How to prepare your first Technical Presentation
So they told you to do a technical presentation. If this is new to you then you may start excited in anticipation of the coming event but that feeling will change into anxiety when you see all the work...
View ArticleExport specific users and group memberships to CSV
Get-ADUser -LDAPFilter "(name=*)" -SearchScope Subtree `-SearchBase "OU=path,OU=path,DC=path,DC=path,DC=path" | %{$user = $_$user | Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership | Select...
View ArticleNetmon 3.4 Display Capture Filter
Still using Network Monitor instead Message Analyzer? Joel Christenson from MSFT CTS created an extensive display capture filter which you can copy from here.
View ArticleHow to prepare your first Technical Presentation Part 2
Coming Up With A Catchy TitleThe second post covering how a title can make your presentation stand out.No Tutti-Frutti PleaseIf you want people to come to your session, use a clear title, no I see all...
View ArticleExport list with performance counters to file
(Get-Counter -ListSet *).Paths | Out-File C:\Counters.txt -width 120
View ArticleUserEnvLogging in Windows Vista and higher
From Windows Vista, the GPO engine no longer records information in the UserEnv.log. Instead we use GPSVC logging. Sadly, the resulting log file does not contain as much information as the UserEnv.log...
View ArticleUI for ETW - Windows Performance Made Easier
UI for ETW is a UI for recording ETW traces which beats WPRUI (part of the Windows Software Development Kit for Windows 8.1) on almost every front. Binary download is here.
View ArticleHaving troubles with your MS Office?
Check out the OffCAT tool. Also works on Windows 10.
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How to prepare your first Technical Presentation Part 3
Writing an AbstractThe third post covering how to create a session abstract.Make It Grab AttentionIn most large events you are bound to pick topics others also submitted. So what makes yours so apart?...
View ArticleWindows Enterprise Client Boot and Logon Optimization
The full series can be found at Mark's Blog.
View ArticleHaving performance issues on your server(s)?
We have a few workshops that you should be interested in:- Perfmon: Performance Monitor: Monitoring Vital Signs Workshop. -Windows Performance Toolkit: Vital Signs Advanced Workshop.
View ArticleThe fastest way to learn some F# basics, and it's fun too!
Try F#: Learn F# in your browser (Powered by Microsoft Research).
View ArticleHow to (re)install Git Shell via the Command Prompt
Open cmd and go to C:\Users\%Username%\AppData\Local\GitHub\.Now type GitHub.appref-ms --open-shell.Switch to the new Git Shell and type GitHub --reinstall-shortcuts.
View ArticlePrince, such an important part of my youth. May you be well.
How can you just leave me standing? Alone in a world that's so cold.
View ArticleXperf123: data collection made as easy as 1-2-3
As the website says, a tool to automate the process of collecting Xperf traces without the user worrying about various settings/options.
View ArticleForget IOMETER, use DISKSPD
DISKSPD is a storage load generator / performance test tool from the Windows Server and Cloud Server Infrastructure Engineering teams. You can get it at GitHub or as a binary at TechNet Gallery.
View ArticleHow to create a NAT switch in Windows 10 Hyper-V
To create a virtual NAT switch, open a PowerShell window with Admin rights and run the following command: New-VMSwitch -Name "NAT" -SwitchType NAT -NATSubnetAddress 10.0.75.0/24.Now, run the following...
View ArticleCan't save BitLocker key to Microsoft Account in Windows 10 when encrypting...
1. Save the key to a file (can throw it away later).2. Start encrypting the drive.3. Run a command prompt with Admin rights.4. You need to get the volume ID by typing "mountvol".5. Now run the...
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How to hide the useless archive folder in Outlook.com
A complete guide is available here. One thing they forgot to mention is the first time you start MFCMAPI.exe: 1. On the Tools menu, click Options.2. Click to enable "USE MDB_ONLINE when calling...
View ArticleHow to create a bootable Windows 10 USB drive
1. Use the "diskpart" command to open the partitioning software. 2. Use the "list disk" command to view the list of all the storage devices attached to your device.3. Identify the disk number of the...
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