Defrag Tools
- 42 Episodes
Andrew Richards, Chad Beeder and Larry Larsen host this deep dive into the tools used on the tech support show Defrag. Each Defrag Tools show focuses on a specific tool, going deep in to a tool's features, explaining when and why you should use the tool, and provides experience based tips to get the most out of the tool. Send your questions to DefragTools@microsoft.com.
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51 minutes, 0 secondsDefrag Tools: #26 - WinDbg - Semaphores, Mutexes and TimersFeb 04, 2013 at 10:11 AM| 1,340 views this month
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In this episode of Defrag Tools, Andrew Richards, Chad Beeder and Larry Larsen continue looking at the Debugging Tools for Windows (in particular WinDbg). WinDbg is a debugger that supports user mode debugging of a process, or kernel mode debugging of a computer. This installment goes over the… -
41 minutes, 6 secondsDefrag Tools: #8 - Mark RussinovichSep 21, 2012 at 2:35 PM| 996 views this month 54
Mark Russinovich joins Andrew Richards and Larry Larsen on this episode of Defrag Tools to talk about the history of Sysinternals, his involvement with the Windows Internals book series and advice on Cybersecurity. Learn about new tools, retired tools and tools that never got… -
32 minutes, 58 secondsDefrag Tools: #6 - RAMMapSep 04, 2012 at 10:12 AM| 907 views this month 10
In this episode of Defrag Tools, Andrew and I walk you through Sysinternals RAMMap. RAMMap allows you to see how the Physical Memory (RAM) on the computer is being used. You can see how much RAM there is, for what purpose it is being used, and if there has been any memory pressure (not enough… -
46 minutes, 36 secondsDefrag Tools: #25 - WinDbg - EventsJan 28, 2013 at 9:57 AM| 881 views this month 2
In this episode of Defrag Tools, Andrew Richards, Chad Beeder and Larry Larsen continue looking at the Debugging Tools for Windows (in particular WinDbg). WinDbg is a debugger that supports user mode debugging of a process, or kernel mode debugging of a computer. This installment goes over the… -
27 minutes, 47 secondsDefrag Tools: #7 - VMMapSep 10, 2012 at 11:05 AM| 777 views this month 3
In this episode of Defrag Tools, Andrew and I walk you through Sysinternals VMMap. VMMap allows you to see how the Virtual Memory of a process is being used. You can see how much is used, for what purpose it is being used, and if there has been any memory leaks. Like last week with RAMMap, we cover… -
23 minutes, 44 secondsDefrag Tools: #23 - Windows 8 SDKJan 14, 2013 at 8:57 AM| 686 views this month 16
In this episode of Defrag Tools, Andrew Richards and Larry Larsen upgrade the software we downloaded in Episode #1 to the Windows 8 (x86 &x64) and Windows RT (ARM) versions. Resources: Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows 8SysinternalsUSB3 Debugging Cable- Note, you must… -
39 minutes, 0 secondsDefrag Tools: #15 - WinDbg - Bugchecks (BSOD)Nov 19, 2012 at 12:58 AM| 665 views this month 12
In this episode of Defrag Tools, Chad Beeder and Larry Larsen discuss analyzing kernel mode bugchecks (colloquially known as Blue Screens of Death) using WinDbg from the Debugging Tools For Windows. We use these commands: !analyze -v .hh .trap !pte !process !thread .formats… -
39 minutes, 0 secondsDefrag Tools: #24 - WinDbg - Critical SectionsJan 21, 2013 at 10:24 AM| 643 views this month 10
In this episode of Defrag Tools, Andrew Richards, Chad Beeder and Larry Larsen continue looking at the Debugging Tools for Windows (in particular WinDbg). WinDbg is a debugger that supports user mode debugging of a process, or kernel mode debugging of a computer. This installment goes over the… -
38 minutes, 48 secondsDefrag Tools: #10 - ProcDump - TriggersOct 01, 2012 at 9:46 AM| 617 views this month 5
In this 3 part episode of Defrag Tools, Andrew Richards and Larry Larsen walk you through Sysinternals ProcDump. ProcDump allows you to capture the memory of a process running on the computer. The dump file can be of varying size and can be taken with varying outage durations. Dumps can be triggered… -
24 minutes, 2 secondsDefrag Tools: #9 - ProcDumpSep 24, 2012 at 11:09 AM| 610 views this month 3
In this 3 part episode of Defrag Tools, Andrew Richards and Larry Larsen walk you through Sysinternals ProcDump. ProcDump allows you to capture the memory of a process running on the computer. The dump file can be of varying size and can be taken with varying outage durations. Dumps can be triggered…
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