Netdiag.exe is a very useful tool for diagnosing network
connection issues such as domain and server availability. There are
numerous versions of Netdiag and only some will work on each version
of Windows. It can usually be extracted from the Windows CD by
locating the Support folder, within the Tools folder right click on
Support.cab and choose explore to find netdiag.exe. Once located,
right click on the file and choose extract. It is not present on all
CD's. If not, it can be downloaded here:
Netdiag.exe ver 5.1.2600.0 which
seems to work fine with XP SP1 or 2. It can also be downloaded
as part of the Windows XP SP2 Support Tools:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=49ae8576-9bb9-4126-9761-ba8011fabf38&displaylang=en
The ComputerPerformance site has a good Netdiag tutorial:
http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/w2k3/utilities/windows_netdiag.htm
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Useful utilities from Zero Administration Kit for Windows NT4.
Kit appears to be no longer available from Microsoft download site;
www.microsoft.com/Windows/zak//
Con2Prt.zip - Add and delete
printers from a command line or batch file such as a logon script.
(Includes con2prt.exe and syntax text file)
PPTPping.zip - Usefull tool
for testing GRE, protocol 47, pass-through (Includes PPTPsrv.exe,
PPTPclnt.exe, and documentation)
RPCping.zip - Used to confirm
services on Microsoft Exchange server are respoding to RPC requests
by Exchange clients. (Includes RPingC16.exe, RPingS.exe, RPingC.exe,
RPingDOS.exe, and documentation)
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