The Microsoft Premier Field Engineer (PFE) view on Virtual Desktop (VDI) Density
For some, VDI is about density. How many guests can we stuff into a host with performance and user experience still at acceptable levels? This […]
What does a good boot look like (aka, what should I be happy with)?
It’s a question I wasn’t prepared for in class last week, but one that made sense really. For the IT Pro that doesn’t eat breath […]
There and back again…a tale of XP performance tracing…
So back in the day, when Plug and Play was sort of a new concept and auto-negotiating network settings didn’t actually work properly, XP was […]
How to collect a trace for audio or video problems in Windows 7
Assume the following: You have a Windows 7 host that you want to collect a trace from. The user complains of audio issues, stuttering, latency, […]
How to collect a good boot trace on Windows 7
Assume the following: You have a Windows 7 host that you want to collect a trace from. A good trace. One that you know other […]
Welcome to the Windows Assessment Server from the Windows 8 ADK. Part 1 of X
Fa-La…It’s the magical mystery tour….. Well, not really, but it is the Windows Assessment Server brought to us by the Windows 8 ADK! […]
Windows 8 ADK solves GPO Logon Delay questions, film at 11….
Symptoms: Logons take forever and you’ve collected an xbootmgr/WPR/xperf123/xperfui trace. What GPO can it be? Easy! Open Windows Performance Analyzer from the Windows 8 […]
The Dudes view on IT Infrastructure and Sustainability in same.
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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 […]
PAL 2.3.1 released!
Why? VMware template. Awwww yeah, the Dude strike again. If you are running in VMware, we can capture the memory ballooning driver and real processor […]