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March 2008 - Posts

Startup Programs on Windows Vista: Inside the Box

In prior versions of Windows, especially if the installation had many applications installed over the years, it was not easy to run a program or navigate the system shortly after booting.  I remember fighting with my mouse or looking over at the Read More...
Posted Friday, March 28, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 6 Comments

Lock Pages in Memory ... do you really need it?

Back In October, we wrote a post regarding the Event ID 333 Errors and how to troubleshoot them .  At the end of that post, we mentioned the "Lock Pages in Memory" user right.  One of the things we mentioned was that if you have an Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 25, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 6 Comments

The Case of the Stuck Cluster Service

  Today we're going to cover an issue that is more common than you might think, but is one that may be tricky to troubleshoot.  The first thing that you may think when you read the title of this post is, "What is the Performance team doing Read More...
Posted Friday, March 21, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments

Hotfix Installs, Remote Desktop and the Reboot that wasn't ...

Every couple of months or so, we'll get a call from an Administrator reporting that his system hung when he tried to reboot it after installing patches. More often than not, the patches were installed by an Administrator logging on to the server via Remote Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 18, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 9 Comments
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Internet Explorer 8 - First Look

Last week, at the MIX conference in Las Vegas, the Internet Explorer team made several announcements regarding IE8, the first of which was that a Developer Beta (emphasis on the Developer ) is now available.  You can download the beta from the IE8 Read More...
Posted Friday, March 14, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 2 Comments
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Disk Fragmentation and System Performance

When addressing system performance issues, a key element that is often overlooked is Disk Fragmentation.  Even on a brand new system with plenty of RAM and high-end processors, the performance of the hard disk may be a bottleneck causing system performance Read More...
Posted Friday, March 14, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 14 Comments

Group Policy Logging on Windows Vista

Although the bulk of Group Policy Processing and Troubleshooting is handled by our Directory Services team, we often collaborate on these issues - mainly when the issue relates to a user logging in and not being presented with their desktop environment Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 11, 2008 2:00 PM by CC Hameed | 1 Comments

Key Principles of Security

OK, so today's isn't really something "Performance" related, but nevertheless, I think we can all safely agree that this is something that all administrators should be aware of.  During our Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 posts we've Read More...
Posted Friday, March 07, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 1 Comments

WMI Debug Logging

Welcome back.  After our series of posts on Windows Server 2008, today we're going to switch gears a little bit and look at WMI Logging.  We often get calls from customers regarding WMI issues beyond the Permissions or Impersonation Rights problems Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 04, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 2 Comments

IT Pros: Interactive Virtual Roundtable with Mark Russinovich

Are you still undecided about Windows Vista?  Unsure about deployment?  Running into some roadblocks?  This is the event for you! Microsoft Technical Fellow and desktop guru Mark Russinovich will be hosting an interactive virtual roundtable—broadcast Read More...
Posted Monday, March 03, 2008 5:45 AM by CC Hameed | 1 Comments
 
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