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Mark’s Blog: Pushing the Limits of Windows: Virtual Memory

TechBlog — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:23:00 GMT

Check out Mark Russinovich’s latest blog post on virtual-memory-related limits in Windows, including information on how to track down virtual memory hogs and how to size the paging file.

Channel9: Mark Russinovich goes Inside Windows 7

TechBlog — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:17:00 GMT

In this Channel9 video, Mark talks about kernel changes in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, including the removal of the scheduler’s dispatcher lock, support for up to 256 CPUs, boot from VHD, MinWin, core parking for power savings, and more.

Cool new Sysinternals utility provides virtual Desktops

TechBlog — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:32:00 GMT

Desktops allows you to organize your applications on up to four virtual desktops. Read email on one, browse the web on the second, and do work in your productivity software on the third, without the clutter of the windows you’re not using. After you configure hotkeys for switching desktops, you can create and switch desktops either by clicking on the tray icon to open a desktop preview and switching window, or by using the hotkeys. Sure, it's not the only virtual desktop utility out there, but this one is a mere 62K to download, and just as lean and mean (and free!) as you'd expect from the Sysinternals guys.

Sysinternals Live

TechBlog — Sat, 31 May 2008 02:36:00 GMT

Check out the beta of Sysinternals Live, a service that enables you to execute Sysinternals tools directly from the Web without hunting for and manually downloading them. Simply enter a tool’s Sysinternals Live path into Windows Explorer or a command prompt as \\live.sysinternals.com\tools\<toolname.exe> or view the entire Sysinternals Live tools directory in a browser at http://live.sysinternals.com.