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Two Minute Drill: Enabling Print Queue Logging 12 August 08 06:00 AM: Every so often, a customer needs to enable logging on their print queues to capture as much information about print activities on their server. Configuring the logging options is actually quite an easy administrative task, but there are a couple Read More...
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Two Minute Drill: File System Filter Drivers 08 August 08 06:00 AM: File system filter drivers are often the topic of some interesting discussions when working on server performance issues. Understanding how a file system filter driver works is the topic of today’s post. We’ll also quickly discuss one of the Read More...
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Two Minute Drill: Network Monitor 3.1 OneClick 25 July 08 06:00 AM: Hello AskPerf readers! My name is Austin and I am a Technical Lead on the Performance team. In several of our posts, we’ve discussed troubleshooting server performance issues, especially on file servers. Most of you have probably already Read More...
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Two Minute Drill: UMDH.EXE 08 July 08 06:00 AM: Hello there! My name is Mike and I am an Escalation Engineer with the Platforms team. I’ve been reading the AskPerf blog for a while and wanted to share some information about a very useful troubleshooting tool. A quick word of warning though – to really Read More...
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Two Minute Drill: Introduction to XPerf 27 June 08 06:00 AM: 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...
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Two Minute Drill: Find /3GB without using boot.ini 27 May 08 06:00 AM: We've talked a lot about the /3GB switch and its effect on system resources in previous posts. Today we are going to discuss how to determine whether or not /3GB is enabled on a 32-bit system without looking at the boot.ini file or using MSCONFIG.EXE. Read More...
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Two Minute Drill: RELOG.EXE 20 May 08 06:00 AM: 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...
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Two Minute Drill: LOGMAN.EXE 13 May 08 06:00 AM: 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...
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Two Minute Drill: System Diagnostics Report 02 May 08 06:00 AM: 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...
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Group Policy Logging on Windows Vista 11 March 08 02:00 PM: Although the bulk of Group Policy Processing and Troubleshooting is handled by our Directory Services team, we often collaborate on these issues - mainly when the issue relates to a user logging in and not being presented with their desktop environment Read More...
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BHO's, Security and Shell Extensions 11 December 07 06:08 AM: Today we're going to wrap up our overview of Browser Helper Objects with a look at BHO's and Security as well as similarities between BHO's and Shell Extensions. If you recall from our first post on BHO's , a BHO is an extension to Internet Explorer Read More...
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The Basics of Browser Helper Objects 07 December 07 06:00 AM: In our last few posts on Internet Explorer, we've looked at ActiveX Controls. Today we're going to take a look at the Basics of Browser Helper Objects (BHO's). We're not going to cover BHO's and Security in this post, that will be covered Read More...
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WMI Troubleshooting: Impersonation Rights 16 October 07 07:50 AM: Today we're going to take a look at an issue that is fairly common when dealing with WMI failures. Starting with Windows XP, WMI providers are hosted in a separate process called WMIPRVSE. Most of the time this provider host runs in the context Read More...
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Kernel-Mode Print Drivers: Gone the Way of the Dinosaur 14 September 07 06:15 AM: If you have been around since the days of Windows NT, then you are probably all too familiar with Kernel-mode Print Drivers and the devastating effect that problems with those drivers can have on system stability. In the majority of environments, these Read More...
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WMI Troubleshooting: Permissions 14 August 07 06:14 AM: Back in June, we published our post on Basic WMI Testing . Today we're going to go over some common issues and ways that you can troubleshoot and recover from them - specifically rights and permissions. We're not going to get into troubleshooting scripts Read More...
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