Original Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/keithcombs/archive/2010/02/23/technet-2-0-episode-6-wiki.aspx
Later this year TechNet and the Server & Cloud Division will partner to launch the new TechNet Wiki.
There are a number of interesting features that are part of the Wiki implementation. You’ll notice a very visible tag cloud. If the pic is hard to read, click it or any of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘microsoft’
Microsoft TechNeT WIKI Coming Soon…
Network Diagnostics in Windows XP
Source: Microsoft KB914440
Microsoft offers a basic network diagnostic tool built-in to windows called “xpnetdiag.exe“.
To diagnose network connectivity status, the Network Diagnostics for Windows XP tool analyzes the following tests:
IP configuration test
Default gateway test
Winsock test
DNS test
Firewall test
Internet connectivity validation test
To run the program, simply click on Start -> Run and type: %windir%\network diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe
If [...]
Offline Crash Diagnostic Tool for Windows XP
Source: Microsoft’s KB923800
I discovered a tool that has been around since 2007 that helps aid support professionals in determining cause of system crashes in Windows XP. The tool is called “Offline Crash Diagnostic Tool for Windows XP”. You can download it from this Microsoft link.
Note: I have XP Professional 32bit SP3 and this complained about [...]
Kernrate
Kernrate Usage Guide
Purpose
Kernrate is a sample profiling tool meant to help identify primarily where CPU time is being spent. Both Kernel and user mode processes can be profiled separately or simultaneously. With proper support, Kernrate can also be used to profile CPU events (sources) other than time, depending on the CPU type.
Supported OS Platforms
The [...]
Dependency Walker
Have you ever…
…wondered why an application or module was failing to load?
…wondered what minimum set of files are required to run a particular application or load a particular DLL?
…wondered why a certain module was being loaded with a particular application?
…wanted to know what functions are exposed by a particular [...]
Microsoft Windows Service Pack Blocker
A blocking tool is available for organizations that would like to temporarily prevent installation of Service Pack updates through Windows Update. This tool can be used with:
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (valid until May 19th, 2009)
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (valid until April 28th, 2009)
Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (valid for 12 months following [...]
Microsoft IE8 Update Blocker
Microsoft has a tool to block IE8 automatic installation during automatic updates.
Microsoft Download
Microsoft HAV – Hardware Assisted Virtualization detection tool
Microsoft released their own hardware assisted virtualization (HAV) tool. Previously, I used Steve Gibson’s tool over at http://www.grc.com/.
You can grab Microsoft’s tool it’s about 173KB.
Note: For Microsoft’s tool, XP Professional SP2 and SP3 is supported along with Vista SP1 and SP2 Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise and Ultimate. Grab Steve Gibson’s tool at GRC called [...]
bcdedit – GUI’fied
If you’ve ever modified your boot partition information before in a Vista+ computer, you’ve realized Microsoft does not store this in boot.ini. Instead, it’s edited via a command called bcdedit which is a command line tool.
I ran across a tool called EasyBCD which is a GUI front-end essentially. This tool is endorsed by Microsoft, PC [...]
Disk2VHD Fix Blank Screen Bootup in Virtual PC 2007
After you convert a drive to a virtual hard disk and mount it in Virtual PC 2007, during bootup it may just give you a blank screen.
The only solution I’ve found to get past this is by replacing hal.dll with halacpi.dll from the operating system’s source CD.
Start up your Virtual PC 2007. Select CD menu [...]