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Windows Vista: Virtual Roundtable with Mark Russinovich

On September 24th, Mark Russinovich will be hosting a Virtual Roundtable on Windows Vista Performance. Mark and a panel of industry experts will be discussing several issues related to Windows Vista including: Overall OS Performance Common Misconfigurations Boot times Applets Disk Performance Battery...

Posted to External News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-09-2008
Sysinternals developer answers your toughest Vista questions...

Hi Everybody! This should be a pretty good presentation on Windows Vista internals. Mark Russinovich has co-authored several books on Windows Internals, and is one of the developers for all of the cool troubleshooting utilities over at our Sysinternals site . Springboard Series Virtual Roundtable Under...

Posted to External News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-29-2008
WMI Troubleshooting: The Repository on Vista / Server 2008

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 operating system by renaming the repository...

Posted to External News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-11-2008
Two Minute Drill: Introduction to XPerf

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 more often. XPerf is part of the Windows...

Posted to External News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-27-2008
Two Minute Drill: RELOG.EXE

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.EXE is not a new tool - it is however one of those...

Posted to External News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-20-2008
Two Minute Drill: LOGMAN.EXE

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 Local and Remote Performance Monitor logs using...

Posted to External News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-13-2008
Two-Minute Drill: System Diagnostics Report

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 and features. We have already published...

Posted to External News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-02-2008
Understanding Component-Based Servicing

Prior to Windows Vista, if you wanted to install optional components, Windows Updates or driver files on your system, the process was fairly simple. In Windows Vista, the new componentization architecture, known as Component-Based Servicing (CBS) changes the way that these components are installed...

Posted to External News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-22-2008
Using Reliability Monitor for Troubleshooting

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 about events that impact reliability. Reliability...

Posted to External News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-01-2008
Disk Fragmentation and System Performance

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 issues. It takes time to load large...

Posted to External News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-14-2008

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