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Video: Using XPERF to root cause CPU consumption
Hi Debuggers, Here is a short video showing how to root cause CPU consumption issues on Vista/Server...
Author: ntdebug Date: 03/22/2010
We Need Your XPERF Feedback
Hi, This is Tate asking for your direct and valuable feedback on XPerf (The Windows Performance...
Author: ntdebug Date: 03/22/2010
X64 Deep Dive Presentation from the 2010 Global Engineering Conference
We just hosted our annual Global Engineer Conference for members of the Escalation Team at...
Author: ntdebug Date: 02/19/2010
Understanding !PTE , Part 1: Let’s get physical
Hello. It’s Ryan Mangipano again (Ryanman). Today’s blog will be the first in a multi-part post...
Author: ntdebug Date: 02/05/2010
Ironical Case of a Performance Monitoring Tool causing a Performance Issue!
Hello folks, this is Pushkar and I recently worked an interesting case dealing with high CPU usage....
Author: ntdebug Date: 01/21/2010
Case Study - Software Restriction Policies and Large EXE Files
Recently I received a debugging request for a customer having problems running large executables. On...
Author: ntdebug Date: 01/18/2010
Pool Fragmentation
Hello! My name is Stephen, an escalation engineer on the Microsoft Global Escalation Services Team....
Author: ntdebug Date: 12/11/2009
Part 3: ETW Methods of Tracing
Introduction and Overview This is Ivan from the Platforms OEM team and this is the final installment...
Author: ntdebug Date: 12/11/2009
Part 2: Got Stack? No. We ran out and kv won’t tell me why!
Hello. It’s Ryan again with the second installment of my stack depletion walkthrough. Part 1 of this...
Author: ntdebug Date: 12/01/2009
Part 1: Got Stack? No. We ran out of Kernel Mode Stack and kv won’t tell me why!
My name is Ryan Mangipano (ryanman) and I am a Sr. Support Escalation Engineer at Microsoft. This...
Author: ntdebug Date: 11/25/2009
System Won't Power Down
Hi All. Recently I had a Windows 2000 case where the machine wouldn’t shut down. After initiating...
Author: ntdebug Date: 11/09/2009
WMI Nugget: How to Gather the Provider Binary from a WMI Class Name
It's Venkatesh with a WMI nugget. While troubleshooting or debugging WMI issues you may come across...
Author: ntdebug Date: 09/29/2009
Part 2 - Exploring and Decoding ETW Providers using Event Log Channels
Introduction and Overview In this article we will explore a practical use for ETW tracing, and...
Author: ntdebug Date: 09/08/2009
Push Locks – What are they?
Pushlocks were a new locking primitive first introduced in Windows Server 2003 and are primarily...
Author: ntdebug Date: 09/02/2009
Part 1 - ETW Introduction and Overview
Introduction: Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) is a system and software diagnostic, troubleshooting...
Author: ntdebug Date: 08/27/2009
GES Team
Author: ntdebug Date: 08/25/2009
Using Xperf to investigate slow I/O issues
Debuggers, Here’s another short video of the type of triage possible with Xperf, this time Bob...
Author: ntdebug Date: 08/17/2009
Debugging a Bugcheck 0xF4
My name is Ryan Mangipano (ryanman) and I am a Sr. Support Escalation Engineer at Microsoft. Today’s...
Author: ntdebug Date: 07/27/2009
Debug Nugget: DumpConfigurator Utility
Hi - my name is Naresh and I am a Sr. Escalation Engineer on the Microsoft GES platforms team. Today...
Author: ntdebug Date: 07/13/2009
Who is restarting my server?
Hello - This is Omer and I recently came across a case where the customer reported that they could...
Author: ntdebug Date: 07/13/2009
Reversing in Reverse, Part 2: More Linked-List Pool Corruption
Hello - It's Ryan again with the second installment of my list corruption walkthrough. The previous...
Author: ntdebug Date: 07/06/2009
Save Support Dollars by Checking Your Memory Dump before Calling Support
Hello, I am East with a quick review of what to do with your memory dumps before opening a support...
Author: ntdebug Date: 06/12/2009
Who is writing "Event ID 0" events to the application log?
Hello, Venkatesh blogging here again. Recently I had a collaboration request to determine which...
Author: ntdebug Date: 06/05/2009
Ntdebugging on Twitter
We're now on Twitter @ https://twitter.com/ntdebugging. If you want to chime in with feedback or...
Author: ntdebug Date: 05/29/2009
Reversing in Reverse: Linked-List Pool Corruption, a Complete Walkthrough (Part 1)
My name is Ryan Mangipano (ryanman) and I am a Sr. Support Escalation Engineer at Microsoft. Today’s...
Author: ntdebug Date: 05/29/2009
WMI: "REFERENCES OF" query failure during Provider startup could be disastrous
Hello, my name is Venkatesh Ganga. I’m a Senior Escalation Engineer on the Microsoft Platform Global...
Author: ntdebug Date: 05/26/2009
Capturing ADPlus CLR crashes
Trey Nash here again, and I would like to discuss a scenario we are all too familiar with. You’ve...
Author: ntdebug Date: 05/18/2009
XPERF DEMO: Michael Morales demonstrates the Windows Profiling Tool
In this video Michael introduces the sample based profiling tool named XPERF. He also demonstrates...
Author: ntdebug Date: 05/11/2009
Using Netmon to figure out the source of high CPU in WMIprvse.exe
Recently I was working with a customer who had a file server experiencing high CPU in the...
Author: ntdebug Date: 04/24/2009
XPERF Videos and other Blog Feedback
We appreciate the comments and feedback sent about the blog. You guys are great! We’ve had comments...
Author: ntdebug Date: 04/20/2009
Part 2: Tate Calhoun presents Xperf at the 2009 Microsoft GEC
Xperf was created by the Windows Fundamentals team to analyze system and application performance....
Author: ntdebug Date: 03/31/2009
Part 1: Tate Calhoun presents Xperf at the 2009 Microsoft GEC
Xperf was created by the Windows Fundamentals team to analyze system and application performance....
Author: ntdebug Date: 03/31/2009
T.Roy from CodeMachine presents 'Supporting Support' at the 2009 Microsoft GEC
Developer and Technical support folks have to deal with crashes and hangs day in & day out. In...
Author: ntdebug Date: 03/31/2009
‘Microsoft Platforms Global Escalation Services Community’ Presentation at the 2009 Microsoft GEC
Principal Escalation Engineer, Jeff Dailey, presents "Microsoft Platforms Global Escalation Services...
Author: ntdebug Date: 03/24/2009
TSANet Presentation at the 2009 Microsoft GEC
This year’s Global Escalation Conference theme of “Building the Engineering Community” was centered...
Author: ntdebug Date: 03/24/2009
Help! My Server is Shutting Down for No Apparent Reason
Hello - Rob here with the GES team, and I have this nugget to pass on to you. I recently worked an...
Author: ntdebug Date: 03/19/2009
The Chat is Today - Windows NT Debugging Blog Live Chat
Windows NT Debugging Blog Live Chat Microsoft Platform Global Escalation Services is hosting our...
Author: ntdebug Date: 03/17/2009
Debug Fundamentals #4 : Spoiler
We’re posting the answers to Debug Fundamentals #4 in this blog. Additionally we posted all of your...
Author: ntdebug Date: 03/13/2009
Next Week: Windows NT Debugging Blog Live Chat
Windows NT Debugging Blog Live Chat Microsoft Platform Global Escalation Services is hosting our...
Author: ntdebug Date: 03/13/2009
It’s not my fault! – A case of remote code injection gone bad
Today we’ll examine a case where a crash is occurring in a Microsoft process, in core Windows code,...
Author: ntdebug Date: 03/06/2009
Global Engineering Conference
The Global Escalation Services team at Microsoft hosted the 1st annual Global Engineering Conference...
Author: ntdebug Date: 03/04/2009