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Two Minute Drill: Introduction to XPerf

Hi there, this is Mark with the Windows Performance Team.  This post is a quick introduction to a new performance tracing tool called XPerf.  Moving forward with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, this powerful tool will hopefully be utilized Read More...
Posted Friday, June 27, 2008 6:00 AM by timothyn | 3 Comments

Two Minute Drill: RELOG.EXE

Following on from our last Two Minute Drill, today's topic is the RELOG.EXE utility.  RELOG.EXE creates new performance logs from data in existing performance logs by changing the sampling rate and / or converting the file format.  RELOG.EXE Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 20, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 1 Comments

Two Minute Drill: LOGMAN.EXE

Today we are continuing on with our Two Minute Drill series. Our topic in this post is one that we discuss quite frequently with customers - namely the automation of creating Performance Monitor and Trace Logs. Most administrators are comfortable creating Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 13, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 3 Comments

Two Minute Drill: System Diagnostics Report

Something many of our readers have asked for is a quick overview of new and useful tools and features in Windows. Today we are launching a new series, called our “Two Minute Drill” – these will be brief posts that provide a high-level view of tools and Read More...
Posted Friday, May 02, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 4 Comments

Lock Pages in Memory ... do you really need it?

Back In October, we wrote a post regarding the Event ID 333 Errors and how to troubleshoot them .  At the end of that post, we mentioned the "Lock Pages in Memory" user right.  One of the things we mentioned was that if you have an Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 25, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 6 Comments

Disk Fragmentation and System Performance

When addressing system performance issues, a key element that is often overlooked is Disk Fragmentation.  Even on a brand new system with plenty of RAM and high-end processors, the performance of the hard disk may be a bottleneck causing system performance Read More...
Posted Friday, March 14, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 14 Comments

WS2008: Memory Management, Dynamic Kernel Addressing, Memory Priorities and I/O Handling

It's the end of the first week - seven days down and only  twenty more to go.  Today we will take a very brief look at some important enhancements to Memory Management, as well as talk about Dynamic Kernel Address Space, Memory Priorities and Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 07, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 1 Comments

WS2008: Dynamic Link Library Loader and Address Space Load Randomization

There's only three weeks to go till Launch Day.  Today, we're going to talk about the Dynamic Link Library (DLL) Loader and Address Space Load Randomization.  In Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, when talking about process and thread creation, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 06, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 8 Comments

WS2008: Upgrade Paths, Resource Limits & Registry Values

It's February 1, 2008. Only twenty-six more days until Windows Server 2008 is released to the world. With that in mind, we have twenty-six posts lined up between now and February 27 covering areas of Windows Server 2008 that contain both general information Read More...
Posted Friday, February 01, 2008 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 10 Comments
 
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