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IPv6 has two modes with regards to auto configuration, stateless mode and stateful mode.

In stateless mode, clients obtain their IP address using router advertisement (RA) messages. While this is working correctly, it doesn’t provide the client with a DNS server, this still has to come from a DHCP server. In stateless mode, all the DHCP server does is assign the client with a DNS server and a domain search list.

Stateful mode is more like the old DHCPv4 way of doing things. It uses a DHCP server to get IP address, and some other options like DNS server and domain search list. The default gateway is assigned using RA messages.

The documentation on setting up a DHCPv6 server using Windows Server 2008R2 is virtually non-existing, that’s why I wanted to post about it.

Stateful mode is more appropriate for large network environments, where more control is needed to auto configure clients.

To install the DHCP(v6) server on Windows 2008R2, you just need to fire up server manager, and add the DHCP role. Go to roles, add roles, next,  select DHCP server,

next, next, select the network connections that the DHCP server is going to bind to, press next,

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This is a simple trainer for Grand Theft Auto IV. It’s a dll, that will hook into GTAIV and can process native game commands.

Credits to Aru for his C++ hook.

Download Here

For more information, please visit the thread I have created for this trainer on gtaforums.com:

Trainer Thread

After Microsoft did a presentation about the new improved taskbar in Windows 7, many people complained that Microsoft merely copied the OSX dock from Apple.

Without going to much into history, let’s just see how the taskbar compares to the dock in OSX.

Please note that the screenshots are from build 6801 of Windows 7, there are already changes, the arrow next to the icon was gone in the build Microsoft showed at PDC. The dock screenshots are from Leopard 10.5.5.

The below screenshot is this new taskbar, I have 6 applications “pinned” on the taskbar, which means they are visible even if they are not launched.

The notification area, where in Windows 7, you can set the behaviour of each and every icon. (I have enabled them all).

The OSX dock, I have quite a lot of icons there, as of course OSX doesn’t feature a start menu, and the dock is used as a launcher as wel.

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Last weekend I decided to download Windows 7 build 6801. I had already looked at earlier builds, but these were very much alike Windows Vista. This build adds a lot of features and it is amazingly stable.

I will expand this post with screenshots of new things in Windows 7.

For now, let’s just look at a nice screenshot of build 6801.

Okay, one thing that annoyed  me about Vista was the steps required to change anything related to network adapters, and VPN connections. In Windows 7 at least changing the properties of a VPN connections  is  easy, click  the network icon in the notification area, and any VPN connections will show, right click and properties will let you configure the connection.

After we have successfully installed NPS (Network Policy Services) we are able to deploy NPA (Network Access Protection). This will further enhance our VPN connections (or even LAN connections if we wanted too).

What is NPA, in a nutshell, it’s a system to enforce certain rules on a PC that is connected to our network. For instance NPA will allow an administrator to enforce that all PC’s have auto update switched on, or even that it is fully patched, before such a PC is allowed full access to the network, if it doesn’t comply with this policy, it is either revoked access, or allowed limited access to certain services, so that it can actually be repaired. In this case, if the PC doesn’t have auto update switched on, it could then be switched on automatically, or if it is not fully patched, we would allow access to a WSUS server, so that it actually can be patched to the level required by the policy. As soon as it has met the requirements, full access is restored. The servers or services are that are used to “repair” a client are called remediation services.

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