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I just blogged about this very question over on my blog . Essentially the question we hear a lot is do I need to update Schema/Active Directory/Servers/functional modes etc to support a new client OS version. I wont revisit that Sometimes theres a need...
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Everyone has their own troubleshooting quick checks; here are some that you may know well, and others you haven’t tried yet. Logon/Logoff Some policies applied only after the second logon, not after the first logon. What’s the deal? Anything that is set...
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Just a quickie – the rule is blog what you know, but I figure my speculation might be good enough here. A friend gave me an HDMP file and asked what I could make of it. After the usual “I could make a hat! Or a brooch! Or a dinosaur!” type stuff, I realized...
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Last year we did a quick series on WMI troubleshooting. Something that we didn’t cover is a quick method to verify the consistency of the repository. Many of you have probably done a rebuild of the repository on Windows Server 2003 or an earlier...
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Hi there, this is Mark with the Windows Performance Team. This post is a quick introduction to a new performance tracing tool called XPerf. Moving forward with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, this powerful tool will hopefully be utilized...
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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...
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Following on from our last Two Minute Drill, today's topic is the RELOG.EXE utility. RELOG.EXE creates new performance logs from data in existing performance logs by changing the sampling rate and / or converting the file format. RELOG...
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Today we are continuing on with our Two Minute Drill series. Our topic in this post is one that we discuss quite frequently with customers - namely the automation of creating Performance Monitor and Trace Logs. Most administrators are comfortable creating...
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Something many of our readers have asked for is a quick overview of new and useful tools and features in Windows. Today we are launching a new series, called our “Two Minute Drill” – these will be brief posts that provide a high-level view of tools...
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Today we are going to talk about the new Reliability Monitor feature in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. In a nutshell, the Reliability Monitor shows you your system stability history at a glance and lets you see details on a day-by-day basis...
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Back In October, we wrote a post regarding the Event ID 333 Errors and how to troubleshoot them . At the end of that post, we mentioned the "Lock Pages in Memory" user right. One of the things we mentioned was that if you have an...
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When addressing system performance issues, a key element that is often overlooked is Disk Fragmentation. Even on a brand new system with plenty of RAM and high-end processors, the performance of the hard disk may be a bottleneck causing system performance...
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Welcome back. After our series of posts on Windows Server 2008, today we're going to switch gears a little bit and look at WMI Logging. We often get calls from customers regarding WMI issues beyond the Permissions or Impersonation Rights problems...
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We're into the Home Stretch! It's Day Twenty. Only one week to go. Today we're going to talk about some RDC enhancements and also talk about Administrative sessions in Terminal Services. So without further ado let's begin with...
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Welcome to Day Fifteen of our series on Windows Server 2008. There's only twelve more days until Launch Day. Today we will be continuing on with Terminal Services, specifically the Management and Administration components. There are several...
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It's the end of the first week - seven days down and only twenty more to go. Today we will take a very brief look at some important enhancements to Memory Management, as well as talk about Dynamic Kernel Address Space, Memory Priorities and...
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There's only three weeks to go till Launch Day. Today, we're going to talk about the Dynamic Link Library (DLL) Loader and Address Space Load Randomization. In Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, when talking about process and thread creation...
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Day Five ... only twenty-two more days to go till Launch Day. On the menu today - Windows Error Reporting. Starting with Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1, Windows Error Reporting (WER) can be configured to collect full user-mode dump files...
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Welcome to Day Four of our series leading up to the Windows Server 2008 Launch. Hopefully you had a good weekend - many of you were probably up watching the Super Bowl. Of course, it's Monday morning now - time to get to back to work. Today's topics:...
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Day Three of our series of posts in preparation for the Windows Server 2008 Launch and the countdown continues. If it's a weekend for you, I hope you are enjoying yourself. Only twenty-four more days to go till Launch Day. Today's post...
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It's Day Two of our series of Windows Server 2008 posts. Only twenty-five more days to go till the big launch. Today's topics are Startup Processes and Delayed Automatic Start for System Services. In previous versions of Windows, during system...
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It's February 1, 2008. Only twenty-six more days until Windows Server 2008 is released to the world. With that in mind, we have twenty-six posts lined up between now and February 27 covering areas of Windows Server 2008 that contain both general...
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Happy New Year! We're starting off 2008 with a significant post regarding changes to Remote Administration in Windows Server 2008. OK, it's not quite as dire as the title makes it out to be, but this is quite a significant change. If...
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Here on the Performance Team, we recently had a discussion about the pains associated with viewing exported Event Log (.evt) files from Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 on a Windows Vista machine. In order to increase the usability of these files...
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In our previous post on PCA, we discussed several runtime issue detection scenarios. Today, we are going to examine some program startup scenarios (specifically application blocking) and discuss the management of the Program Compatibility Assistant. Let...
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