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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

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