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Xbox 360 Fall Update Includes LLTD

Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 11:49 PM by wndpteam
There has been a lot of buzz about the recent fall update for the Xbox 360; however, an important new feature which has not been mentioned is support for the Link Layer Topology Discovery ( LLTD ) protocol. In its basic form, LLTD allows a Windows Vista Read More...
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Filler - Keyboard shortcuts for launching any app

Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 10:43 AM by wndpteam
Windows Vista makes it even simpler to be productive with keyboard shortcuts. To launch any app: Windows key; type app name (e.g. word); Enter Variation of above for Control Panel applets like Network and Sharing Center (e.g. type network center ) To Read More...
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WSAPoll, A new Winsock API to simplify porting poll() applications to Winsock.

Posted Thursday, October 26, 2006 8:49 AM by wndpteam
Hello, my name is Chad Carlin. I'm a software developer on the Winsock Test Team. Among the many improvements to the Winsock API shipping in Vista is the new WSAPoll function. Its primary purpose is to simplify the porting of a sockets application that Read More...
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Creating IP Agnostic Applications - Part 2 (Dual Mode Sockets)

Posted Tuesday, October 24, 2006 10:59 AM by wndpteam
In a previous post I wrote about how on Windows Vista and Windows Server "Longhorn," IPv6 is installed and enabled by default and that when both IPv4 and IPv6 are enabled, the TCP/IP stack prefers to use IPv6 over IPv4. With the growth of IPv6, applications Read More...
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URLACL Setting Day

Posted Monday, October 23, 2006 3:54 PM by wndpteam
Looking around the web today, I noticed that Keith Brown has a sample of using HTTP_SERVICE_CONFIG_URLACL_SET from managed code. Kenney Wolf, a while back, found the Windows Vista way of configuring it via netsh. -- Ari Pernick Read More...
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TechNet Webcast on 10/26/2006: Managing Network Bandwidth with Windows Vista

Posted Monday, October 23, 2006 2:20 PM by wndpteam
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032309084&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US This will be a good session led by Eric Han, who manages the enterprise QoS program (and HTTP.sys). I'll probably join Read More...
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TDI Client to Winsock Kernel (WSK) Porting Survey

Posted Thursday, October 19, 2006 9:19 AM by wndpteam
As you know per previous posts on this blog , Winsock Kernel, a new transport-independent kernel mode Network Programming Interface (NPI), is available on Windows Vista and Windows Server Longhorn platforms. On Windows Vista & Windows Server Longhorn, Read More...
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A new central location for all things QoS in Windows

Posted Wednesday, October 18, 2006 4:45 PM by wndpteam
We have a new TechNet site for Windows networking QoS: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/network/qos/default.mspx . Check it out and let me know if you still have unanswered QoS questions. We are always looking for ways to improve our communication Read More...
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Debugging Winsock LSPs

Posted Thursday, October 05, 2006 11:47 AM by wndpteam
Several people have asked for tips on debugging LSPs, and unfortunately there’s no easy method to do so. One difficulty with LSPs is that once it’s installed any number of processes can immediately load the faulty LSP and begin to behave badly. This usually Read More...
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How to find consumer network gear that rocks: part 2 (QoS)

Posted Monday, October 02, 2006 4:06 PM by wndpteam
The “Certified for Windows Vista” logo is comprised of requirements for myriad networking features and scenarios, one of which being network Quality of Service (QoS). What is QoS and why is it important you ask? QoS is an overloaded term, but in short, Read More...
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