Month: March 2019

First published on TECHNET on Nov 20, 2013

Good morning AskPerf! Over the past couple of years, our customers have opened Support Cases and created forum posts  on the following error when opening Task Scheduler on Windows 7 c… Continue reading The [The selected task “{0}” no longer exists…] issue→

First published on TECHNET on Nov 01, 2013

One of our Escalation Engineers has posted the following blog on the NTDEBUGGING page:

Performance Monitor Averages, the Right Way and the Wrong Way

Recen… Continue reading Heads up: Perfmon algorithm issue found/fixed→

First published on TECHNET on Oct 29, 2013

Over the past 1 1/2 weeks, we have touched on a number of new updates to Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 that our (Windows Performance/Reliability) team supports.  We hope you’ve e… Continue reading Windows 8.1 / Windows Server 2012 R2 – Wrap up→

First published on TECHNET on Oct 28, 2013

Hello again Askperf!  Today we are going to quickly highlight the new Assigned Access feature in Windows 8.1.  Formally known as Kiosk Mode, Assigned Access is designed to restri… Continue reading Windows 8.1 / Windows Server 2012 R2 – Assigned Access→

First published on TECHNET on Oct 25, 2013

Hello folks, today I would like to take some time and highlight some of the new UI changes in the shell for Windows 8.1. Windows 8.1 introduces several changes that allow the user to perso… Continue reading Windows 8.1 / Windows Server 2012 R2 – Updated Shell UI changes→

First published on TECHNET on Oct 24, 2013

Welcome back AskPerf readers!  Prior to Windows 8.1, scanning could be a relatively frustrating experience with many questions coming to mind…

Will my scanner work on Wi… Continue reading Windows 8.1 / Windows Server 2012 R2 – In-box Scan App→

First published on TECHNET on Oct 23, 2013

Hello again AskPerf!  Today I’m going to introduce a new Windows 8.1 feature called Printer Roaming.

Windows 8 provided the ability for users to roam a number of settings … Continue reading Windows 8.1 / Windows Server 2012 R2 – Printer Roaming→

First published on TECHNET on Oct 22, 2013

Hello again AskPerf!  I’m happy to report that Windows Server 2012 R2 reinstates Remote Desktop Shadowing.

This functionality lived in kernel mode through Windows Server 2008… Continue reading Windows 8.1 / Windows Server 2012 R2 – RDS Shadowing is back!→