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July 2009 - Posts

Two Minute Drill: Stack Basics

Welcome back AskPerf!  Carrying on with our debugging / architectural theme from the last couple of weeks, today’s topic is about the stack.  A stack is a way of storing information – a data structure.  When a new object is placed on the Read More...
Posted Friday, July 31, 2009 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 1 Comments

Semaphores – More than Flag Waving

Good Morning AskPerf!  Today is the last in our series on Windows Synchronization Mechanisms.  Our topic today is Semaphore Objects.  A semaphore object is a kernel-mode synchronization object that maintains a count between zero and a maximum Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 28, 2009 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 3 Comments

Windows 7 – RTM Details and more …

OK folks – here are some details on RTM availability. Availability depends on who you are. The information below is from the Windows Team Blog : Partners & OEM’s ISV and IHV partners will be able to download Windows 7 RTM from Microsoft Connect or Read More...
Posted Friday, July 24, 2009 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 – RTM!

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 were Released to Manufacturing today … we’ll publish more details on Friday. - CC Hameed Share this post : Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 22, 2009 3:45 PM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments

The Basics of Mutexes and Spin Locks

Good Morning AskPerf! We’re continuing on with our mini-series on Synchronization Mechanisms today with a look at Mutexes. A mutex is a synchronization object. Mutexes ensure mutually exclusive (hence the term) access. In other words, while one thread Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 21, 2009 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 2 Comments

Interlocked Operations in a Nutshell

Good Morning AskPerf!  On Tuesday, we went over some very high-level concepts around synchronization mechanisms.  Today, we’re going to briefly dig into one of those mechanisms, Interlocked Operations, in a little more depth.  This isn’t Read More...
Posted Friday, July 17, 2009 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 1 Comments

Synchronization Mechanisms 101: Concepts for Non-Programmers

Good morning AskPerf! I realize it’s been a couple of weeks or so since we’ve posted. The reason is that we’ve all been a bit busy trying to wrap up the end of our fiscal year, write our reviews and of course, there was the Fourth of July holiday in there Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 14, 2009 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments
 
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