Network Monitor
Exciting developments in the world of network traffic capture and protocol analysis. Microsoft Network Monitor has a new companion program that lets you take network captures without having to install any software ahead of time. It even runs off of a file share or USB key. I've been using it recently to collect traces when people ask me to help figure out why their web service doesn't work.
The program is still experimental but you can get a copy by joining Microsoft Connect. If you go to the available connections page, sign in, and pick the Network Monitor 3 connection, you'll be able to get the One Click Capture beta from the Downloads section.
You'll still want a normal installation of Network Monitor to look at the capture output but you can do that on your machine without having to install the software everywhere you want to take a capture.
Next time: Controlling for Clock Skew
