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Defrag: Cloning to SSD, Extracting Wifi PW, UAC Triggers

Larry Larsen, Rhymes With Orange — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:35:44 GMT

Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Gov Maharaj and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. If you have a problem you want to send us, you can use the Problem Step Recorder in Windows 7 (see this for details on how) and send us the zip file to DefragShow@microsoft.com. We will also be checking comments for problems, but the email address will let us contact you if needed.

[00:58] - Beam Me Up on Bing.
[01:47] - Way to clone original HDD to SSD with recovery partition.
[03:35] - How to deactivate a Windows license to reinstall with new drive. [link] [link]
[05:28] - How to extract wifi passwords to put on new laptop.
[06:35] - Tiles on Start Screen looks incorrect after changing fonts. Yes, I pronounced Segoe wrong.
[10:00] - Request to go through power config from previous show.
[11:00] - What is the difference between Bitlocker on Windows 7 and Windows 8. [link]
[12:29] - What specifically triggers UAC prompts.
[16:50] - Domain policy won't allow writing to external drive.
[19:07] - Methods to send sound from one PC to another.
[20:46] - Pick of the Week: Transparent gadgets [link]

Defrag Tools: #41 - WPT - Command Line

Larry Larsen, Andrew Richards, Chad Beeder — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:24:52 GMT

In this episode of Defrag Tools, Andrew Richards, Chad Beeder and Larry Larsen continue walking you through the Windows Performance Toolkit (WPT).

Resources:
Defrag Tools: #23 - Windows 8 SDK
Defrag Tools: #29 - WinDbg - ETW Logging
Windows Performance Analysis Developer Center
Windows Performance Toolkit
Channel 9 Videos
NTDebugging Blog Article
PFE Blog Series

Timeline:
[00:00] - UI vs. Command Line
[02:15] - wpr.exe -profiles
[02:48] - wpr.exe -profiledetails
[05:30] - wpr.exe -start
[06:06] - wpr.exe -stop result.etl
[09:25] - xperf.exe -help
[09:30] - xperf.exe -providers kg
[12:18] - xperf.exe -providers kf
[16:47] - xperf.exe -on
[18:17] - xperf.exe -stop -d result.etl
[21:42] - xperf.exe ... -BufferSize
[25:55] - xperf.exe ... -MinBuffers -MaxBuffers
[27:08] - xperf.exe ... -MaxFile
[27:44] - xperf.exe ... -FileMode Circular
[30:42] - xperf.exe -merge
[32:28] - Andrew's Scripts on SkyDrive [link]
[33:15] - xperf.exe -help stackwalk
[35:10] - xperf.exe ... -stackwalk

Examples:
wpr.exe -start GeneralProfile
pause
wpr.exe -stop result.etl

xperf.exe -on Base -stackwalk Profile -BufferSize 1024 -MinBuffers 256 -MaxBuffes 256 -MaxFile 256 -FileMode Circular
pause
xperf.exe -stop -d result.etl

Windows 8 Tip 3: Using Windows File Explorer

Larry Larsen — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:54:06 GMT

You may know File Explorer by it's previous name, Windows Explorer. Along with the new name are some in features. In this tip I'll walk you through some of the newer features as well as common functions that will help you increase productivity when working with the files on your Windows PC.

Defrag: .hlp files on Win8, Cutting PC Power, Moving PageFile

Larry Larsen, Rhymes With Orange — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:50:19 GMT

Defrag Tools: #40 - WPT - WPR & WPA

Larry Larsen, Andrew Richards, Chad Beeder — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:20:42 GMT

In this episode of Defrag Tools, Andrew Richards, Chad Beeder and Larry Larsen continue walking you through the Windows Performance Toolkit (WPT).

Timeline:
[00:40] - Windows Performance Recorder (UI)
[06:00] - Windows Performance Analyzer
[06:40] - Providers vs. Visualization
[08:00] - (CPU Usage) Sampled vs. Precise
[12:30] - Analysis Pane
[14:11] - * I was thinking of MDI (Multiple Document Interface]
[14:35] - Blue Bar
[15:27] - Gold/Yellow Bar - How to Aggregate
[19:18] - Symbols & SymCache
[28:40] - Column Customization
[31:50] - More next week... and many more weeks to come!

Defrag: Explorer Won't Run, Network Limited Access, Touch PC's We Like

Larry Larsen, Rhymes With Orange — Wed, 08 May 2013 20:55:57 GMT

Defrag Tools: #39 - Windows Performance Toolkit

Larry Larsen, Andrew Richards, Chad Beeder — Mon, 06 May 2013 18:00:45 GMT

In this episode of Defrag Tools, Andrew Richards, Chad Beeder and Larry Larsen starting walking you through the Windows Performance Toolkit (WPT).

Timeline:
[00:00] - What is the Windows Performance Toolkit (WPT)?
[06:23] - Articles
[10:33] - Architecture of Event Tracing for Windows (ETW)
[18:30] - Windows Performance Recorder
[21:50] - Default, Resource and Scenario Profiles
[29:07] - More next week... and many more weeks to come!

Defrag: All Cores Vs. Parked Cores, Split-Tunnel VPN, Boosting Volume

Larry Larsen, Rhymes With Orange — Wed, 01 May 2013 23:43:33 GMT

Extreme Gaming at 146 FPS with AMD CrossFire and triple display setup

Larry Larsen, GavinGear — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:33:56 GMT

In this video, Larry and Gavin go extreme by setting up a dual AMD 7970 CrossFire setup, and then showing a 3:1 1080p (5760x1080) Eyefinity setup with Battlefield 3 running on Windows 8 at up to 146 FPS! For more info, please see the post on the Extreme Windows Blog.

Defrag Tools: #38 - JavaScript - Part 2

Larry Larsen, Andrew Richards, AmandaS — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:14:22 GMT

In this episode of Defrag Tools, Andrew Richards, Amanda Silver and Larry Larsen continue walking you through the debugging of JavaScript Windows Store applications with Visual Studio. Amanda is a Principal developer for the JavaScript engine used in Internet Explorer, Windows Store applications and Visual Studio.

Timeline:
[01:25] - "Image Tile" bug
[05:00] - Interop Debugging
[06:20] - Debugger Type: Script Only vs. Native/Mixed
[08:17] - JavaScript deployment internals
[11:53] - Attach...
[14:10] - Memory Profiling
[16:58] - JavaScript Memory Analysis (VS2012 Update 1)
[20:18] - Snapshot details
[21:25] - "Root" View

Defrag: Keyboard Fail, Search Auto-Suggest, Wider CMD Window

Larry Larsen, Chad Beeder — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:55:18 GMT

Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Chad Beeder (filling in for Gov who will be back next week) and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. If you have a problem you want to send us, you can use the Problem Step Recorder in Windows 7 (see this for details on how) and send us the zip file to DefragShow@microsoft.com. We will also be checking comments for problems, but the email address will let us contact you if needed.

[00:24] - DPC Watchdog update from previous show. [link]
[05:55] - Keyboard missing some keypresses.
[07:52] - Looking at browser history.
[10:28] - Outlook showing friends birthdays but not own.
[11:32] - MSTSC behavior not consistent.
[12:45] - Sending us a Proc Dump. [link]
[15:00] - Search no longer showing auto-suggest.
[17:12] - Task bar on wrong screen after detaching.
[19:12] - How to restart Task Bar without rebooting.
[20:33] - Windows Store app fails on update.
[21:47] - Screen doesn't paint in IE sometimes until scroll.
[22:53] - How to make CMD window wider.
[24:49] - Suggesting on re-enabling PIN logon.
[25:50] - How to MKLink to share so web can save files to it.
[29:05] - Pick of the Week: Auto-hiding Task Bar based on tablet orientation. [link]

Defrag Tools: #37 - JavaScript - Part 1

Larry Larsen, Andrew Richards, AmandaS — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:52:48 GMT

In this episode of Defrag Tools, Andrew Richards, Amanda Silver and Larry Larsen start walking you through the debugging of JavaScript Windows Store applications with Visual Studio. Amanda is a Principal developer for the JavaScript engine used in Internet Explorer, Windows Store applications and Visual Studio.

Timeline:
[00:54] - Debugging a JavaScript Windows Store application
[02:30] - Catching Crashes (unhandled exceptions)
[04:25] - WinJS.Utilities.startLog
[05:22] - app.onerror
[09:30] - Stacks
[11:47] - e.detail.error.stack
[14:23] - use strict
[20:25] - www.jslint.com integrated in VS
[22:13] - "Pin" bug
[24:58] - tile vs. title - Lint cannot detect this
[26:50] - Next time... more JavaScript debugging!

Defrag: Uninstall leftovers, IE Crash, Watchdog Bugcheck

Larry Larsen — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:41:23 GMT

Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Andrew Richards (filling in for Gov who will be back next week) and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. If you have a problem you want to send us, you can use the Problem Step Recorder in Windows 7 (see this for details on how) and send us the zip file to DefragShow@microsoft.com. We will also be checking comments for problems, but the email address will let us contact you if needed.

[00:18] - Just install 7-Zip.
[01:20] - 3D things Siodmy would print.
[03:22] - Time consuming reinstall of OS.
[05:42] - Chad Beeder update on monitor turning off after 1 minute at lock screen. [link]
[06:40] - "Leftovers" after uninstalling legacy apps as related to Windows Store apps.
[14:16] - IE crashing but unsure how to get good dump from the right process.
[20:57] - PDF displays every time user starts PC.
[22:00] - Renaming Microsoft account. [link]
[23:53] - Getting bugcheck DPC_Watchdog_Violation 0x00000133.
[28:30] - Where is the temporary profile stored on Windows 7.
[29:50] - Pick of the Week 1: Developing an app with VS 3D Starter kit. [link]
[30:36] - Pick of the Week 2: Unity 3D conference sessions are available for download. [link]
[31:30] - Pick of the Week 3: Movi M10. [link]

Defrag Tools: #36 - CLR GC - Part 4

Larry Larsen, Andrew Richards — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:24:05 GMT

In this episode of Defrag Tools, Andrew Richards, Maoni Stephens and Larry Larsen continue walking you through the CLR Garbage Collector - specifically PerfView. Maoni is the Principal developer for the GC on the CLR team.

Resources:
Maoni's WebLog
PerfView (Download)
Channel 9 - PerfView Tutorial - by Vance Morrison

Timeline:
[00:38] - PerfView overview
[02:52] - (Basic) Collection
[04:39] - GCStats
[10:10] - GC Rollup By Generation
[11:22] - GC Events By Time (>200ms)
[11:31] - LOH Allocation (>200ms)
[12:34] - Gen2
[12:48] - GC Events By Time
[28:40] - Best Approach to Performance Analysis
[31:03] - GC Collect Only
[32:10] - Channel 9 - PerfView Tutorial

Defrag Tools: #35 - CLR GC - Part 3

Larry Larsen, Andrew Richards — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:49:26 GMT

In this episode of Defrag Tools, Andrew Richards, Maoni Stephens and Larry Larsen continue walking you through the CLR Garbage Collector. Maoni is the Principal developer for the GC on the CLR team.

Resources:
Maoni's WebLog
Channel9 - CLR 4 Garbage Collector - Inside Background GC
Channel9 - CLR 4.5: Maoni Stephens - Server Background GC
MSDN Magazine - Investigating Memory Issues

Timeline:
[00:45] - Internal and Externals Roots
[05:55] - Start of GC: clr!WKS::GCHeap::GarbageCollectGeneration
[07:00] - !sos.dumpheap (Range)
[07:30] - !sos.gcroot (or !sos.gcwhere )
[09:45] - New Root Types? Dependent Handles (ConditionalWeakTable)
[12:32] - Handle Types
[13:30] - Pinned Handles - Effect on Fragmentation
[15:40] - Large Object Heap's Fragmentation & Coalescence
[17:55] - Pinned Objects
[19:33] - !sos.gchandles
[20:06] - !sos.gchandles -type Pinned
[20:45] - !sos.gchandles -type AsyncPinned

Defrag: Portable Office, Driver Bugchecks, C9 Win8 App

Larry Larsen, Rhymes With Orange — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:17:55 GMT

Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Gov Maharaj and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. If you have a problem you want to send us, you can use the Problem Step Recorder in Windows 7 (see this for details on how) and send us the zip file to DefragShow@microsoft.com. We will also be checking comments for problems, but the email address will let us contact you if needed.

[01:20] - Way to install a portable version of office on a USB drive. [link]
[03:25] - Norton AV and action center not cooperating.
[04:50] - Logitech setpoint not letting user configure buttons.
[07:02] - User gets SESSION_HAS_VALID_POOL_ON_EXIT(ab) bugcheck. [links 1, 2, 3]
[10:05] - BluRay drive causing driver power state failure bugcheck.
[14:07] - How to set drive letter for removable drive.
[15:54] - Seeing most recent updated folder.
[16:30] - Differences between Program Files and Program Files (x86).
[18:45] - IE was running slow, IT person fixed it, now has "black eye".
[20:13] - Changing the speed of a laptop touchpad without changing speed of mouse.
[21:19] - Is it safe to delete appdata/local/temp?
[23:29] - Encrypting a drive with NTFS junctions.
[24:25] - Pick of the Week: Free 3D Studio Max tutorials. [link]
[25:55] - Pick of the Week: Channel 9 app in Windows Store. [link]

Defrag Tools: #34 - CLR GC - Part 2

Larry Larsen, Andrew Richards — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:46:00 GMT

Resources:
Maoni's WebLog
Channel9 - CLR 4 Garbage Collector - Inside Background GC
Channel9 - CLR 4.5: Maoni Stephens - Server Background GC
MSDN Magazine - Investigating Memory Issues

Timeline:
[03:30] - How to approach Performance Analysis
[09:00] - Cadence of Gen 0, 1 and 2 garbage collection
[12:20] - !sos.FindRoots
[14:00] - Stop at Gen 1 GC - !sos.FindRoots -gen 1
[16:09] - End of GC: clr!WKS::GCHeap::RestartEE
[17:10] - Stacks of allocations [CLRProfiler] [PerfView]
[18:39] - Object's Generation - !sos.gcwhere
[19:28] - Generation Segments - !sos.eeheap -gc
[24:52] - VM Hoarding
[28:24] - Heap Summary - !sos.heapstat

Defrag: VS Compile prob, Moving AppData, Versioning AX

Larry Larsen, Rhymes With Orange — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 22:06:53 GMT

Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Gov Maharaj and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. If you have a problem you want to send us, you can use the Problem Step Recorder in Windows 7 (see this for details on how) and send us the zip file to DefragShow@microsoft.com. We will also be checking comments for problems, but the email address will let us contact you if needed.

[00:38] - VS C# project release version won't run but debug version does.
[02:31] - KB2760600 OneNote 2010 update continuously tries to install. [link]
[03:48] - IE9 and IE10 hangs to white screen and crashes.
[07:57] - Display sleep time out doesn't persist on lock screen.
[09:22] - IE process hangs using many tabs with Flash content.
[11:10] - How to see version number on a .ax file.
[11:55] - How to change systray date from yyyy/mm/dd to mm/dd/yyyy.
[12:46] - Can drivers other than display be installed without uninstalling old ones?
[14:00] - Dealing with malware if rootkit tools can't find it.
[15:53] - Is there a way to move AppData from primary to another drive?
[16:58] - What is the Windows Security Button and where is it located?
[18:45] - Way to minimize apps when computer locks. [link]
[20:47] - How to remote to machine where it isn't enabled. [link]
[23:50] - Pick of the Week: Kinect update. [link]
[00:00] - Pick of the Week: Win8 Handbook. [link]
[00:00] - Pick of the Week: MS MVP on Surface Pro as main PC. [link]

Defrag Tools: #33 - CLR GC - Part 1

Larry Larsen, Andrew Richards — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:07:58 GMT

In this episode of Defrag Tools, Andrew Richards, Maoni Stephens and Larry Larsen walk you through the CLR Garbage Collector. Maoni is the Principal developer for the GC on the CLR team.

Resources:
Maoni's WebLog
Channel9 - CLR 4 Garbage Collector - Inside Background GC
Channel9 - CLR 4.5: Maoni Stephens - Server Background GC
MSDN Magazine - Investigating Memory Issues

Timeline:
[00:00] - What is a Garbage Collector (GC)?
[02:40] - How has the GC changed?
[06:02] - Memory issues
[08:57] - Stress Log (!sos.dumplog)
[10:08] - Troubleshooting and Performance
[12:20] - Demo App
[14:20] - !sos.eeheap -gc
[18:08] - !sos.dumpheap -stat
[20:38] - !sos.dumpheap -mt (Method Table)
[21:58] - !sos.dumpobj / !sos.do (Dump Object)
[24:15] - Performance Monitoring (SOS, PerfView, Performance Monitor)
[28:06] - Measure immediately after an action, not at a cadence
[29:45] - x clr!WKS::GCHeap::GcCondemnedGeneration (Current GC being collected)
[31:15] - bp clr!WKS::GCHeap::RestartEE (Break after a GC)
[35:30] - More next week...

A Look at Windows 8 Ease of Access

Larry Larsen — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:38:03 GMT

Daniel Hubbell from the Windows Accessibility team joins me to talk about some of the features in the Windows 8 Ease of Access section. You may remember Daniel from a previous interview we did looking at his lab here on campus. While the Ease of Access panel is often used by those with disabilities, there are a number of features that can make all of our computing experiences better. For instance, if you're doing a lot of reading late at night you might want to turn on high contrast mode (Left Alt + Left Shift + Print Screen) to reverse the colors and make it a little easier on your tired eyes to read. There are also settings like changing the size of text and icons and using the Magnifier. Along with these, Daniel walks us through some of the newer features in Windows 8.

Defrag Tools: #32 - Desktops

Larry Larsen, Andrew Richards, Chad Beeder — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:20:50 GMT

In this episode of Defrag Tools, Andrew Richards, Chad Beeder and Larry Larsen walk you through Sysinternals Desktops. Desktops allows you to organize your applications on up to four virtual desktops. We go under the covers and show how Desktops fits in to the Session, Window Station and Desktop object/security model.

** I didn't do a great job explaining Sessions/Window Stations/Desktops -- If you want to know about those concepts in detail, I suggest you watch Sysinternals Primer: Gems instead.

Resources:
Sysinternals Desktops
Sysinternals WinObj
Sysinternals LogonSessions
Aaron Margosis' TSSessions
Sysinternals Administrator's Reference - [Amazon]
Sysinternals Primer: Gems [TechEd EMEA 2012 @13:45]
Malware Hunting with the Sysinternals Tools [TechEd USA 2012 @ 44:30]

Timeline:
[01:05] - Sysinternals Desktops
[04:50] - Sessions, Window Stations and Desktops
[05:13] - Sysinternals WinObj
[05:43] - Sessions
[06:40] - Window Stations
[09:00] - Enumeration (Standard User)
[10:11] - Desktops
[11:38] - Local Security Authority (LSA) - Sessions via Logons *
[12:16] - Enumeration (Elevated User)
[15:20] - psexec -sid cmd.exe
[16:38] - Enumeration (NT Authority\SYSTEM)
[17:15] - Sessions via Logons (NT Authority\SYSTEM)
[18:26] - Media Center Extender example

* You can enumerate sessions directly via the Remote Desktop Services API.

Exercises:

Use Sysinternals LogonSessions to view the logon sessions.
Use Aaron Margosis' TSSessions to view the Sessions/Window Stations/Desktops (and much more).

Session: 0
WinStation: WinSta0
    Desktop: Default
    Desktop: Disconnect
    Desktop: Winlogon
WinStation: Service-0x0-3e4$
  WinStation: Service-0x0-3e5$
  WinStation: Service-0x0-3e7$
  WinStation: msswindowstation
     Desktop: mssrestricteddesk
Session: 1
WinStation: WinSta0
    Desktop: Default
    Desktop: Disconnect
    Desktop: Winlogon
...

Channel 9 turns 9!

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:00:00 GMT

From our humble beginnings as a website built with alpha quality forum technologies that we stitched together with creative code and a lot of love, and our videos were made by a few dudes roaming the halls of Microsoft with a cheap camcorder – look at us now. Channel 9 streams live events to 100,000s of people around the world, we have a state of the art recording studio, we do C9 Live at events around the world bringing you directly into the conversation with Microsoft folks in real time. Today, much of our content is created from folks around the company. Channel 9 is THE place to watch MS events on demand and to learn about our technologies from the people who make them – people are the lifeblood of software and technology. Channel 9 is people!

Today marks 9 years of 9. It's a very special day. We are especially humbled and honored to still be around given the change rate of the web. We thank all past, present and future Niners for the excellent conversations, arguments, debates, entertainment, and camaraderie. 9 Years of 9. That rolls so nicely off the tongue. Here's to 9 more.

Defrag: Disabling Hibernation, Superfetch, onboard VGA

Larry Larsen, Rhymes With Orange — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:50:41 GMT

Defrag Tools: #31 - ZoomIt

Larry Larsen, Andrew Richards, Chad Beeder — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:27:38 GMT

In this episode of Defrag Tools, Andrew Richards, Chad Beeder and Larry Larsen walk you through Sysinternals ZoomIt. ZoomIt is a screen zoom and annotation tool for technical presentations that include application demonstrations. ZoomIt runs unobtrusively in the tray and activates with customizable hotkeys to zoom in on an area of the screen, move around while zoomed, and draw on the zoomed image.

Resources:
Sysinternals ZoomIt
Sysinternals Administrator's Reference - [Amazon]

Timeline:
[00:00] - Overview
[01:42] - Windows Magnifier (Win-+)
[03:35] - Ctrl-1 - Static Zoom
[05:30] - Ctrl-2 - Draw
[06:38] - Ctrl-4 - Live Zoom
[08:12] - File Save *
[10:05] - Ctrl-3 - Break Timer

* Zoomed to 480x300 on a 1920x1200 screen, the file sizes are:

Zoomed - 1920x1200
Actual - 480x300

Defrag: DVDs sans Sound, Disable Snapping, Watch Mon for Folders

Larry Larsen, Rhymes With Orange — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:41:19 GMT