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Why Parallel Code Might Run Slower

Parallel Extensions to the .NET Framework — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:34:08 GMT

Parallel Extensions to the .NET Framework writes, "Why is the speedup not X on my X-way machine? Or, why does my parallel code run slower? Less than ideal speedup can typically be attributed to two things: Sequential costs. It’s often the case that parts of a particular algorithm must be executed sequentially..." more

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:34:08 GMT

How to Create a Domain-Join Account

Stefan Schörling — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:40:36 GMT

Stefan Schörling writes, "...First of all you need to create an account for it in this example I named min svc-sccm-domainjoin and then locate the OU where your computer accounts will reside in. And then right click on it and set the security rights...you need to set the following rights on the OU and with the setting Apply to:..." more

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:40:36 GMT

Code Samples Connecting Implementations to Open Generic Types

Jimmy Bogard — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:09:05 GMT

Jimmy Bogard writes, "As you start to build more and more generic components, building out common infrastructure components, you’ll start to build more common services like these, that coordinate between a messages and their handlers...we’re not using generics for type safety, but rather for metadata to match up input types to output services. A more concrete example on a real project looks like this:..." more

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:09:05 GMT

Make Sure You Copy the Correct Web.Config

Shawn Cicoria — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:58:30 GMT

Shawn Cicoria writes, "During an installation issue, a client followed the TechNet article...It indicates to copy the “web.config” to the Layouts directory – what if fails to specify..." more

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:58:30 GMT

Terminal Server 2003 Issues with Group Policy Preferences History Folder

Michael Kleef — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:40:54 GMT

Michael Kleef writes, "...We have heard some customer issues around one of the underpinning areas of Group Policy Preferences – namely the History Folder...Wiindows Server 2003 Terminal Servers with a large number of users, the history folder grows so large it causes increasing slow logons for the users..." more

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:40:54 GMT

Learned a Few Things Setting Up Microsoft Test Lab Manager

Michael Ruminer — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:55:16 GMT

Michael Ruminer writes, "I recently upgraded one of my PCs CPU and RAM to better support virtualization in general and to support the Microsoft Test Lab Manager environment for Visual Studio 2010. In that process I learned a few things..." more

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:55:16 GMT

Security Implications With Modifications to the secedit.sdb on a Domain Controller

Jane Lewis — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:49:23 GMT

Jane Lewis writes, "...After a recent promotion of a couple of Domain Controllers , it came to light some time later that users were able to set their passwords to 0 e.g. minimum password length = 0. On investigation what was discovered was the following...." more

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:49:23 GMT

Resolving 1935 Errors for Win32 Assemblies Occurring on Vista and Later

Aaron Stebner — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:06:58 GMT

Aaron Stebner writes, "...how to troubleshoot 1935 errors that occur while attempting to install Win32 assemblies in an MSI-based installer...only applies to Windows Vista and later versions of Windows, and it also only applies to Win32 assemblies..." more

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:06:58 GMT

Solution to TFS and VSTS Erratic or Freezing Symptoms

Willy-Peter Schaub — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:13:38 GMT

Willy-Peter Schaub writes, "if you are using hyper-v or virtual machines in an environment where many machines are communicating with each other or a server, or if you are experiencing a Team Foundation Server (TFS) and Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) that is slooooooooow or showing weird erratic and..." more

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:13:38 GMT

Solution to DCPROMO Demote Error on Domain Controller

Bret Fisher — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:45:17 GMT

Bret Fisher writes, "...trying to remove a old server from the directory (2003 server in a 2003 forest) I received this error: Failed to configure the service NETLOGON as requested “the wait operation timed out..." more

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:45:17 GMT

Troubleshooting Distributed Queries Permissions Login on Remote Servers

PSS SQL Engineers — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:42:36 GMT

PSS SQL Engineers writes, "...an issue where a distributed query was randomly getting a poor plan and slow performance where the join would not be remoted. However, based on the actual data distribution and the join condition, you would expect the join to be remoted. All of the remote servers were SQL Server, so we were not dealing with heterogeneous data sources. Further investigation..." more

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:42:36 GMT

Creating an Installer Using NSIS (II)

Gabriel Gonzalez — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:32:12 GMT

Gabriel Gonzalez writes, "After playing for a few days with NSIS I have manage to create a full features installer which perform all the actions I needed. These are the following: Download files Unzip Files to a specific folder Execute external installers Modify Environment Variables..." more

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:32:12 GMT

How to Properly Uninstall a ConfigMgr Site Server from a Secondary Site

Tommy Gunn — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:45:34 GMT

Tommy Gunn writes, "My retired Site Systems still appear in the Site Status > Component Status area. I've uninstalled ConfigMgr 2007 off of them and they are no longer Site Servers. Will they get groomed out over time?...Answer: If these are child site servers, you should delete..." more

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:45:34 GMT

Ribbon Development Resources

Rob Relyea — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:33:09 GMT

Rob Relyea writes, "...whether you are building a WPF application or a native Windows application (win32) or a MFC based application...Before you start your Ribbon development, please check out the Ribbon V1 Roadmap page to learn about the major features and design changes that are planned for V1 of the Ribbon control..." more

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:33:09 GMT

How to Format First Partition Only During OSD

Vitalie Ciobanu — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:13:20 GMT

Vitalie Ciobanu writes, "To achieve this, I copied another TS and modified the following 2 steps:...This way, when TS runs, it automatically wipes partition 1 from disk 0 and will not touch any other partition or disk...." more

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:13:20 GMT

Solving the Temporary Registry Profiles Error

Mark Russinovich — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:22:04 GMT

Mark Russinovich writes, "...The case opened when a customer contacted Microsoft support reporting that several of their users would occasionally get this error message when loggging on to their systems: This caused Windows to create a temporary profile for the user’s logon session...." more

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:22:04 GMT

Better Way Beyond Right-Clicking to Safely Remove Hardware

Sean Earp — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:13:05 GMT

Sean Earp writes, "If only there were a better way! It turns out there is, and it has been staring you in the face the whole time Simply LEFT click at..." more

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:13:05 GMT

Code Sample Analyzing AutoMapper Performance

Joe Ocampo — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:05:01 GMT

Joe Ocampo writes, "...I knew that reflection wasn’t the bottleneck. Before I started looking at performance...all mapping was done via old-school reflection..before I could profile, I needed a decent scenario. For this, I looked at a reasonably complex flattening scenario, mapping these set of complex types:" more

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:05:01 GMT

Solution to Content File Download Failing

Susan Bradley — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:01:41 GMT

Susan Bradley writes, "...if you happen to see that your server is having issues downloading a file, it's probably...WSUS Synchronization problem...[solution]" more

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:01:41 GMT

64-bit MSI Packages Require Windows Installer 2.0.

Rob Mensching — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:05:53 GMT

Rob Mensching writes, "I was recently creating 32-bit and 64-bit MSIs using the WiX toolset...when trying to do anything with the 64-bit package (including validation) always gave the error message...I ended up reading the documentation again and again before I came across this little gem in the Package element documentation that I had totally forgotten..." more

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:05:53 GMT