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Despite what the show seems to infer, there was actually a lot of legit business going on at CyberNet and there were a lot of good people doing honest work. As far as I know, the shady stuff was all going on 'up stairs'.

If you want to see the story of Barton Watson and the unfortunate tale of Cybernet, check out the CNBC American Green, episode #1.

If anyone reading this has information on CyberNet that wasn't included on the program, please let me know!

Guest OS support additions (integration components):
Windows Server 2003 (x86) SMP, Windows Vista SP1 (x86) and Windows XP SP3 (x86)

Improved performance:

1. Performance fixes for scalability and throughput for workloads.
2. VMs using pass-through disks will see a substantial performance improvement.
3. Installing Hyper-V VMs via network (RIS/PXE/WDS) is greatly improved.

You will want to read over KB 949219 before blindly updating your Beta VMs to RC VMs. I personally have run into some issues trying to import my older VMs into the new build.

The main Hyper-V website, which also is not online quite yet, is going to be located here.

From the announcement here, you can find more information on the new build.

Update: You can download the x64 build here and x86 build here. Release notes here.

A hotfix is available to add Compound TCP (CTCP) support to computers that are running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP. CTCP aggressively adjusts the congestion window of the sender to optimize TCP for connections with large bandwidth-delay products. These products include Video on Demand for Windows Server 2003 and for Windows XP.

Note: CTCP support was introduced in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008.
Personal note: I'll be adding this to my XP VMs, 2003 VMs, and standalone machines that are at home because CTCP has proven to be a win, performance wise, for my Internet connection.

Once the hotfix is applied, ensure CTCP is enabled by checking the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\TCPCongestionControl. It should be set to 1 as a DWORD to enable.