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First published on TECHNET on Apr 08, 2014
Hello AskPerf Readers! Henry Chen here from the Devices & Deployment team. Today, I would like to spend some time highlighting some of the user experience changes in the shell for Wind… Continue reading What’s New in the Windows 8.1 Update
First published on TECHNET on Mar 19, 2014
Good morning AskPerf! Anshuman here with a quick post on timestamp differences in Windows Explorer when accessing FTP sites.
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On Windows 7(SP1), Windows … Continue reading Timestamp difference in Windows Explorer FTP folder view
First published on TECHNET on Mar 17, 2014
Hello AskPerf! I’m sure you already know this, but if you don’t, XP Support Ends on April 8th, 2014. That is 21 days from this post. Below are a couple of links that will… Continue reading XP Support coming to an End soon…
First published on TECHNET on Feb 27, 2014
Good morning AskPerf! This is a quick blog to inform you that you no longer have to contact Microsoft Technical Support to obtain the Dynamic Cache Service for Windows Server 2008 R2. It i… Continue reading Windows Dynamic Cache Service Updated
First published on TECHNET on Feb 18, 2014
Good morning AskPerf! Mario Liu here from the Windows 8/8.1 Support Team. Today I’d like to discuss a Windows Modern App connectivity issue I’ve worked over the past few months.
First published on TECHNET on Jan 24, 2014
Good morning AskPerf! Kiran here with a question for you: Why do we need certificates? Well, certificates are used to sign the communication between two machines. W… Continue reading Certificate Requirements for Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 2012 Remote Desktop Services
First published on TECHNET on Jan 23, 2014
Good morning AskPerf! If you’ve used Task Manager, you may have noticed that it allows setting an “instance-based priority”. This is an option where you can choose to boost or … Continue reading The case of “Above normal” priority
First published on TECHNET on Jan 14, 2014
We are very excited, as are many of you, about our latest OS. Windows 8.1 is readily available across the globe. We thought of listing some of the top/new features it brings to the table. … Continue reading Popular new features in Windows 8.1