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Debugging anything that uses clock cycles
Using UMDH to track down native heap memory leaks
No, I'm afraid I haven't taken the time to write about this in detail because Michael Morales has...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 10/16/2008
Yeah! I passed!
And the reason I was trying to view an XPS document was because I wanted to print my MCP transcript...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 10/14/2008
How do I view XPS documents in Windows Server 2008?
The XPS Viewer is a component of the .NET Framework 3.0, which in turn is a feature of the operating...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 10/14/2008
Virtualisation Unplugged
I am busy working to virtualise one of the machines I currently run hosting an intranet web site. I...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 10/14/2008
Extracting a request from a netmon trace
The other day I needed to quickly get the entire response being sent by a web server so I could get...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 10/10/2008
A long lost friend
I was looking for one of my blog posts the other day that talks about how ASP.NET uses Windows...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 10/09/2008
"Hotfix Download Available"
One of the banes of my life and that of my customers for many years has been the issue of getting...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 10/08/2008
What's in Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1?
[ 3/11/2008 - updated with links to the KB articles 957541/2/3 ]I made some comments about resources...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 10/07/2008
When copy and paste just aren't enough
In my job I often send my customers detailed instructions including things to run at the command...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 10/03/2008
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008
Microsoft has just released Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008.Note that this is not Microsoft Windows...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 10/02/2008
Make sure your test data is right for the job
I helped out one of colleagues recently whose customer's application hit high CPU in one test...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 09/29/2008
Link: Useful article on ASP.NET Performance...
Over on the "ACE Team" blog there's a useful blog post with some performance tips for ASP.NET sites....
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 09/29/2008
Weird wireless adapter stuff: lesson learned - get the right drivers
My work laptop is a Dell Latitude D630 which I've set up to dual boot between Windows XP and Windows...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 09/01/2008
.NET 3.5 Framework SP1 reference sources available
In mid January the first release of the .NET Framework 3.5 reference sources occurred. In mid...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 08/28/2008
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 now available
As it says in the title of the post.Read about it on the IE team blog.Read about it on the portal...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 08/27/2008
Free Microsoft Developer and web design software for full time students
This sounds like a good deal. Free? Free? Sounds to good to be true :-). But it is.If you are a full...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 08/27/2008
Photosynth Synther hits the web! Get synthing!
Late yesterday, the Microsoft Live Labs Photosynth team released an update to Photosynth as well as...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 08/21/2008
Understanding How You Use This Blog
I meant to post this sooner but forgot. Better late than never. Note the below survey is only active...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 08/20/2008
Uninstalling .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
You may have a need to uninstall .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, perhaps for testing purposes or because you...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 08/19/2008
Technical Communities Portal and finding Microsoft blogs
If you are looking for blogs by Microsoft Employees on specific topics then a good place to start is...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 08/15/2008
More about .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1
As mentioned yesterday .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1 were released. Here is a...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 08/12/2008
Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 and .NET Framework Service Pack 1 available on the download centre
Now available:Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (exe) (readme)Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 08/11/2008
Upcoming MSDN events for developers in Reading
If like me you live or work realise within striking distance of Reading (in the UK) then there are a...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 08/11/2008
Clearing out "temporary asp.net files"
[Important note, 9 March 2012. I wrote the following blog post some time ago with mainly IIS6 and...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 08/10/2008
Finding a debugging treasure trove
I've spent a bit of time in the last few days on Dimitry Vostokov's fantastic DumpAnalysis.org web...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 07/31/2008
Internet Explorer 8 and web site compatibility
With Internet Explorer 8 development well advanced and beta 2 due in August it is important to be...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 07/30/2008
Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 - available now
I'm a Windows Home Server user (I've got one of the HP EX475 machines) and it's great - it just...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 07/22/2008
Testing your Windows Internals knowledge
I see that we now have an exam in the making for testing knowledge of "Windows Internals". The exam...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 07/21/2008
Nice collection of Live Writer tips
Came across this:https://lifehacker.com/395589/windows-live-writer-tweaks-tips-and-updatesv. handy if...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 07/04/2008
Software and the environment...
I'm pleased to see the launch of a new blog from Microsoft's Environmental Sustainability group.
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 07/02/2008
Useful tools and add-ons for IIS troubleshooting and IIS7
Content deleted because the links on it just got totally out of date and broken after 6 years.Doug
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 05/16/2008
How to determine LARGEADDRESSAWARE from a dump file
This interesting little question came up on one of our internal email lists. Sometimes when...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 05/16/2008
Building a symbol tree when you don't have access to the internet
One of my colleagues in Israel asked me how you would go about downloading the correct symbol for a...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 05/16/2008
.NET 3.5 SP1 Beta,Visual Studio futures and Visual Studio present..
As ever, Scott Guthrie has the most comprehensive announcement blog about Visual Studio 2008 and...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 05/14/2008
ODbgExt - debugger extension project
My colleague Nico brought to my attention a new debugger extension project over on Codeplex. Looks...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 04/30/2008
Live Mesh - "hands on" video
An interesting video to watch if you need an introduction to Live Mesh. Now in technical preview, to...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 04/24/2008
Interesting tool for monitoring of client side of web applications
Microsoft Research have released a very interesting looking prototype of a tool for investigating...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 04/07/2008
Strange networking issues on Windows Server 2003 SP2? Recommended networking update available
An update is now available (via Windows Update, 'custom scan', high priority updates) which is...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 04/07/2008
Debugging other peoples' code
I spend a lot of my day debugging other peoples' code, be it the code of my customers or code that...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 04/03/2008
Local dump collection in Windows Server 2008 and Vista Service Pack 1
Here is a neat new feature added to Windows Error Reporting (WER) in Windows Server 2008 and Windows...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 03/31/2008
Win prizes for searching the web :-)
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 03/31/2008
Zoom in on Silverlight
Jeff Proise has put up a nice little Silverlight page turning demo using an old Microsoft Systems...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 03/13/2008
Windows Performance Tools Kit
If you like delving into the depths of how a Windows system is performing (or not performing) then a...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 03/12/2008
Should I Authenticode sign my .NET assembly?
This question arose out of a support case that my colleague Susanne and I handled recently for one...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 02/29/2008
ASP.NET setting search tip
I frequently find my self needing to look up the reference information for ASP.NET configuration...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 02/28/2008
Nominate an IT champion
Here is your chance to nominate a colleague who you consider to be an "IT champion" - maybe even...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 02/28/2008
Client side testing of web applications
I've added a link to WatiN to my Testing Web Applications page. I've not used it extensively myself...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 02/27/2008
Snowdrops
I had a day off yesterday and went with my wife, son and aunt to see Welford Park's display of...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 02/08/2008