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Blog Post: The Most Popular Posts of 2014

Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]

Hey y’all, Mark back again to help close out another successful year of blogging. We’ve been at this for three years, which feels insanely long as well as feeling like this just started up a few weeks ago, which is weird. Trust me. We want to thank you ...read more

on 22 Dec 2014
Blog Post: A 5 Second Boot Optimization If You’ve Disabled IPv6 on Windows Client and Server by setting DisabledComponents to 0xFFFFFFFF

Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]

Hey, y’all, Mark back with some new info on two of my favorite topics, IPv6 and Slow Boot Slow Logon (SBSL). If you’ve disabled IPv6 long ago this post is one you’ll want to pay attention to. Let’s dig in and get you up to speed. What’s Microsoft Recommend ...read more

on 15 Sep 2014
Blog Post: Go the modern (app) way

Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]

Hello everyone, This is Ashfana from the Windows Performance team. I’m here to talk about the basic philosophy behind Windows Store Apps which were introduced in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. Windows Store apps were originally called Metro or modern ...read more

on 20 Aug 2014
Blog Post: Deciphering Storport Traces 101

Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]

Welcome back to the CORE Team Blog -- Paul Reynolds here. In previous blogs, I wrote about how to capture Storport traces in Windows 8 and Windows 2012. Please see: Tracing with Storport in Windows 2012 and Windows 8 with KB2819476 hotfix ...read more

on 19 Aug 2014
Blog Post: Top Support Solutions for Windows 8 or 8.1

Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]

Here are the top Microsoft Support solutions for the most common issues IT Pros experience when using or deploying Windows 8 or 8.1 (updated quarterly). 1. Solutions related to installing Windows updates or hotfixes: Repair a Windows Image ...read more

on 12 Aug 2014
Blog Post: How to Use The Same External Ethernet Adapter For Multiple SCCM OSD

Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]

Hey, did you miss me? This is Joao Botto again, this time in collaboration with Configuration Manager PFE Neil Potter. You may have noticed that when Platforms PFEs talk about deployment the deployment scenarios are usually illustrated with MDT examples ...read more

on 28 Jul 2014
Blog Post: Windows Unplugged: Stephen Rose with Surface Pro 3

Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]

This is Dave Gregory and Rich Sheikh from the PFE Platforms blog. I wanted to take some time today to write a “short” blog about the Windows and Surface events with Stephen Rose that took place in LA and Chicago in the past two weeks. The ...read more

on 20 Jun 2014
Blog Post: What’s New in Windows Servicing: Service Stack Improvements: Part 3

Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]

Servicing Stack improvements in KB2821895 for Windows 8, and How its assists the upgrade to 8.1? My name is Aditya and I am a Sr. Support Escalation Engineer for Microsoft on the Windows Core Team. This blog is a continuation of the previous Servicing ...read more

on 21 Apr 2014
Blog Post: Exploring Windows 8.1 Update – Start Screen, Desktop and Other Enhancements

Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]

Welcome to Ask PFE Plat's coverage of the next chapter in Microsoft's on-going refinement of Windows. As with 8.1, we continue to evolve and improve the OS and last week, at the Build 2014 conference, we released "Windows 8.1 Update" ...read more

on 7 Apr 2014
Blog Post: What’s New in Windows Servicing: Reduction of Windows Footprint : Part 2

Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]

My name is Aditya and I am a Sr. Support Escalation Engineer for Microsoft on the Windows Core Team. This blog is a continuation of the previous Servicing Part 1. So to understand this blog better, it is recommended that one reads the previous blog post ...read more

on 27 Mar 2014
Blog Post: The Most Popular Posts of 2013 and Belated Birthday

Anonymous

Hey y’all, Mark back again for another year end recap. It has been an eventful year. We’ve added more bloggers to our team which is great, really increased our readership(it seems like you guys like us!) and have made it a full 2 years in existence on ...read more

on 6 Jan 2014
Blog Post: Biometrics in Windows 8.1

Anonymous

Welcome to my first blog post on askpfeplat! My name is Milad Aslaner and I’m a Premier Field Engineer specialized in Windows Reliability. Some of you might know me from my sessions TechEd, TechNet and Microsoft Virtual Academy, for those who don’t know ...read more

on 20 Jan 2014
Blog Post: Migrate from Windows XP to the future with the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit

Anonymous

Hello, Jeff Stokes here, the dude as it were...so, if you hadn't noticed, XP end of life is quite soon. If you are still trying to find the random XP machine in your environment, Ashley McGlone, Mr. PowerShell, GoateePFE, wrote this awesome post on ...read more

on 7 Feb 2014
Blog Post: Windows RT Tablets, x86 applications and Windows Server Remote Desktop Services. A better together Microsoft Experience.

Anonymous

Hello, Jeff ‘the dude’ Stokes back with a post to help you fully utilize that BYOD experience. That of course would be the Windows Surface RT and Windows Surface 2 tablets. They have a place and that place is Modern Apps. But what about legacy x86 apps ...read more

on 17 Feb 2014
Blog Post: Windows 8.1 preview build reboots every 2 hours

Anonymous

Today’s blog is regarding the expiration of the Windows 8.1 preview build which occurred yesterday January 15 th , 2014. If you installed the Windows 8.1 preview build and have not upgraded to 8.1 RTM you may notice that your machine is rebooting ...read more

on 16 Jan 2014
Blog Post: Adding shortcuts on desktop using Group Policy Preferences in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1

Anonymous

Hi All! My name is Saurabh Koshta and I am with the Core Team at Microsoft. Currently I work in the client space so supporting all aspects of Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 is my primary role. We very often get calls from customers who are evaluating ...read more

on 17 Feb 2014
Blog Post: What’s New in Windows Servicing: Part 1

Anonymous

My name is Aditya and I am a Senior Support Escalation Engineer for Microsoft on the Windows Core Team. I am writing today to shed some light on a the new changes that have been made to the Windows Servicing Stack in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 ...read more

on 6 Mar 2014

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Browse by Tags

Blog Post: The Most Popular Posts of 2014

Blog Post: A 5 Second Boot Optimization If You’ve Disabled IPv6 on Windows Client and Server by setting DisabledComponents to 0xFFFFFFFF

Blog Post: Go the modern (app) way

Blog Post: Deciphering Storport Traces 101

Blog Post: Top Support Solutions for Windows 8 or 8.1

Blog Post: How to Use The Same External Ethernet Adapter For Multiple SCCM OSD

Blog Post: Windows Unplugged: Stephen Rose with Surface Pro 3

Blog Post: What’s New in Windows Servicing: Service Stack Improvements: Part 3

Blog Post: Exploring Windows 8.1 Update – Start Screen, Desktop and Other Enhancements

Blog Post: What’s New in Windows Servicing: Reduction of Windows Footprint : Part 2

Blog Post: The Most Popular Posts of 2013 and Belated Birthday

Blog Post: Biometrics in Windows 8.1

Blog Post: Migrate from Windows XP to the future with the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit

Blog Post: Windows RT Tablets, x86 applications and Windows Server Remote Desktop Services. A better together Microsoft Experience.

Blog Post: Windows 8.1 preview build reboots every 2 hours

Blog Post: Adding shortcuts on desktop using Group Policy Preferences in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1

Blog Post: What’s New in Windows Servicing: Part 1