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That Memory Leak Revisited
25 June 08 04:59 PM | tristank | 2 Comments   

While searching for memory leaking troubleshooting techniques that could be applied to 64-bit Windows (for the DHCP Server memory leak I found I had the other day ), I stumbled across the answer to my problem in an internal tool (weird that I missed it Read More...

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, Networking, Security, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Troubleshooting

Windows Server 2008 Diagnostics Off The Cuff
20 June 08 10:15 PM | tristank | 1 Comments   

A word of caution to those of you that like endings: this isn't over yet. I'm running a rather sad and noisy X64 desktop as a server at home. Once a proud warrior, actually, no, wait, it was never any good. It's just a Virtual Server host (it's not quite Read More...

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, Networking, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008

Netmon vs Chimney
23 July 07 02:22 PM | tristank | 1 Comments   

I recently encountered TCP Chimney for the first time in the wild. Short version: Chimney is an offload technology that allows the NIC to deal with up to X TCP connections, with any overflow being handled by Windows. All good: get the NIC dealing with Read More...

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, ISA Server, Networking, Security, Windows Vista, IIS

IIS 7 - LH Beta 3 Launch Stuff
26 April 07 07:45 PM | tristank | 0 Comments   

Tons of cool new things in Longhorn Beta 3 on the IIS front , including: ... the first beta of our new FTP server . This isn't a part of Longhorn Server Beta 3, but it is available today and offers a lot of brand new features for you to experience today. Read More...

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, Networking, Windows Vista, IIS

ISA Server Firewall Client for Windows Vista
22 January 07 10:37 AM | tristank | 0 Comments   

Over here . Works with all ISA Server versions to date, and with Windows Vista client, importantly! x64 and x86 versions included. Safe when taken as directed. via Josh and KB article 929556 . Read More...

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, ISA Server, Networking, x64 Early Adoption, Security, Windows Vista

DebugDiag 1.1 Released!
17 January 07 05:36 PM | tristank | 0 Comments   

IIS Troubleshooters rejoice! If you've ever had an application on an IIS server do one of the following, this tool is for you: - hang (or respond slowly) - crash (W3WP.exe terminated unexpectedly) - chew memory in the lead-up to a crash or need a restart Read More...

Filed under: Developery, IT Pro / Sysadmin, Networking, x64 Early Adoption, Windows Vista