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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: An Update about the Windows 8.1 Update

Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]

Hi everyone, David here. Today over at the Springboard series blog we announced some important news that applies to anyone who has been trying to roll out the Windows 8.1 update in an enterprise environment. We don’t usually do announcements about ...read more

on 17 Apr 2014
Blog Post: Options for Managing Go to Desktop or Start after Sign in in Windows 8.1

Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]

Hi, David here. Over the past year we’ve gotten a lot of feedback from our customers about the pain of changing from older versions of Windows over to Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. While it’s a great OS with a lot of compelling features, it’s ...read more

on 7 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: 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: 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

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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: An Update about the Windows 8.1 Update

Blog Post: Options for Managing Go to Desktop or Start after Sign in in Windows 8.1

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

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

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