Troubleshooting

In this episode of Defrag Tools, Andrew Richards and Chad Beeder are joined by Aaron Margosis to talk about the Sysinternals book he co-authored, and demos an Application Installation Recorder that leverages Process Monitor and PowerShell. Resources:Windows Sysinternals…

In this episode of Defrag Tools, Trey Nash joins Chad Beeder to demonstrate how the Windows Performance Toolkit was used to solve a performance issue in a time sensitive application. Resources:Windows 8.1 SDK (Windows Performance Toolkit) Timeline:[00:00] - The issue...[03:18] -…

In this episode of Defrag Tools, Andrew Richards, Chad Beeder and Larry Larsen walk you through a common issue in Windows Store applications that use Files. We use a Windows Store 8.1 app sample to show how missing code affects the stability of the process. Resources:Understanding and…

In this episode of Defrag Tools, Andrew Richards and Chad Beeder walk you through a common issue in Windows Store applications that use Frame.GetNavigationState. We use a Windows Store 8.1 app sample to show how using complex objects as a parameter in navigation can cause…

In this episode of Defrag Tools, Paul Long joins Chad Beeder in this 3 part series on Message Analyzer. Resources:Message Analyzer Download CenterMessage Analyzer Blog Timeline:[00:22] - Analyzing multiple types of data[00:55] - ETW Analysis[02:25] - Call Stack View[03:08]…

In this episode of Defrag Tools, Paul Long joins Chad Beeder in this 3 part series on Message Analyzer. Resources:Message Analyzer Download CenterMessage Analyzer Blog Timeline:[00:32] - Analyzing HTTP Traffic[01:08] - Visualization[03:36] - Viewing the Data[05:39]…

In this episode of Defrag Tools, Paul Long joins Chad Beeder in this 3 part series on Message Analyzer. Resources:Message Analyzer Download CenterMessage Analyzer Blog Timeline:[00:34] - Message Analyzer, the replacement of Network Monitor[02:09] - Quick Overview[04:25]…

In this episode of Defrag Tools, Andrew Richards and Chad Beeder walk you through a common issues in Windows Store applications that use Interop. We use a Windows Store 8.1 app sample to show how missing code affects the stability of the process. Resources:Improving apps with Quality…

In this episode of Defrag Tools, Andrew Richards and Chad Beeder walk you through a common issues in Windows Store applications that use XML. We use a Windows Store 8.1 app sample to show how missing code affects the stability of the process. Resources:Improving apps with Quality…

In this episode of Defrag Tools, Andrew Richards and Chad Beeder walk you through a common issues in Windows Store applications that use HTTP. We use a Windows Store 8.1 app sample to show how a missing exception handler affects the stability of the process. Resources:Improving apps…