Win11 and Edge – I zip bombed myself
Scenario: I had the pleasure recently of downloading two memory dumps on a Windows 11 machine using normal channel Edge. The ‘problem’ was that these […]
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A conversation with ChatGPT 4.0 and I.
For the record, the SDK for the Windows Performance Toolkit is in Github: https://github.com/microsoft/microsoft-performance-toolkit-sdk Enjoy User Are you familiar with ETL files and Windows Performance […]
How to analyze Windows minifilter performance impact
A question was brought to me, of how can one analyze minifilter driver impact on Windows clients? For the answer, I went back to my […]
Why does @battlenet Agent.exe scan for all running processes in WMI every 4 seconds?
Why does Battlenet’s agent.exe scan for all my processes on my system every 4 seconds?!
PSA: Corsair iCUE has a handle leak and makes Windows explorer slower over time
Impacted version is current plus several previous: 4.21.173 and below Handle leak is pretty obvious: Over time, a day or two, it’ll climb into the […]
Elite:Dangerous – Mining Lasers vs Deep Core Mining
Non-authoritative list for me to keep track of what is mined how. Elite Dangerous Odyssey etc. The following can be mined using […]
How to collect a boot trace on Windows 10 with Windows Performance Recorder from the Microsoft ADK
For: Windows 10 (any x64 build) Requirements: Windows Performance Toolkit from the Microsoft ADK Launch WPRUI as administrator (aka Windows Performance Recorder) by clicking […]
Everything you do for someone else, matters. (no pressure)
I didn’t have the easiest path into my eventual career in IT. As a result, I think perhaps I recognize that ‘no man is an […]
Windows, Zombie Processes, and bullshit code
Hi, In my work at Tanium I do a bit of debugging and performance analytics. Over the last 2-3 years, a LOT of this has […]
CVE-2021-26807 – GOG GALAXY v2.0.35 DLL Load Order Hijacking
Authors: Brian Papile and Jeff Stokes Executive summary The GOG Galaxy version 2.0.35 was vulnerable to a DLL Load Order Hijacking vulnerability. The vendor has […]