WinXP – troubleshooting Network Problems

If your having network troubles on a workstation running Windows XP, then this Microsoft Troubleshooting article should help you resolve it.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/maintain/troubleshoot.mspx?pf=true
Cheers, j

Trouble PC – IP / DNS resolving tools

Resolving a specific PC problem with IP networking.
Reset TCP/IP Stack (This is a cmd to run): netsh int ip reset resetlog.txt
Ethereal to monitor IP Traffic: http://www.ethereal.com/
TCPVIEW to monitor applications use of IP Traffic: http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/TcpView.html

What’s going on my Win32 computer?

These tools are invaluable!
TCPView – sysinternals.comProcessMon – sysinternals.comRegMon – sysinternals.comProcessExplorer – sysinternals.comOpenFiles – Sysinternals.com
smsniff – http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/smsniff.html
Tools I didn’t use but maybe could have..
Wireshark – Capture packets of Network DataCurrPorts – http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/cports.htmlPassSniff – http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/password_sniffer.htmlSocketSniff – http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/socket_sniffer.html

Technicians Download Tool page

Fantastic page with links to Symantec patchs tools, and for Microsoft and many others!http://memphistech.net/

Technicians Download Tool page

Fantastic page with links to Symantec patchs tools, and for Microsoft and many others!
http://memphistech.net/

Microsoft Network Monitor 3.1 – Freeware

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=18b1d59d-f4d8-4213-8d17-2f6dde7d7aac&displaylang=en&tm

Windows XP Security Auditing

http://labmice.techtarget.com/articles/winxpsecuritychecklist.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310399