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How to Setup a Debug Crash Cart to Prevent Your Server from Flat Lining
This is Ron Stock from the Global Escalation Services team and I recently had the task of live...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 01/31/2013
Case of the Unexplained Services exe Termination
Hello Debuggers! This is Ron Stock from the Global Escalation Services team and I recently worked an...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 01/30/2013
Behavior Change When Working with Pass-Through Disks in Windows Server 2012 Failover Clusters
Welcome back to the CORE Team blog. I want to discuss a behavior change in Windows Server 2012...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 01/24/2013
Configuring Change Notification on a MANUALLY created Replication partner
Hello. Jim here again to elucidate on the wonderment of change notification as it relates to Active...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 01/21/2013
FREE: Online Microsoft Virtual Academy Virtualization Jump Start Classes
The IT Pro Evangelism team, Microsoft Learning and the Microsoft Virtual Academy are pleased to...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 01/20/2013
PFE's Risk Assessment Program as a Service (RaaS)
This is just a quick post to advertise our PFE folks and their new RaaS Service. Yong Rhee and Julio...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 01/15/2013
Removing a Mount Point Disk from a Cluster Group
Hello everyone. Today’s post is going to cover the steps needed to follow should you ever have...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 01/14/2013
Error in Failover Cluster Manager after install of KB2750149
On Tuesday, Jaunary 8, the below recommended fix was released and available on Windows Update for...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 01/14/2013
Tracing with Storport in Windows 2012 and Windows 8
Welcome back to the CORE Team Blog. Paul Reynolds here. I would like to let everyone know about...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 01/12/2013
Intermittent Mail Sack: Must Remember to Write 2013 Edition
Hi all, Jonathan here again with the latest edition of the Intermittent Mail Sack. We've had some...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 01/07/2013
Happy New Year 2013!!!
Happy New Year AskPerf Blog Readers! Can you believe that 2012 is now over? Seems like...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 01/01/2013
Use Caution When Implementing IPC for Performance Counters
Recently I was working with a developer who had created performance counters that work in...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 12/31/2012
Where has all my Physical RAM gone?
Hello AskPerf! Ranajoy here from the Windows Performance Team. One of our highest call generators...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 12/19/2012
Determining the source of Bug Check 0x133 (DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION) errors on Windows Server 2012
What is a bug check 0x133? Starting in Windows Server 2012, a DPC watchdog timer is enabled which...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 12/07/2012
Cluster-Aware Updating (CAU) interaction with Proxy Servers
Welcome back to the CORE Team blog. Cluster-Aware Updating (CAU) is an automated feature that allows...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 12/03/2012
Troubleshooting Pool Leaks Part 7 – Windows Performance Toolkit
In Part 1 of this series we identified a pool leak in non paged pool. In Part 2 and Part 3 of...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 11/30/2012
Working with multiple network adapters in a virtual machine
Thanks for coming back to the CORE Team blog site. This blog will address working with multiple...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 11/28/2012
Revenge of Y2K and Other News
Hello sports fans! So this has been a bit of a hectic time for us, as I'm sure you can imagine....
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 11/27/2012
Just when you thought… (Part 2)
In Part 1, I covered configuring the Hyper-V Failover Cluster and the Scale-Out File Server...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 11/26/2012
Just when you thought…..(Part 1)
Just when you thought you had things figured out - in the words of the legendary Bob Dylan,...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 11/19/2012
Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012: Let the fun begin!
Over the past 2 weeks, we’ve touched on a number of different features of Windows 8 and Windows...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 11/07/2012
Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012: A brief look at the new Server Manager
Well, we are about finished. Only one post left after this one. Today marks the 15th...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 11/06/2012
Upgrading to Windows 8 – Part 5
Known Issues Hi Again, Welcome back to the Upgrade to Windows 8 Series. In today’s post we...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 11/05/2012
Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012: Windows PowerShell Web Access
Day 14 is upon us! In today’s post, we are going to take a look at the new feature in Windows...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 11/05/2012
Introducing Server Manager in Windows Server 2012
Hello AskCore! Today I will discuss the Add roles and Features of the new interface of Server...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 11/04/2012
Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012: How do I print in Windows 8 Modern UI Applications?
It’s day 13 of our Launch Series and we are nearing the finish line. Today we are going to...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 11/04/2012
Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012: What’s new with Printing in Windows 8?
Hello AskPerf! Welcome to day 12 of our Launch Series. Today we are going to take a look...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 11/03/2012
Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012: Session based Desktop Deployment
It’s day 11 of our Launch Series, and day 4 of our RDS series. The past few posts, have...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 11/02/2012
Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012: VDI Personal Desktop Collections
Welcome to day 11 of our Launch Series, and part 3 of our RDS series. The past few posts have...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 11/01/2012
Troubleshooting Pool Leaks Part 6 – Driver Verifier
In part 5 we used poolhittag to get call stacks of pool being allocated and freed. This...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 10/31/2012
....And knowing is half the battle!
Jonathan here. Chuck Timon over on the AskCore blog has a new post that you folks testing with...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 10/31/2012
Logon Failures Involving Virtual Machines in Windows Server 2012
Welcome back to the CORE Team blog. The General Availability date for Windows 8 and Windows Server...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 10/31/2012
Upgrading to Windows Server 2012 – Part 3
Known Issues during an upgrade Issue 1: Compatibility Report shows errors that certain roles are...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 10/31/2012
Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012: Pooled Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
Welcome back! It’s Day 10, and part 2 of our posts on RDS. Today we are going to discuss...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 10/31/2012
Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012: Remote Desktop Management Server
Welcome to Day 9 of our launch series, and the first of 4 covering RDS. In todays post, we are going...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 10/30/2012
Breaking down the "Cl" in !irp
Hey there NTDEBUGGERS my name is Randy Monteleone and today we are going to talk about IRPs. In the...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 10/29/2012
Upgrading to Windows 8 – Part 3
Dual boot and other installation options Hello Again, Today’s post is for a different reason....
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 10/29/2012
Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012: Windows To Go
It’s day 8 of our Launch Series! Today we are going to talk about creating a Windows To Go...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 10/29/2012
Upgrading to Windows 8 - Part 2
Hi again, Welcome to the second part of this series. In this blog, we will run through a clean...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 10/28/2012
Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012: The New Swap File
Hello AskPerf! Welcome to day 7 of our Launch Series. Today we are going to talk about the new...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 10/28/2012
Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012: The New Task Manager
It’s day 6 of our Launch Series. Today we are going to talk about Task Manager and the new...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 10/27/2012
Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012: File Explorer
Welcome to day 5 of our Launch Series. Today we are going to talk about the new File...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 10/26/2012
Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012: Faster Boot Process
Welcome to day 4 of our Launch Series. Today we are going to talk about the speed at which Windows...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 10/25/2012
Upgrading to Windows Server 2012 - Part 2
Performing an in place upgrade Hi Everyone, Today, I want to walk you through the screens of...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 10/24/2012
Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012: Start Screen and User Interface Part 2
Welcome to day 3 of our Launch Series. This is part two of the new Start Screen and User...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 10/24/2012