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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 | 1 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: No More NET PRINT

Happy Friday AskPerf!  No, that’s not a typo in the title, the NET PRINT functionality no longer exists in Windows 7.  The decision to deprecate the functionality was based on usage data and the fact that there were multiple ways to perform Read More...
Posted Friday, August 21, 2009 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 1 Comments
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Printing and Active Directory

Good Morning AskPerf.  My name is Philip Demaree and I am an Escalation Engineer based in Washington.  Today we’re going to take a look at some Printing and Active Directory concepts and troubleshooting.  To start with, what we’re going Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 05, 2009 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 3 Comments

PRN: Unable to Print / Unexpected Print Results

UNABLE TO PRINT / UNEXPECTED PRINT RESULTS Description: Two frequent problems encountered in Windows printing involve either being unable to print, or getting unexpected print results. There are many different reasons you may run into these kinds of problems. Read More...
Posted Monday, April 13, 2009 6:39 AM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments

PRN: Printer Migration / Backup / Recovery

PRINTER MIGRATION / BACKUP / RECOVERY Description: Most Administrators are familiar with the Printer Migration tool (PRINTMIG.EXE). This tool has been retired and is no longer supported by Microsoft. The Printer Migration Wizard (PRINTBRMUI.EXE) and the Read More...
Posted Monday, April 13, 2009 6:38 AM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments
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PRN: Spooler Hang / Crash

SPOOLER HANG / CRASH Description: Two frequent problems encountered in Windows printing involve either a hang or a crash of the print spooler (spoolsv.exe). There are many different reasons you may run into this kind of problem, but the data collection Read More...
Posted Monday, April 13, 2009 6:38 AM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments

PRN: LPD / LPR Printing

LPD / LPR PRINTING Description: An LPR utility lets an application on one computer print to a spooler on a remote computer. The receiving component is called a line printer daemon (LPD). Both utilities are included in Print Services for UNIX. For the Read More...
Posted Monday, April 13, 2009 6:37 AM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments
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The Case of the Unsigned Printer Drivers and .NET 3.5 Service Pack 1

Hello AskPerf – my name is Craig Marcho, and I am a Support Engineer on the Performance team in Texas. Have you recently updated to .Net Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1? Are you now seeing prompts when trying to install inbox printer drivers warning that Read More...
Posted Friday, March 06, 2009 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 0 Comments

Two Minute Drill: PRINTBRM and the Configuration File

Good Morning AskPerf!  My name is Bernd Högen and I am a Platforms Escalation Engineer in Germany.  As we discussed in a previous post , PRINTBRM.EXE is the replacement for the now-retired PrintMig 3.1 utility.  PRINTBRM.EXE is located Read More...
Posted Friday, February 20, 2009 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 1 Comments

Who’s That Hiding in my Windows?

Hello AskPerf!  My name is Satyajit and I am a Support Engineer on the Performance team.  Today we’re going to discuss the use of a very useful Windows SysInternals tools named Autoruns that we can use to examine programs that start during the Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 10, 2009 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 4 Comments
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