To me, that just show that MS have a gaping big hole in their test plans. As a lot of organisations are still on IPv4 and don't use IPv6, to me not testing the effects of disabling IPv6 is a major fail.
It's a bit like "We won't test it on a 32-bit OS, because we want everyone to use 64-bit." Regards Tony Patton Desktop Operations Cavan Ext 8078 Direct Dial 049 435 2878 email: [email protected] From: "Free, Bob" <[email protected]> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> Date: 18/02/2010 21:25 Subject: RE: What is the latest version of RDP client for Win7? The Argument against Disabling IPv6 It is unfortunate that some organizations disable IPv6 on their computers running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, where it is installed and enabled by default. Many disable IPv6-based on the assumption that they are not running any applications or services that use it. Others might disable it because of a misperception that having both IPv4 and IPv6 enabled effectively doubles their DNS and Web traffic. This is not true. >From Microsoft's perspective, IPv6 is a mandatory part of the Windows operating system and it is enabled and included in standard Windows service and application testing during the operating system development process. Because Windows was designed specifically with IPv6 present, Microsoft does not perform any testing to determine the effects of disabling IPv6. If IPv6 is disabled on Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, or later versions, some components will not function. Moreover, applications that you might not think are using IPv6?such as Remote Assistance, HomeGroup, DirectAccess, and Windows Mail?could be. Therefore, Microsoft recommends that you leave IPv6 enabled, even if you do not have an IPv6-enabled network, either native or tunneled. By leaving IPv6 enabled, you do not disable IPv6-only applications and services (for example, HomeGroup in Windows 7 and DirectAccess in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 are IPv6-only) and your hosts can take advantage of IPv6-enhanced connectivity. http://207.46.16.252/en-us/magazine/2009.07.cableguy.aspx From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 1:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: What is the latest version of RDP client for Win7? I?ve had IPv6 disabled on several Win2K8 servers as well without problem as far as I can tell also. -sc From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 3:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: What is the latest version of RDP client for Win7? I've had IPV6 disabled on Vista since forever and have never had any issues talking to my WSUS server. More than likely "they" had something else going on and accidentally fixed it at the same time they re-enabled IPV6. Carl From: Jon Harris [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 3:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: What is the latest version of RDP client for Win7? I would add Vista and 7 as well but I have not done a lot of testing on that issue. I know some of the products like WSUS were having an issue with Vista clients not having IP6 turned on. I don't remember what the issue was but they had problems connecting reliably to the server. Jon On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Free, Bob <[email protected]> wrote: Yes bad on any 2008 server From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 6:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: What is the latest version of RDP client for Win7? Can you answer this: Is it bad to do it on any 2008 machine, or just a 2008 machine that will host Exchange? From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 7:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: What is the latest version of RDP client for Win7? There are known problems with doing so. And, unfortunately, before you ask me what they are ? I?m not allowed to say. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 8:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: What is the latest version of RDP client for Win7? Ok! I?ll try to find it again. Curious though, as to why it?s such a bad idea? From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 6:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: What is the latest version of RDP client for Win7? Sam ? DON?T DO THAT. Dramatic enough? :-) And like Carl asked, I?m interested to know where you read it. ?Cuz I?ll try to get it fixed. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 10:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: What is the latest version of RDP client for Win7? Where'd you read that? From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 10:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: What is the latest version of RDP client for Win7? IP6 is disabled on the NIC(s). Something I read to do when introducing Ex2010 into an IPv4 environment. From: Free, Bob [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 4:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: What is the latest version of RDP client for Win7? What do you mean by ip4 only? From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 8:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: What is the latest version of RDP client for Win7? Having a terrible time getting an RDP session open to my first Srv08 server. Works 50% of the time. Have to fire up the VMware Console to connect. Once I log in through the console, I can then connect to the Srv08. Firewall is disabled. ip4 only. ??? From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: What is the latest version of RDP client for Win7? That?s the same version I have (Win7 ultimate x64). Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 11:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: What is the latest version of RDP client for Win7? I have 6.1.7600; thought 7.x was out... ==================================================================== http://www.quinn-insurance.com This e-mail is intended only for the addressee named above. 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