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Designing Applications for High Performance

Happy Friday AskPerf!  We’ve had a few questions in the past about guidelines for application design in a faster computing environment.  Now, I make absolutely no claims whatsoever to being any sort of a code guru, and so I wasn’t about to try Read More...
Posted Friday, November 13, 2009 6:00 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: 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: 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: 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: 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

MSI: Troubleshooting Package Installation

TROUBLESHOOTING PACKAGE INSTALLATION Description: Microsoft Windows Installer Service is an installation and configuration service included in Windows. It allows you to add, modify, and remove applications provided as Windows Installer (*.msi) packages. Read More...
Posted Sunday, June 07, 2009 8:15 AM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments

TSK: Task Scheduler Service

TASK SCHEDULER SERVICE Description: The Task Scheduler service enables you to perform automated tasks on a computer. With this service, you can schedule any program to run at any time or when a specific event occurs. The Task Scheduler monitors the time Read More...
Posted Monday, April 13, 2009 1:11 PM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments

TSK: Creating Tasks for Other OS Versions (Windows Vista+)

CREATING TASKS FOR OTHER OS VERSIONS (WINDOWS VISTA +) Description: Creating Scheduled Tasks in Vista and Server 2008 has been vastly improved over Windows 2000/2003/XP. Task Scheduler overall is now more reliable, more scalable, and much easier to use Read More...
Posted Monday, April 13, 2009 1:07 PM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments

PRF: High CPU (Individual Process)

HIGH CPU – INDIVIDUAL PROCESS Description: High CPU usage can cause slow response times, system hangs, or just overall sluggishness on a system. An individual process may be responsible for consuming most of the CPU time during this period. There are Read More...
Posted Friday, April 10, 2009 9:16 AM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments

PRF: High CPU (SVCHOST.EXE)

HIGH CPU – SVCHOST.EXE Description: SVCHOST.EXE is a generic host process for services. There can be multiple SVCHOST.EXE running on a system and each SVCHOST.EXE can also hold multiple services. Troubleshooting high CPU usage with SVCHOST.EXE can difficult Read More...
Posted Friday, April 10, 2009 9:16 AM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments

MSI: Windows Installer Service Issues

WINDOWS INSTALLER SERVICE ISSUES Description: Microsoft Windows Installer Service is an installation and configuration service included in Windows. It allows you to add, modify, and remove applications provided as Windows Installer (*.msi) packages. Note, Read More...
Posted Friday, April 10, 2009 9:15 AM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments

APP: Windows Powershell (Basic Commands)

WINDOWS POWERSHELL (BASIC COMMANDS) Description: Windows PowerShell is a command line shell and scripting language that helps IT professionals achieve greater control and productivity in their environment. Using an admin-focused scripting language, more Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 09, 2009 6:45 PM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments

APP: Windows Powershell (Installation / Configuration)

WINDOWS POWERSHELL (INSTALLATION / CONFIGURATION) Description: Windows PowerShell 1.0 on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista is available via the PowerShell 1.0 setup package. Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 include PowerShell with the Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 09, 2009 6:45 PM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments

APP: Configuration of Dr. Watson

CONFIGURING DR. WATSON Description: Dr. Watson is a tool built into previous versions of Windows that assists in the capturing of debugging information in the event of an application crash. Windows Vista and newer operating systems use Windows Error Reporting Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 09, 2009 6:44 PM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments
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