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Windows Server 2012 R2 - Preview available for download
Just in case you missed the announcement, the preview build of Windows Server 2012 R2 is now...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 06/25/2013
Understanding Pool Corruption Part 1 – Buffer Overflows
Before we can discuss pool corruption we must understand what pool is. Pool is kernel mode...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 06/14/2013
TechEd 2013 Presentations and Videos Ask the Core Team favorites
Today’s blog is a listing of our favorite videos and presentations that recently occurred at...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 06/11/2013
Two lines that can save your AD from a crisis
Editor's note: This is the first of very likely many "DS Quickies". "Quickies" are shorter technical...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 06/04/2013
Nodes being removed from Failover Cluster membership on VMWare ESX?
Welcome to the AskCore blog. Today, we are going to talk about nodes being removed from active...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 06/03/2013
Another Who Done It
Hi my name is Bob Golding, I am an EE in GES. I want to share an interesting problem I recently...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 05/31/2013
New tidbits on Windows 8.1
Today on the Windows Blog, Antoine Leblond gave some insight on what’s to come with Windows...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 05/30/2013
MMS 2013 Hands On Labs Available
A few months ago we held the annual 2013 Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas. As in years past,...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 05/29/2013
Back to the Loopback: Troubleshooting Group Policy loopback processing, Part 2
Welcome back! Kim Nichols here once again with the much anticipated Part 2 to Circle Back to...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 05/21/2013
Surface Pro Firmware and Driver Pack for Enterprise deployments
Today I am going to discuss the Surface Pro Firmware and Driver Pack. The Surface Pro Firmware and...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 05/20/2013
Remoting Your Debug Crash Cart With KDNET
This is Christian Sträßner from the Global Escalation Services team based in Munich, Germany. ...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 05/09/2013
How to manage Out-of-Box Drivers with the use of Model Specific Driver Groups in Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 Update 1
Hello. My name is Bill Spears and I am a Premier Field Engineer in the Windows/Platforms group...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 05/09/2013
AD FS 2.0 Claims Rule Language Part 2
Hello, Joji Oshima here to dive deeper into the Claims Rule Language for AD FS. A while back I wrote...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 05/07/2013
Finally a Windows Task Manager Performance tab blog!
Good morning AskPerf! How many times have we looked at Windows Task Manager and wondered what...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 05/03/2013
What killed my process?
Hello, world! We're often challenged with a process that exits unexpectedly, but this doesn't always...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 05/01/2013
Interpreting Event 153 Errors
Hello my name is Bob Golding and I would like to share with you a new event that you may see in the...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 04/30/2013
Two new Hyper-V Books available from Microsoft Press
Microsoft Press is releasing two new titles for IT pros who work with the Hyper-V virtualization...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 04/24/2013
Microsoft Fixit for Printing UPDATED for Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008 R2
Hello folks. This is a quick post to inform you that the “Microsoft Fixit for Printing” is now...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 04/24/2013
Sessions from MMS 2013 Now Available
Greetings AskCore fans. I thought I would start creating a blog for a subset of the videos/sessions...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 04/23/2013
Unable to connect to a printer using a CNAME record
Good morning AskPerf! My name is Sandeep Bhatia and I work with Networking team here in...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 04/23/2013
Commitment Failures, Not Just a Failed Love Story
I was working on a debug the other day when I ran the “!vm” command and saw that the system had some...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 04/16/2013
Error with the creation of an unmanaged VDI Pool collection
Good morning AskPerf! Ramesh here from the Microsoft Platforms Support Team. I am...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 04/05/2013
Unattended Setup of Windows 8 to Surface Pro
In today’s blog I am going to explain how you can do an unattended setup of the default Windows 8...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 04/04/2013
New Network Name Resource Fails to come Online
I recently encountered an issue involving the failure of a new Network Name resource to come...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 04/04/2013
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 Update1 Media Deployment USB drive for UEFI computer
In today’s blog I am going to cover an issue related to using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 04/02/2013
Live Customer Q&A with Virtualization Experts! (Microsoft Virtual Academy)
The IT Pro Evangelism team, Microsoft Learning and the Microsoft Virtual Academy are pleased to...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 03/31/2013
Logical Processor count changes after enabling Hyper-V role on Windows Server 2012
Hello Everyone, Today we are going to talk about Processor changes in Windows Server 2012...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 03/28/2013
PFE’s Troubleshooting Performance issues with Windows Performance Recorder
Hey Folks, one of our peeps on AskPFEplat posted a great blog on Troubleshooting Performance issues...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 03/26/2013
Understanding File System Minifilter and Legacy Filter Load Order
Hello, my name is Fred Jeng from the Global Escalation Services team. For today’s post, I want to go...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 03/25/2013
Alternate Data Streams in NTFS
This blog has been a long time coming. There is a bit of confusion about the subject of alternate...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 03/24/2013
Creating bootable USB drive for UEFI computers
In today’s blog I am going to discuss how to create a multi-partition bootable USB drive for use...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 03/20/2013
Installing Volume Activation Services Role in Windows Server 2012 to Configure ADBA
Hello, Today’s blog will walk you through installing the Volume Activation services role on Windows...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 03/14/2013
Installing Volume Activation Services Role in Windows Server 2012 to setup a KMS Host
Hi, Today’s blog will walk you through installing the Volume Activation services role on Windows...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 03/14/2013
Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 Recommendations for Activation
Hi, Today’s blog will cover the options available if you are deploying Windows 8 and/or Windows...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 03/14/2013
Don't Believe Everything You Read
Recently, I was contacted by a customer who was advised by an ISV to set a registry value under one...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 03/06/2013
Looking for Windows Server 2012 Clustering and Hyper-V Hotfixes?
In a previous blog, it was discussed on where you can get a list of the Failover Clustering and...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 03/05/2013
Where Did My Space Go?
While working on Windows 8/Windows Server 2012, I have been tied up with other content...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 03/01/2013
Debugging a Debugger to Debug a Dump
Recently I came across an instance where my debugger did not do what I wanted. Rarely do...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 02/27/2013
FREE: Microsoft Virtualization for VMware Professionals Training
The Microsoft Virtual Academy training portal offers quick and easy access to presentations,...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 02/19/2013
FREE: Introduction to Hyper-V Training
The Microsoft Virtual Academy training portal offers quick and easy access to presentations,...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 02/19/2013
Looking for Windows Server 2008 R2 Cluster and Hyper-V Hotfixes?
I often get asked the question by customers on how to find the newly released hotfixes for Cluster...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 02/15/2013
Circle Back to Loopback
Hello again! Kim Nichols here again. For this post, I'm taking a break from the AD LDS discussions...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 02/08/2013
Incorrect amount of RAM listed
Hello everyone! Aamer here from the Windows Performance team at Microsoft. Recently, I’ve...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 02/08/2013
Distributed File System Consolidation of a Standalone Namespace to a Domain-Based Namespace
Hello again everyone! David here to discuss a scenario that is becoming more and more popular for...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 02/06/2013