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 Microsoft: Vista Wireless Access Could Cause Laptop Battery Drain
Users running Windows Vista on laptops may see batteries draining faster than they expect, Microsoft said in a warning, because some wireless access points aren't configured to take advantage of the new operating system's Wi-Fi power-saving mode.
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9.12.2006 Vista to Windows 7 Upgrades Kill Access to OEM Recovery Applications
Users that upgrade Windows Vista OEM computers to Windows 7 might find that the recovery applications set in place by the original equipment manufacturer are no longer accessible.
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9.10.2009 Microsoft Serves the Official Version of the Hack Used to Access Windows Vista SP1
Do you remember a time when Windows Vista SP1 was not available as a public download? In the pre-Release Candidate Stages of Vista SP1, Microsoft restricted the access to the service pack only to selected testers.
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12.12.2007 Vista Network Helper v1.5
Thanks to Steve Jobs for this post in his blog. Steve Jobs wrote: Im 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 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 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 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 Microsoft is not trying to block access says Kaspersky
Microsoft's new operating system Vista will not make it more difficult for anti-virus systems to work, Russian computer security group and potential IPO candidate Kaspersky Lab said on Friday, contradicting rivals.
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9.10.2006 Access 2007 Runtime SP1 is now available
This version of the Access 2007 Runtime contains files whose versions are slightly higher than the level of the same files that are updated by Office 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1).
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30.3.2008 Access Windows 7 Feature Walkthroughs
Windows 7 brings to the table a variety of new and evolved features, and Microsoft has taken the necessary measures designed to bring them to center stage.
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2.4.2009 Microsoft Sued Over Mobile E-Mail Access
Microsoft is facing a new lawsuit today from telecommunications provider Visto claiming that the software giant "...infringed upon multiple patents Visto holds regarding proprietary technology that provides enterprises and consumers with mobile access to their e-mail and other data."
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16.12.2005 Quick Reference for Outlook Voice Access
Outlook Voice Access lets UM-enabled users to access their Exchange 2007 mailbox using analog, digital, or cellular telephones.
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12.6.2006 Windows 7 Non-Uniform Memory Access Architectures
Windows 7 will be able to take advantage not only of faster CPUs, but of multiple processors on a single chip. The 64-bit edition of the operating system in particular will be able to support over 64 Logical Processors per machine.
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28.12.2008 Windows 7: Internet access to home media
By linking your Live ID to your user account in Windows 7 (from build 7048), you can now stream your home media to your another PC/laptop connected to a work or public network.
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12.3.2009 Google to Give Developers Access to Trends API
Google will eventually give programmers access to an API for its Trends analysis tool.
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5.12.2007 Microsoft Backtracks, Allows MSN Music Access Until 2011
After taking some heat for its April decision to shutter its MSN Music servers, Microsoft this week backtracked and decided to allow access until the end of 2011.
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21.6.2008 Microsoft sets sail with high-seas Net access
Just the thing for the ideal boating experience? High-speed Internet access.
As part of Microsoft's attempt to make the Web omnipresent, the company announced a new service Thursday that will connect boaters to the Internet. Seafaring Web surfers can stay connected 25 miles from land thanks to a partnership struck between Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft and antenna maker KVH Industries.
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17.2.2006 Microsoft Outlook Web Access 2007 - new features in Beta 1
Hi. I'm DJ Schwend, a product designer working on the OWA team here in Exchange. I've put together this overview of the best new features in our Beta 1 release. We've made huge strides to improve the online experience and our goal is to keep being the best web mail client in the world.
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18.5.2006 Access Windows Server 2008 SP2 Performance Tuning Guidelines
The need to squeeze every last drop of performance out of a specific system running Windows is even more stringent when it comes down to server infrastructures compared to client machines.
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29.7.2009 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 3.3 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 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 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, Ive definitely noticed that in some networking activities, it definitely seems to struggle. Particularly compared with Windows XP.
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27.9.2007 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 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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21.12.2006Microsoft Vista security impresses IT staffers hot for NAC
Microsoft's
network access control client in Vista and now in
Windows XP has a lot of IT executives excited, according to an informal poll of about 250 attendees of an Interop Las Vegas NAC seminar who are
actively considering deploying the access technology.
About a third of them say they would use the NAC support in the Microsoft
client software rather than pay more and deal with deploying and maintaining a client with more features that they have to pay extra for. Microsoft
calls its NAC technology Network Access Protection (NAP)
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29.04.2008Partners Will Extend Network Access Protection to Linux and Mac Desktops, and Create a New Appliance Form Factor
The Network Access Protection (NAP) ecosystem hits 150,000 deployed desktops milestone...
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13.11.2007Independent research firm recognizes Microsoft NAP as a leader in Network Access Control
Microsofts Network Access Protection (NAP) solution was cited as a leader (the top category) in a recent independent report, The Forrester Wave:
Network Access Control, Q3 2008. Microsoft was one of the many network access control (NAC) vendors invited to participate in the report.
Forrester placed a lot of emphasis on different access control scenarios for the evaluation and the different vendors were evaluated
around twelve different scenarios as well as strengths across technology, strategy and market presence.
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18.09.2008Deploying IPsec Server and Domain Isolation using Windows Server 2008 Group Policy
Network Access Protection is a new technology included with Windows Server 2008 that allows you to control what machines are allowed to connect to
other machines on your network. Network Access Protection (or NAP) enables you to set system health policies that must be met before a machine is
allowed network access. If the machines meet the requirements in the network access policies, then they are allowed on the network. If not, then the
machine may be disallowed from connecting to any machine on the network, or you might configure policies that allow the machine to connect to
remediation server that allow the machine to remediate and try to connect to the network again after remediation is successful.
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09.10.2008Microsoft Responds to Re-discovery of Vista Network Slowdowns
A curious network performance reduction noticed by many Windows Vista users of the 2CPU forum that became the talk of Slashdot last week has been
identified as having been caused not by DRM, as Slashdot users expected, but by a curious prioritization "feature" of Vista that's
intentionally biased toward Media Player at the expense of network and system resources...
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28.08.2007How To: Network Your Workgroup Computers
Whether you're configuring a home or a small office workgroup, if you have Windows XP and Windows Vista machines in the workgroup you might have had
problems getting them to see each other and access shared resources. This short screencast will explain some of the main networking related
differences between Windows XP and Windows Vista and cover the things to check to get everything running smoothly.
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assumption is the physical network is functioning correctly.
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23.10.2008Microsoft, TCG, Juniper Tie the NAC Knot
A lot of vendors
selling a lot of components
that have to agree on how to
measure a lot of things have
to come together to make an
effective Network Access
Control system. You're
talking vendors of hardware,
security, network security,
client security and operating
systems deciding how to tell
who's running a system trying
to access the network, whether
that system's healthy,
whether it needs to be
quarantined, how to give it
the proper level of network
access and how to fix it if
it's not up to
snuff.
Microsoft and the Trusted
Computing Group on May 21 are
making an announcement that
will provide the fabric to
mesh much of all that.
At Interop in Las Vegas,
the two are letting it be
known that the TCG's TNC
(Trusted Network Connect) NAC
architecture will adopt
Microsoft's NAP (Network
Access Protection) protocol,
which is primarily a
client/server NAC spec.
Juniper Networks at the same
time is announcing that it's
working with Microsoft on
interoperability between
Juniper's UAC (Unified Access
Control) NAC standard and
Microsoft's NAP.
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22.05.200710 Ways Vista is more annoying with Windows 7 available
We all know Windows Vista got a bit of a bum rap. Its biggest sin was that it shipped earlier than it should and its reputation has never recovered.
However, with Windows 7 now out, those of us who have to switch between PCs now find ourselves discovering completely new things about Windows Vista
that are annoying -- because they are things that Windows 7 made so much better. Here's our list... #1 "Program not responding" Windows
Vista loved to throw programs under the bus for not responding. This was especially true of Windows Explorer which regularly would fade out a window
because it was trying to access a network resource.
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05.11.2009Windows Media Player: Internet access to home media
By linking your Live ID to your user account in Windows 7 (from build 7048), you can now stream your home media to your another PC/laptop connected to
a work or public network. Both your home network PC and work network PC should be linked to the same Live ID account. The media is streamed always
from home network to work or public network. This feature partially worked in build 7048, but works pretty neat in the recent 7057 build.
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12.03.2009Microsoft Adds NAP for Linux and Mac
Microsoft's Network Access Protection platform is being extended to Linux and the Mac in heterogeneous network environments through third-party
products.
The Redmond, Wash. software maker announced at its TechEd IT Forum, here on Nov. 13, that UNETsystem will release Linux
and Macintosh versions of its Anyclick for NAP (Network Access Protection) product next year.
Avenda Systems will release the
Avenda Linux Network Access Protection Agent, which extends NAP technology to network endpoints running Linux, while Celestix Networks has developed
an appliance for delivering the NAP policy-enforcement platform. These new appliances will hit the market shortly after Windows Server 2008 is
released in February 2008.
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14.11.2007Microsoft study: Vista improves networking
Companies that deploy Windows
Server 2008 and Windows Vista
in tandem could see more than
a threefold increase in
networking performance for
file transfers, downloading
roaming profiles for mobile
users and accessing files on a
portal, according to a
Microsoft-commissioned study
conducted by the Tolly Group.
In a 38-page white
paper titled "Enhanced
Network Performance with
Microsoft Windows Vista and
Windows Server 2008," the
Tolly Group compares the
networking performance for
file access on WANs and LANs
using various configurations
of Windows Server 2003 R2 or
2008 on the backend and XP SP2
or Vista on the frontend.
Not surprisingly, the
combination of the newest
operating systems brings the
best gains in network
performance in large part,
Tolly concludes, because of an
upgraded TCP/IP stack and
updates to thefile-sharing
Server Message Block (SMB )
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07.06.2007Windows Vista: Offline Files
Here's one I can relate to,
Jim talks about the improved
Offline files feature in
Vista, something I use myself
and am very happy with.
One of the key things
that we focused on for Windows
Vista was improving the
experience for mobile (laptop)
users. If you are like me, you
spend quite a bit of time
running around with a laptop.
However, when I am in my
office, I tend to use my
desktop. The primary way that
I share files between my
desktop and my laptop is by
storing them on a Windows
Server (it's also the primary
way that I make sure that my
files get backed up). For
example, at Microsoft we
redirect the "Documents"
folder (previously known as
"My Documents" in Windows
XP) to a share on the server
(of course, we use access
controls on the folders to
make sure that I am the only
person who can see my
files).
By
redirecting key folders like
the Documents folder to a file
share, my documents are
available to me no matter
which one of my Windows PCs I
am using. The problem of
course is what happens when I
don't have access to the
server -- such as when I am
not on the corporate network
or perhaps sitting on an
airplane. Frankly, the same
problem exists with any file
share that I might try to
access when I am not on the
corporate network.
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30.01.2007Microsoft Forefront Integration Kit for Network Access Protection
Georgina M: The Microsoft Forefront Integration Kit for Network Access Protection helps defend against malware threats by integrating two key
Microsoft security technologies: Forefront Client Security and the new Network Access Protection feature in Windows Server 2008.
The Kit helps protect by enabling customers to configure health policies to monitor the state of Forefront Client Security in real time across
their networks, and to remediate problems.
<...> The Microsoft Forefront Integration Kit for Network Access Protection is now in
beta! To learn more about the Kit, sign in to the Microsoft Connect Web
site. Or, to join the program,
click here.
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12.03.2008Anaheim Launches Wi-Fi Network
The city of Anaheim officially
launched its wireless network
on Thursday In cooperation
with EarthLink. The ISP has
announced two plans for usage,
including occasional use and
continuous access plans...
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30.06.2006Who'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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05.11.2007How Windows Vista Handles Wireless Networking
Each new version of Windows has made significant improvements in the operating system's networking capabilities. Back in the days of Windows 95 and
Windows 98, networking was a complicated affair for technical experts only; you could set up and configure a network from within Windows, but it took
a lot of work. Things got much better with Windows XP, where networking became more or less a plug-and-play operationalbeit one that required a lot of
user interaction and didn't always work as promised.
With Windows Vista, things again have changed for the better. Microsoft
completely rewrote the networking stack in Vista, which means that networking not only is more reliable, it's also much easier to set up. In fact, in
most instances you don't have to do much setup at all; Windows Vista recognizes your network and equipment, and automatically configures the system
as necessary. (At least theoretically; networking in Vista can still be counterintuitive at times, and occasionally things don't work quite as
promised.)
This is good news if you're setting up a new network for your Vista-based computersbut also useful if you're
connecting a Vista PC to an existing network or Wi-Fi hot spot.
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04.01.2008Employee hands over passwords to hijacked San Francisco computer network
Much to the delight of San Francisco computer network officials, Mayor Gavin Newsom was given the password so the city can again have access to its
computer network after it was hijacked by a city employee...
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24.07.2008Thoughts from the field on Windows Server 2008 - NAP
Dave Northey: Denys Kovalenko works for
A1 Computers in Cabinteely (just south of
Dublin). He's been evaluating Network Access Protection for a while now, and wanted to share his experiences with you.
"I have
been testing a great feature of Windows 2008 Server, called Network Access Protection (NAP).
I have been testing NAP since
Longhorn Beta 3 and Vista RTM. It looks very promising, especially with the number of hardware manufactures who are going to support 802.1x NAP in
their network devices. That fact it is controlled by policy makes it more interesting. The NAP configuration wizard makes it's easy to deploy, but
I personally like manual configuration. Netsh NAP commands makes it easy for scripting.
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03.12.2007Something New when Uninstalling Drivers and Devices on Windows Vista
Chris Mu: Today, I'd like to share a background story about a KB article that describe a interesting behavior in Windows Vista that is different with
previous OS. Maybe it is not the most important or highest impacted issue occurs in Windows Vista, but I think it will impact some of you when you are
troubleshooting for your firendes/family... OK, let go through this issue.
This issue is about re-install network adapter in
Windows Vista and the KB article for this issue will be KB945399 and published in a few days. The issue can be reproduced in many computer models and
you will encounter it when you uninstall a network adapter device using Device Manager. Maybe you have to troubleshoot whether the network adapter
driver installed is right to troubleshoot OS network issue. Therefore, after uninstall the adapter, you may try to install another driver for the
device ... Everything works fine in Windows XP/Server 2003 and so on. However, when you try to do same action in Windows Vista, the popular OS
nowadays, you will see soon after the uninstall process completes, PnP detects the network adapter as a new device and automatically installs the
device and drivers. Instead, in Windows XP, only after you click to scan hardware change, the PnP will detect the network adapter and install the
driver.
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21.01.2008GameTap Network Needs Beta Testers
AOL is seeking beta testers
for TimeWarner's GameTap
network, which provides
on-demand access to games of
old such as Asteroids and
Zork. The service frequently
adds new features such as
customizable controller
mappings, and needs a team of
testers to provide feedback...
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