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September 2008 - Posts

NAP 101 – The Components of NAP

Welcome back AskPerf Readers. In my last post we covered the basics of Network Access Protection (NAP) – what it is, and what it can (and can’t!) do for you. Today we’re going to go over the various components of NAP. The diagram below from the NAP Architecture Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 30, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments
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Network Access Protection for the non-Network Admin

We've talked about security in previous posts.  We've also talked about SMB, Large File Copies and a number of other networking-related issues.  Today we're going to talk about Network Access Protection (NAP) and its role in the enterprise.  Read More...
Posted Friday, September 26, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments
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“Unknown Publisher”? Where did this dialog box come from?

Hello AskPerf readers!  My name is Don Geddes, and I am a Support Escalation Engineer on the Performance team.  Over the last couple of months, we’ve been getting quite a few calls on a new popup dialog box that occurs when connecting to a web Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 23, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 6 Comments

Installing Windows Vista Print Drivers on Windows Server 2003

Good Morning AskPerf! My name is John Dickson, and I am a Support Escalation Engineer on the Performance team in Texas. Today we are going to discuss a scenario that is a common one as companies continue to deploy Windows Vista in their environment. How Read More...
Posted Friday, September 19, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 11 Comments

Memory and Handle Quotas in the WMI Provider Service

Hi folks, Mark Ghazai here once again with a quick tidbit on tweaking the WMI Provider Service (WMIPRVSE.EXE).  We’ve been getting some calls recently about the performance of this service and some failures that customers have been experiencing – Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 16, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 4 Comments

Changes to Professional Level (Non-Premier) Support Model

On October 1, 2008 the Professional level “Enterprise Platforms Support” business at Microsoft will transition to a call-back model for all Professional support incidents in the United States and Canada. Below is a description of how to contact Microsoft Read More...
Posted Friday, September 12, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments
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Windows Vista: Virtual Roundtable with Mark Russinovich

On September 24th, Mark Russinovich will be hosting a Virtual Roundtable on Windows Vista Performance. Mark and a panel of industry experts will be discussing several issues related to Windows Vista including: Overall OS Performance Common Misconfigurations Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 09, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 1 Comments
Attachment(s): SAVE THE DATE Springboard Series Virtual Roundtable - Windows Vista Performance.ics

IE8 and Privacy

Privacy.  Personally Identifiable Information.  Choice.  Disclosure.  These are all key concepts in the digital age.  We expose more of our personal data electronically than at any time in our history.  IE8 gives users more Read More...
Posted Friday, September 05, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments

Two Minute Drill: Troubleshooting Name Resolution

Welcome back AskPerf readers!  For our readers in the United States, I hope you enjoyed your three day weekend for the Labor Day holiday, but it’s time to get back to work.  I know today’s title looks like it should be posted on one of our Networking Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 02, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments
 
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