• What is Windows Performance Analyzer all about and why should you use it instead of xperfview?

    Consider the following trace in xperfview: This should be familiar to you, it’s the DPC storm / storport doorbell that looks like this: So how does this trace look in WPA from the Windows 8 ADK (RP edition)? A little different, but the Dude isn’t closed...
  • Why do I have long boot times? Pt 1

    So one of the questions that comes to mind every now and then in technical circles (and outside as well) is "Why doesn't it take so long for my machine to boot?". Just what's going on in there while these friendly, soothing graphics come up on the screen...
  • Deconstructing the PFE VDI Optimization Script

    Here we deconstruct the post that is located here:  http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2012/10/15/the-microsoft-premier-field-engineer-pfe-view-on-virtual-desktop-vdi-density.aspx   We welcome industry feedback and comments! ...
  • Download this KB now!

    And test it first please. An enterprise hotfix rollup is available for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2775511 This is a collection of the various updates we kept (we being PFEs who do WDRAP in particular...
  • Anti-Virus Exclusions and You!

    So there is some amount of confusion on what exclusions are needed for various Microsoft products.  This blog is not necessarily meant to be a definitive list, but is a compilation, a list, of KB articles that point to the various products and their...