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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
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