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Mark's Blog : The Case of the System Process CPU Spikes

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One of my heroes and guiding lights for all things Windows “internals” is Mark Russinovich.  He has his blog at http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich.  Before being a Microsoft person Mar... (more)
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In  | 18/04/2008 15:27:00
 
 
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Diagnose Windows Performance issues with the tools Microsoft uses

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I’m writing about diagnosing performance problems at the moment and this blog starts the process off for me.  XPerf is an amazing tool that was internal to Microsoft only.  You can now use t... (more)
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In  | 18/04/2008 09:00:00
 
 
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This consumer operating systems stuff is harder than 1st thought – Red Hat and Novell no longer targeting consumers with desktop Linux

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I saw this and it made me smile – looks like building a desktop OS for consumers is harder than people thought :-) And I thought consumers were more willing to put in time to fiddle too, so that makes... (more)
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In  | 18/04/2008 08:58:49
 
 
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Improved searching of Windows Servers (2003, 2008, SBS, Windows Home Server) and Windows desktops (Vista and XP) through the Windows Search 4.0 Preview which improves local and network searching

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There is a feature that I 1st found of Windows Home Server that can be applied to SBS, Windows Server, Windows Vista / XP and any other Windows system with Windows Search 3 or 4 on it.  This feat... (more)
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In  | 03/04/2008 12:28:57
 
 
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Available to everyone (well almost) - Windows Vista SP1 Released to Windows Update

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Today Windows Vista SP1 has made it to Windows Update for the 5 lead languages with the rest to follow over the following weeks. Lots of details at Windows Vista Team Blog : Windows Vista SP1 Released... (more)
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In  | 18/03/2008 17:46:13
 
 
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Action Pack Subscribers get Full Windows Vista DVDs - not upgrades and they also get a copy of Ultimate too, plus a stack of materials to sell the product

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Full, not OEM Vista product Well anyone who says we don't listen is just talking rubbish!!  What am I talking about - I'm talking about the Action Pack and Windows.  We moved to non... (more)
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In  | 08/03/2008 20:43:41
 
 
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Office Live Workspace Update for Windows Vista to enable "Open From" and "Save to" menu items in Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint

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One little feature that others might have missed with the new release of Office Live Workspace is the two nifty buttons for Office to enable direct access from the Office Live Workspace Update for W... (more)
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In  | 06/03/2008 07:24:31
 
 
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Latest news, events and downloads in the Security world from Microsoft - Windows Server 2008, Mobile, employee habits, Antigen, IPSEC, ForeFront, NAP, XP Firewall, System Center

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Each month the TRM blog product this great summary of the Microsoft world in various product areas.  The blog can be found here http://blogs.technet.com/trm/ News Help your customers securely d... (more)
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In  | 06/03/2008 05:55:40
 
 
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More ways to engage with customers using the Microsoft advertising campaigns

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  [updated 4th March] Many people congratulated Microsoft after the Mr Busy campaigns allowed partners to drive their customers back to them using a MS campaign.  Well, this i... (more)
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In  | 04/03/2008 21:00:00
 
 
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Microsoft drops the price of retail versions of Vista significantly all over the world, but plenty in the UK

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I saw some people talking about this on the Yahoo groups and on the blogs, so thought I would do some investigating.  The retail price has moved quite nicely in the UK .. in the following blog th... (more)
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In  | 04/03/2008 19:36:00
 
 
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