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Windows Supportability Team Blog
Windows 7 client machines show printers offline on Windows Server 2008 R2
Hello AskPerf! I’m Craig Marcho, a Senior Support Escalation Engineer in the Microsoft Platforms...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 07/12/2012
Having a problem with nodes being removed from active Failover Cluster membership?
Welcome to the AskCore blog. Today, we are going to talk about nodes being removed from active...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 07/09/2012
Two Minute Drill: Win32_QuickFixEngineering – No instances available
Hello AskPerf! Michael Smith here with a quick post on what can cause Win32_QuickFixEngineering to...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 06/29/2012
What Did Storport Do With My I/O?
In a previous article I showed how to track an I/O request from the filesystem, through the class...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 06/21/2012
Keeping backups of Cluster Logs
In a previous blog, Understanding the Cluster Debug Log in 2008, you were given the information on...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 06/19/2012
How to display a certain type of Mouse Cursor in a Terminal Server Session
Hello everyone! This is Harshad Joshi from the Performance Team at Microsoft. In today’s post,...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 06/15/2012
Incorrect file versions getting restored on removing patches
Hello. My name is Digvijay Nath, and I’m a Technical Lead with the Windows Performance team at...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 06/08/2012
FREE CLASS: Windows Server 2012: Preparing for the Datacenter Evolution.
Windows Server 2012 provides a dynamic, highly available and cost-effective server platform for the...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 06/07/2012
Windows 8 Release Preview now available!
Good day AskPerf! Last Thursday we announced the availability of the Windows 8 Release Preview (a...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 06/05/2012
Setup cannot continue because one or more prerequisites required to install KB2686509 failed (0x8007F0F4)
Today’s blog is going to cover some issues regarding the installation of MS12-034 (2686509). ...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 06/01/2012
Hotfix to Enable Mini-Filter Performance Diagnostics With XPerf for Windows Server 2008R2
Greetings ntdebugging community, Bob here again and today I would like to let everyone know about a...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 05/31/2012
Debugging a Crash, Found a Trojan
Hi, I'm Manish from Global Escalation Services. I would like to present a multiple random bug check...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 05/23/2012
Exchange DAGs and Cluster Networks
One of my colleagues here at Microsoft wrote a couple blogs on managing Exchange networks on a...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 05/21/2012
Requirements to save Bitlocker Recovery Key to AD using MDT
My name is Naziya Shaik and I am a Support Escalation Engineer with Windows Core team @ Microsoft. I...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 05/16/2012
Great blog post on RDS in Windows Server 2012
Good morning Folks! Today is a quick post to inform you of a new Blog from the Windows Server team...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 05/11/2012
EVENT ID 55: When Good Bits Go Bad
My name is William Effinger, and I am a Senior Support Escalation Engineer with the Windows Core...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 05/09/2012
MDT 2010 & 2012 – My deployment failed. What and where are logs I should review?
One of the most common questions I get is “What logs should I look at if my deployment fails?” So...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 05/08/2012
Updated Archive of the NtDebugging Twitter Debug Tips
Every Wednesday (usually) we post a debug tip to our twitter page at...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 04/30/2012
Improve caching for CSR
In previous versions of Windows, clients with remote connections would often initiate network...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 04/27/2012
Troubleshooting Memory Leaks With Just a Dump
Hello debuggers, the debug ninja is back again. Sometimes we have a scenario where a process...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 04/26/2012
Task Scheduler Error “A specified logon session does not exist”
Good morning AskPerf! Kapil Patry here from the Microsoft Platforms Support Team. I am blogging...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 04/18/2012
Troubleshooting Boot Issues due to missing Driver signature (x64)
Today, I am going to discuss how to troubleshoot a scenario where the system does not boot in normal...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 04/15/2012
Migrating Print Queues quickly using PRINTBRM, configuration files, and the Generic/Text Only Driver
Good morning AskPerf! Digvijay here to chat about print server migration. All server admins have...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 04/03/2012
How the Clipboard Works, Part 2
Last time, we discussed how applications place data on the clipboard, and how to access that data...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 03/29/2012
Why is the CNO in a Failed State?
Hello, my name is Steven Graves and I am a Support Escalation Engineer (SEE) in the Platforms...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 03/27/2012
FIXED: Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) in redirected access mode after installing McAfee VSE 8.7 Patch 5 or 8.8 Patch 1
A fix for the above titled problem has been released. If you are running into this problem, please...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 03/18/2012
Windows Performance Monitor Disk Counters Explained
Hello AskPerf and Happy Friday! This is just a quick post to let you know that Flavio, one of...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 03/16/2012
How the Clipboard Works, Part 1
Recently I had the opportunity to debug the clipboard in Windows, and I thought I’d share some of...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 03/16/2012
Print update rollup available for Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008 R2
A new printing hotfix rollup was released that updates the core print spooler components...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 03/16/2012
Unable to connect to WMI locally – “Win32: The system cannot find the path specified”
Good morning AskPerf! Sanket Jagtap here from Platforms Team here to discuss an interesting issue I...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 03/09/2012
Performance issues due to Inactive Terminal Server Ports
Good morning AskPerf! There are several issues that have been associated with a high number of...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 03/06/2012
What Should Never Happen... Did
Hi, this is Bob Golding; I wanted to write a blog about an interesting hardware issue I ran into....
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 02/23/2012
Identifying Global Atom Table Leaks
Hi, it's the Debug Ninja back again with another debugging adventure. Recently I have...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 01/31/2012
Stop 0x19 in a Large Pool Allocation
Hello all, Scott Olson here again to share another interesting issue I recently debugged with pool...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 01/27/2012
My Kernel Debugger Won't Connect
Hello ntdebugging readers, the Debug Ninja is back again with a quick blog this holiday...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 12/29/2011
Call Stacks for Pool Allocations
Hello, it's the Debug Ninja back again for another NtDebugging Blog article. For as long as I...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 10/31/2011
Bcdedit Tips and Tricks For Debugging Part 1
Hello everyone, my name is Sean Walker, and I am on the Platforms OEM team in Washington. This...
Author: Kevin Ledman [MSFT] Date: 09/21/2011