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Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: The Big Day is HERE!

That’s right folks!  It’s October 22nd – the big day is finally here!  Over the last twenty-one days, we’ve touched on a number of different features of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.  We hope you’ve enjoyed our Launch Series.  Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 22, 2009 4:00 AM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments

Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: Problem Steps Recorder

Hi all, and welcome to Day 21 in our Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2 Launch Series. Tomorrow is the big day! To wrap up our Launch Series, I want to talk today about a really cool tool included in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 called Problem Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 21, 2009 4:00 AM by CC Hameed | 3 Comments

Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: Federated Search

Hello AskPerf Readers! Day Twenty … only a couple more days to go! The excitement is building. Today we are going to take a very quick look at the new and powerful addition of Federated Search in Windows 7. Federated Search expands the ability of search Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 20, 2009 4:00 AM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments
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Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: AppLocker

Happy Monday everyone. It’s Day Nineteen of our Launch Series, which means that there are only three more days until Windows 7 appears on store shelves! Today, we’re going to provide a really quick overview of AppLocker, which is a new feature in Windows Read More...
Posted Monday, October 19, 2009 4:00 AM by CC Hameed | 1 Comments

Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: Remote Desktop IP Virtualization

Happy Sunday everyone! It’s Day Eighteen of our Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2 Launch Series – only four more days to go till the big day! Today we’re wrapping up our look at some of the new Remote Desktop Services features with a quick overview of Read More...
Posted Sunday, October 18, 2009 4:00 AM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments

Breaking News: Argentina DST Change

Hey folks – in the midst of our Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2 Launch Series, we have some information regarding Argentina and the DST change.  Argentina has determined that they will not be observing the DST change on October 18th.  The Read More...
Posted Saturday, October 17, 2009 6:14 PM by CC Hameed | 2 Comments

Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: Remote Desktop Services Virtualization (RDS-V)

Good Morning AskPerf Nation! Our Launch Series is at Day Seventeen. There are only five more days to go! Today we’re continuing on with Remote Desktop Services, with a look at Remote Desktop Services Virtualization (or RDS-V, for short). You may also Read More...
Posted Saturday, October 17, 2009 4:00 AM by CC Hameed | 1 Comments

Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: Remote Desktop Connection Broker (Part Two)

Welcome back – Happy Friday! Day Sixteen of our Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2 Launch Series is upon us. There are only six more days to go and excitement is growing! Following on from yesterday’s post, today we’re going to take a look at the specifics Read More...
Posted Friday, October 16, 2009 4:00 AM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments

Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: Remote Desktop Connection Broker (Part One)

Good Morning AskPerf! Welcome to Day Fifteen of our Launch Series. There is only one more week to go! If you remember Windows Server 2003 R2 then you probably also remember that Terminal Services (as it was called then) didn’t change much from Windows Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 15, 2009 4:00 AM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments

Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: RemoteApp and Desktop Connection

Welcome back to our Launch Series. It’s Day Fourteen which means that there’s just over a week to go! Today we’re continuing on with our look at various Remote Desktop Services components. Our subject: RemoteApp and Desktop Connection. In Windows Server Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 14, 2009 4:00 AM by CC Hameed | 3 Comments

Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: Remote Desktop Services Architecture

Welcome back to our Launch Series. Today is Day Thirteen – only a few more days to go! Today we’re continuing on with Remote Desktop Services with a look at the architecture. Here we go: There have been some design changes in RDS (remote desktop services) Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 13, 2009 3:00 AM by CC Hameed | 3 Comments

Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: What’s New in Remote Desktop Services

Good Morning! Welcome to Day Twelve of our Launch Series. Today, we’re going to start looking at What’s New in Terminal Services … Remote Desktop Services. So clearly that would be the first change to be aware of, namely that the Terminal Services server Read More...
Posted Monday, October 12, 2009 2:00 AM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments

Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: Distributed Scan Management

Happy Sunday, everyone! Welcome to Day Eleven of our Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008 R2 Launch Series. Today, we’re going to wrap up our look at Printing and Document Services with an overview of Distributed Scan Management (DSM). As more scanner Read More...
Posted Sunday, October 11, 2009 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 4 Comments

Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: Location-Aware Printing

Good Morning AskPerf Readers! Welcome to Day Ten of our Launch Series. Our theme this week has been Printing, and today we’ll be continuing in that vein. Our topic today is Location-Aware Printing. Mobile users and network-connected devices are a rapidly Read More...
Posted Saturday, October 10, 2009 2:00 AM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments

Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: PrintBRM

Happy Friday everyone!  Welcome to Day Nine of our Launch Series for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.  We’re continuing on with Printing today – specifically a look at PrintBRM.  PrintBRM was introduced in Windows Vista and Windows Read More...
Posted Friday, October 09, 2009 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments

Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: Print Driver Isolation

Welcome back folks!  It’s Day Eight.  We’re just over one-third of the way through our series and there are only two more weeks until launch day!  Raise your hand if you’ve ever had to deal with a Print Spooler crash.  Keep your hand Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 08, 2009 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 1 Comments

Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: PMC Enhancements

Welcome to Day 7 of our Launch Series for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.  We’re continuing on with our coverage of Printing and Document services – today’s topic is the Print Management Console (PMC) and the enhancements in the new operating Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 07, 2009 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments

Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: What’s New in Printing and Printing Performance Enhancements

Welcome back to our Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 Launch Series.  Day Six and we’re going strong.  Today we’re going to switch our focus today from the Core OS to Printing, beginning with a brief overview of What’s New in Printing and some Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 06, 2009 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments

Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: Console Host

Happy Monday everyone.  It’s Day Five of our Launch Series.  Today, we’re going to cover a new feature in Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2 – Console Host (ConHost.exe).  A good number of companies and individuals out there still run “console” Read More...
Posted Monday, October 05, 2009 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 1 Comments

Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: Unified Background Process Manager (UBPM)

Welcome back AskPerf!  It’s Day Four of our pre-launch series.  Even though it’s Sunday here, we’re not letting up at all – we’re feverishly working to get the rest of our series completed!  Today’s topic is the new Unified Background Process Read More...
Posted Sunday, October 04, 2009 6:00 PM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments

Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: Core Parking / Intelligent Timer Tick / Timer Coalescing

Welcome to Day Three of our pre-launch series.  Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 have many features that are geared toward reducing power consumption.  In order to achieve greater power savings by processors, they must be able to idle more Read More...
Posted Saturday, October 03, 2009 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 2 Comments

Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: Fault Tolerant Heap and Memory Management

Hello, and welcome to our second post in the Windows 7 launch series. This post is going to be a long one, so buckle in. We’re going to start with an overview of Fault Tolerant Heap, which is a new feature in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 and then Read More...
Posted Friday, October 02, 2009 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 5 Comments

Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: Upgrade Paths, Registry Enhancements, Crash Dumps and Page File Sizing

It’s October 1st, 2009! That means that it’s time to get started on our Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Launch Series. Day One – let’s start at the very beginning, which is usually a very good place to start. Today we’re covering Upgrade Paths, Registry Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 01, 2009 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 6 Comments
 
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