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February 2008 - Posts

Xperf support for XP
"Do the xperf tools support XP or Windows Server 2003?" is a frequently ask question.  The answer is no mostly, and yes for a few things.  The next article in this series is Using the Windows Sample Profiler with Xperf xperf.exe can Read More...
Posted: Sunday, February 24, 2008 5:56 PM by rgr | 5 Comments
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Using Xperf to take a Trace (updated)
Lets get to it!  Here is how to take a basic trace then look at CPU and disk utilization.    Its really simple, just three commands to turn on tracing, turn it off, and then view the trace. The next article in this series is Xperf Read More...
Posted: Saturday, February 16, 2008 2:32 AM by rgr | 9 Comments
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Advertisements are now Music Videos
I just love this add for the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 .... its just barely an add.  Its really a pretty cool music video... Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 12:47 AM by rgr | 1 Comments
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Xperf Tools Landing Page and Update
The WHDC folks now have web page setup for the Windows Performance Toolkit (aka the 'xperf tools').  The page includes downloads for updates to the versions that ship in the SDK.  In the near future, this page will include pointers to updated Read More...
Posted: Monday, February 11, 2008 1:26 AM by rgr | 3 Comments
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Xperf, a new tool in the Windows SDK
The SDK team just shipped the latest version of the Windows SDK which supports Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP1.  The SDK now includes an important new tool; the Windows Performance Tool Kit from the Windows performance team (we call them the xperf Read More...
Posted: Saturday, February 09, 2008 1:59 AM by rgr | 15 Comments
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