So, in an attempt to prove that we are at least partially with the times, AskPerf is now on Facebook . Combined with our existing presence on Twitter , we should soon be an unstoppable Internet force (at least among blogs that exist on Technet and have...

Hi all, Below is the list of KB articles that published or were republished with new info during the month of March. These are largely articles that deal with issues we support here on the Performance Team, but I also included a few that are not but are...

Are you still undecided about Windows Vista?  Unsure about deployment?  Running into some roadblocks?  This is the event for you! Microsoft Technical Fellow and desktop guru Mark Russinovich will be hosting an interactive virtual roundtable—broadcast...

In previous versions of Windows, clients with remote connections would often initiate network traffic to retrieve remote information from a print server, resulting in a resource-consuming call to the server.  This behavior was more significant when...

Hello all, Back again with the latest list of kb articles published in the month of May 2011. These include articles specific to technologies supported by the Performance Team directly as well as a handful supported by our Core Setup teammates that I...

Wow.  It’s hard to believe that it’s already September – 2009 has just zipped by so far!  We’ve covered a number of topics on debugging over the last couple of weeks, but today we’re going to switch gears just a bit and talk about User Profiles...

Get hands-on with virtualization – FREE! Attend the event that lets you touch, talk about, and experience Microsoft virtualization solutions.  Hear from Microsoft virtualization experts on how Microsoft uses virtualization in its own data centers...

We've talked about security in previous posts.  We've also talked about SMB, Large File Copies and a number of other networking-related issues.  Today we're going to talk about Network Access Protection (NAP) and its role in the enterprise. ...

That’s right folks!  It’s October 22nd – the big day is finally here!  Over the last twenty-one days, we’ve touched on a number of different features of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.  We hope you’ve enjoyed our Launch Series. ...

Good Morning AskPerf!  Today’s post is a bit of a departure from what we normally discuss, but since this past Sunday was Father’s Day, I thought this might be an interesting topic to share.  Actually, this conversation came up while I was having...

Good morning AskPerf!  How many times have we looked at Windows Task Manager and wondered what the values on the Performance tab meant?  Why do they not add up?  What is the difference between Free and Available Memory, etc., etc., etc...

Hey Folks, one of our peeps on AskPFEplat posted a great blog on Troubleshooting Performance issues using the Windows Performance Recorder app.  This tool allows you to easily capture XPERF traces on your *machines.  Go check it out! Troubleshooting...

The end of the year is upon us.  It seems as though 2009 went by in a blur.  It has definitely been a busy year for us though - and not just on the Performance team.  We've had some tremendous product launches across Microsoft as a whole...

Good morning folks.  Many of you are probably running a build of Windows 7 on one of your machines.  If so, then you need to read the latest blog post over at the Engineering Windows 7 blog regarding the Upgrade Experience.  With the Release...

On September 24th, Mark Russinovich will be hosting a Virtual Roundtable on Windows Vista Performance. Mark and a panel of industry experts will be discussing several issues related to Windows Vista including: Overall OS Performance Common Misconfigurations...

Assuming you have read the last post, you are now aware that CC is moving on to greener pastures, or at least a different pasture in the same building. I will be doing my best to take up the reins of the blog and continue to deliver helpful content to...

You may or may not have heard of Project Atlanta, but it now has a name: System Center Advisor . The Release Candidate is now available for download and testing. More info can be found on the SQL blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/psssql/archive/2011/03/22...

Hi all, I have decided it may be beneficial for a good number of you if I published a list of recent Knowledge Base articles released that pertain to the components we support here on the Performance Team. Since this is the first time I am doing this...

It occurred to me that with so many technical blogs out there, that it might be useful to bring you some posts from our fellow bloggers here at Microsoft that have been published recently … If you haven’t been keeping up with our colleagues over at the...

Although Internet Explorer support is no longer part of our portfolio on the Performance team, we do still keep an eye on what’s going on in the world of IE.  The IE team is looking for Beta Testers.  Below is the post from the IE Team Blog...

Happy New Year AskPerf Blog Readers!  Can you believe that 2012 is now over?  Seems like it just flew by to me.  Anyway, we had some HUGE  product launches in 2012.  Some of which come to mind: Windows 8 Microsoft Surface Windows...

This morning Bill Laing, Corporate Vice President of Server and Cloud Announced the beta release of Windows Server “8” .  I think it is really important for anyone who is interested in hearing more about what is coming in this beta with Hyper-V and...

Hello folks.  This is a quick post to inform you that the “Microsoft Fixit for Printing” is now live with .msi packages for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.  We know a lot of you have been asking for this for months, and we apologize for...

One of the most common questions we ask when troubleshooting issues that only occur on certain systems is, “What’s different between the two machines?”  In many cases, the response is usually, “nothing”.  Given that in large enterprise environments...

Hi all, Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 has released to manufacture. This means the code is final and in the process of being disseminated to our customers. The dates for availability are: February 9: OEMs and SP1 TAP participants February...