Troubleshooting slow boot times, Part Deux
In my last session, I covered a rudimentary usage of XPERF to analyze my slow booting Dell with a SSD in it. The fix was […]
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The effects of Acoustic Management on rotational media disks.
So one of the trends I’ve been seeing in WDRAPs I’ve performed is that companies are making use of older hardware for newer tasks on […]
To Hyper-Thread or not, that is the question….
So there was some discussion on an internal alias recently, like, well, this morning at 6 A.M….anyway, where we were talking about if having HT […]
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 […]
My first MDT 2010 post
So, I’ve been working on some MDT 2010 work for various customers for about six months or so, but I finally found something that struck […]
Today I was a WSUS/IIS Engineer
And it wasn’t half bad. At this customer site I am at currently doing MDT 2010 deployment creation for a Windows Server 2008 R2 rollout, […]
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 […]
GUI Tool to collect ETW tracing, dumps, etc
http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/e8649e35-26b1-4e73-b427-c2886a0705f4 So, check this out. It allows you to collect ETW tracing, dumps, all kinds of stuff. It does not work on Windows XP, […]
SPA, not your typical freeware
In the Vital Signs workshop, we touch upon the tool SPA (Server Performance Advisor). This unsung hero of performance evaluation deserves some love, which is […]
On the road again, I just can’t wait to get on the road again….
So I’m a PFE now, Premier Field Engineer. It’s an interesting gig, sort of like running your own company within Microsoft. I’m doing Platforms now, […]