Capture a Network Trace without installing anything (& capture a network trace of a reboot)
If you need to capture a network trace of a client or server without installing Wireshark or Netmon this might be helpful for you. (This feature works on Windows 7/2008 R2 and above). The short version: 1. Open an elevated command prompt and run: “netsh trace start persistent=yes capture=yes tracefile=c:\temp\nettrace-boot.etl” (make sure you have a \temp directory or choose another location). 2. Reproduce the issue or do a reboot if you are tracing a slow boot scenario. 3. Open an elevated command…