Richard's Weblog : Tools and Utilities

Charting with PowerShell

richmac — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:29:00 GMT

You may be aware that there are some 3-rd party add-ins for PowerShell that allow you to create charts and graphs from your PowerShell scripts. What you may not be aware of is that there is a free download from Microsoft that will allow you to do the...(read more)

Manipulating Performance Monitor Logs

richmac — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:50:00 GMT

If you need to monitor or troubleshoot performance problems on a Windows system, chances are you'll simply fire up PerfMon, log some data to a file, which you later load in PerfMon for analysis. This is great and is often all that you need, but it's a...(read more)

Viewing Your MSDN Product Keys Off-Line

richmac — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:13:00 GMT

If you have an MSDN subscription, then you'll know that the subscription includes a set of product keys for use with the versions of Office, Windows, etc that your subscription gives you access to. The keys can be viewed on-line at the MSDN subscriber...(read more)

Clustering Best Practices: Checking Hotfix Compliance

richmac — Fri, 04 May 2007 01:30:00 GMT

Do you use Microsoft Clustering? Are your clusters configured according to the current Microsoft recommended practices? How can you be sure of the configuration? Questions, questions. The first is easy, the second you might be unsure of and the third...(read more)