As we get closer to the DST change here in the US, we have received some reports from a few customers that the system time erroneously reverted back an hour last Sunday (October 28). On these systems the customers did have KB931386 and / or KB933360 installed...

In previous posts we've discussed the basics of memory management including an overview of kernel and user memory , pool resources as well as the /3GB switch .   Continuing our discussion of memory management, we are going to examine an issue...

We covered the architecture of the Application Compatibility Toolkit in our last post.  Today we're going to step through a very simple installation and get our first package deployed to a Windows XP client machine.  I'm using a Windows Server...

Recently, I've had several engineers ask me about disabling of the Advanced Print Features as a troubleshooting step.  I sat down with one of our print developers to talk about the Advanced Print Features - what they do and why they are useful. ...

Deploying a new Operating System or a new version of Internet Explorer is no easy task at the best of times in a heterogeneous environment.  The problem becomes exponentially more difficult when you consider the myriad of third-party applications...

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...

Here on the Performance Team, we recently had a discussion about the pains associated with viewing exported Event Log (.evt) files from Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 on a Windows Vista machine. In order to increase the usability of these files within...

At the start of 2007, Microsoft released an update ( KB 931836 ) to update the Time Zone rules on Windows Operating Systems. On November 4, 2007 Daylight Saving Time (DST) will end in the United States. However, other parts of the world observe different...

In our previous post on PCA, we discussed several runtime issue detection scenarios. Today, we are going to examine some program startup scenarios (specifically application blocking) and discuss the management of the Program Compatibility Assistant. Let...

It's been a while since we posted something on Application Compatibility and Windows Vista. A question I get from quite a few customers when discussing application compatibility is, "What is the Program Compatibility Assistant used for?" Today we are...