Novell unveil cross-platform monitoring tools
In another expansion to their 18-month-old interoperability agreement, Microsoft and Novell introduced software tools designed to let systems
administrators monitor Linux, Unix, and Windows servers from within Windows...
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01.05.2008Process Monitor 2 Released
If you have any need to find out what your computer is
really doing under the hood, you know that Process Monitor is
the tool.
Today, Process Monitor 2.0 was released. From the
Sysinternals blog:
This major update to Process Monitor adds real-time TCP and UDP monitoring to its existing process, thread, DLL, file system and registry
monitoring. You can now see the TCP and UDP activity processes performed, including the operation (e.g. connect, send, receive), local and remote IP
addresses and DNS names, and operation transfer lengths. On Windows Vista, Process Monitor also collects thread stacks for network
operations.
Download here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx
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01.10.2008SharePoint Monitoring Toolkit 1.0 Available
The SharePoint Monitoring Toolkit helps you manage Microsoft® SharePoint® environments of all sizes with two new management packs for System Center
Operations Manager 2007:
- Windows® SharePoint Services 3.0 Management Pack
- Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Management Pack
These packs monitor the health state of the components in your SharePoint environment that affect performance and
availability. When there is an issue that may cause service or performance degradation, Operations Manager 2007 uses the management packs to detect
the issue, alert you to its existence, and facilitate diagnosis and corrective actions.
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