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Tcpip.sys – Pre Service Pack 3 Revision History for Windows Server 2003 SP2 and Windows Small Business Server 2003 SP2 (SBS 2003)

Tcpip.sys – Pre Service Pack 3 Revision History for Windows Server 2003 SP2 and Windows Small Business Server 2003 SP2 (SBS 2003)

16-Sep-2010 – 5.2.3790.4776 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2309312 – You experience poor performance when you create an IPsec VPN site-to-site connection in Windows Server 2003

18-Mar-2010 – 5.2.3790.4681 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979230 – TCP connections fail intermittently when both endpoints are on the same computer in Windows Server 2003 SP2

15-Nov-2009 – 5.2.3790.4619 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977291 – An SqlBulkCopy operation may fail on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 SP2 under a heavy load situation

16-Aug-2009 – 5.2.3790.4573 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967723 – MS09-048: Vulnerabilities in Windows TCP/IP could allow remote code execution

15-Aug-2009 – 5.2.3790.4573 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2669182 – Known issues that occur when you install update 2509553 for Windows Server 2003

15-Aug-2009 – 5.2.3790.4573 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2655960 – DNS server stops responding to DNS queries from client computers in in Windows Server 2003, in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

15-Aug-2009 – 5.2.3790.4573 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2647170 – MS12-017: Vulnerability in DNS Server could allow denial of service: March 13, 2012

15-Aug-2009 – 5.2.3790.4573 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2562485 – MS11-058: Vulnerabilities in DNS Server could allow remote code execution: August 9, 2011

15-Aug-2009 – 5.2.3790.4573 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2548145 – The size of the Active Directory increases rapidly on a Windows Server 2003-based or Windows Server 2008 R2-based domain controller that hosts the DNS Server role

15-Aug-2009 – 5.2.3790.4573 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978413 – The CPU usage for the DNS Server service reaches 100 percent after you install hotfix 953419

15-Aug-2009 – 5.2.3790.4573 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977171 – DNS data corruption occurs when the DNS records are transferred from a BIND DNS server to a Windows Server 2003 SP2-based DNS server

15-Aug-2009 – 5.2.3790.4573 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975830 – The memory usage of the Dns.exe process keeps increasing after you install hotfix 941672 on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 SP2 and that has the DNS server role installed

16-Jun-2009 – 5.2.3790.4531 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971383 – Data loss occurs when the Winsock “recv” function returns 0 bytes if both the client-side and the server-side applications run on the same computer that is running Windows Server 2003

17-Feb-2009 – 5.2.3790.4318 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962238 – MS09-008: Vulnerabilities in DNS and WINS Server could allow spoofing

10-Jul-2008 – 5.2.3790.4331 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950224 – A Scalable Networking Pack (SNP) hotfix rollup package is available for Windows Server 2003

20-Jun-2008 – 5.2.3790.4318 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2509553 – MS11-030: Vulnerability in DNS Resolution could allow remote code execution: April 12, 2011

20-Jun-2008 – 5.2.3790.4318 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970176 – A Windows Server 2003 SP2-based DNS server does not route a name resolution request to the expected DNS server through the stub zone

20-Jun-2008 – 5.2.3790.4318 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969299 – A DNS zone transfer between two Windows Server 2003-based DNS servers generates incomplete zone data when the DNS transfer process stops unexpectedly

20-Jun-2008 – 5.2.3790.4318 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962238 – MS09-008: Vulnerabilities in DNS and WINS Server could allow spoofing

20-Jun-2008 – 5.2.3790.4318 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961063 – MS09-008: Description of the security update for DNS server: March 10, 2009

20-Jun-2008 – 5.2.3790.4318 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960898 – Name resolution is broken between a Windows Server 2003-based parent domain and its child domains, and among the child domains, when scavenging is configured on both the parent and child DNS zones

20-Jun-2008 – 5.2.3790.4318 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957749 – A Windows Server 2003-based DNS server may crash when the DNS server hosts the forward lookup zones that have the “Use WINS forward lookup” option enabled

20-Jun-2008 – 5.2.3790.4318 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957579 – Post-installation behavior on client computers after you install the DNS update

20-Jun-2008 – 5.2.3790.4318 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/KB/953230 – MS08-037: Vulnerabilities in DNS could allow spoofing

20-Jun-2008 – 5.2.3790.4318 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952087 – Customized permissions that are applied to DNS records are reset to the default value when these records are deleted and tombstoned on a Windows Server 2003-based DNS server

20-Jun-2008 – 5.2.3790.4318 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951748 – MS08-037: Description of the security update for DNS in Windows Server 2003, in Windows XP, and in Windows 2000 Server (client side): July 8, 2008

04-Mar-2008 – 5.2.3790.4246 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947775 – On a Windows Server 2003-based computer that has a TCP Chimney Offload network adapter, the TCP data stream may be corrupted when the network adapter indicates an MDL chain whose starting MDL has a nonzero offset

03-Mar-2008 – 5.2.3790.4245 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949234 – A Windows Server 2003-based computer that has the TCP Chimney feature enabled restarts unexpectedly: “Stop 0x000000D1”

21-Feb-2008 – 5.2.3790.4241 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949316 – Description of a hotfix that adds Compound TCP (CTCP) support to computers that are running Windows Server 2003 or a 64-bit version of Windows XP

22-Jan-2008 – 5.2.3790.4222 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940202 – A Windows Server 2003-based computer may stop responding during shutdown after you install the Scalable Networking Pack

18-Jan-2008 – 5.2.3790.4220 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947773 – A Windows Server 2003-based computer responds slowly to RDP connections or to SMB connections that are made from a Windows Vista-based computer

18-Jan-2008 – 5.2.3790.4220 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945466 – You receive a Stop error message when a computer that is using a TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE)-enabled adapter is running under low resources in Windows Server 2003

27-Jul-2007 – 5.2.3790.4125 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922972 – You may experience poor performance when you use a program that transmits small data packets on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2

08-Jun-2007 – 5.2.3790.4096 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938648 – You receive a “Stop 0x000000D1” error message, and the computer restarts automatically in Windows Server 2003

23-Apr-2007 – 5.2.3790.4066 – Tcpip.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936192 – Error message on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003: “Stop 0x0000000a”

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Microsoft Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 – BITS client will reset the TCP connection each time is downloads a range of the file and increases overall network traffic

Microsoft Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 – BITS client will reset the TCP connection each time is downloads a range of the file and increases overall network traffic.

You can find more information and the download link for a hotfix that addresses the issue in Microsoft KB 2654875 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2654875

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How to update Network Adapter and Wireless Adapter Drivers within Windows

You may be finding that your network or internet connection is slow or unreliable, you may also find that your computer responds far more slowly whilst you are using network resources because your network adapter drivers are not fully optimised. Wireless network adapter users may find that they cannot connect to some wireless points and/or that wireless range is not what they expect.

Any of these issues could be related to using outdated network adapter drivers so update them.

The primary types of network adapter that you will find in use today are PCI, PCI-Express or USB.  Even wireless and cabled network adapters that are integrated into a laptop or computer will still use one of these fundamental bus types.  Despite who you bought your laptop or computer from (i.e. Dell, HP, Acer, Sony) you will most likely find that a thrd party supplied the network adapter module or chip.  This is actually a good thing because it means that you are not restricted to the often outdated drivers that your system manufacturer will issues when your machine is first produced but then subsequently forget about and never update.

The process to update the drivers usually involves downloading and extracting the zipped/compressed driver file and then using Device Manager to verify and update the drivers are compatible and will install.  You will usually find that the extracted drivers folder includes an “inf” file and various “dll” files.

Once you have the drivers downloaded and extracted on your machine its time to launch Device Manager and find the network adapter that you wish to update the drivers for. On my example machine we want to update the Realtek PCIe Gigabit Adapter so we will double click on it and verify the current driver version.

Here we can see the driver version is “7.23.623.2010 and the date the drivers were released is “23/06/2010”.

Now we want to click “Update Driver” and select the location of the new drivers that we downloaded earlier. To do this we need to click “Browse my computer for driver software” and then selecte the location of the extracted driver files.

Once we have carried out the update the new version will show along with the updated driver release date.

You will usually find that the network adapter in your computer or laptop is manufactured by one of the companies listed below, next to each manufacturer is also a link to the official driver download/support page.

Intel           http://downloadcenter.intel.com
Realtek      http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/
Broadcom http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet_nic/downloaddrivers.php
Nvidia        http://www.nvidia.co.uk/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-uk
Marvell      http://www.marvell.com/support/downloads/search.do
Ralink        http://www.ralinktech.com/en/04_support/support.php?sn=500
D-Link       http://www.d-link.co.uk/support
Netgear      http://support.netgear.com/app/
Linksys       http://homesupport.cisco.com/en-eu/support/linksys
Belkin         http://www.belkin.com/uk/support/