!!! WARNING:  IT Systems Administrator blasphemy ahead !!!  Actually, here it is right here:  I know that NetDiag is a staple tool for systems administrators but I’ve never been a big consumer of the tool and that’s mostly because I just don’t care for it.  There is some great functionality in the tool but a lot of it can be found in other tools without all of the excess effort and output.  The other thing is that there are some limitations and known issues which often m... [More]

Network Ports and Sockets Purpose                 To begin to understand how a computer communicates on the modern network you need to understand network ports and sockets in TCP/IP. This is probably the most basic concept to networking. In Windows, and in other platforms, there are some tools that will also help us in reviewing our ports and connections on any given machine. I have no plan to rewrite was has alread... [More]

Okay Microsoft, you are doing a good job of evangelizing Windows 7 and more importantly, this time around you are getting a lot of help from the consumers of the operating system.  People love the operating system and they are willing to spread the news for you – or maybe for themselves since everyone likes to bear good news.  You should be proud of that but you should also remember that everyone is going to find out about your new OS pretty much whether you advertise or not.&nbs... [More]