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Debugging anything that uses clock cycles
Malawi 2.0 – Microsoft CSS working to provide clean water
A team of 10 volunteers from Microsoft Customer Service and Support in Europe and North America have...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 08/24/2012
Web browser fails to connect to some SSL/HTTPS web sites
Following the publication of Microsoft Security Advisory (2661254) last week, clients that have...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 08/21/2012
Where is Windows Embedded?
More places than you might realise as this short and interesting video shows
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 08/08/2012
PerfView - a powerful tool for investigating .NET performance issues
Vance Morrison, Performance Architect on the Common Language Runtime (CLR) team writes and maintains...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 07/20/2012
Great article and free eBook on .NET Memory Management
This article by Chris Farrell is a great introduction to how .NET manages memory for...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 07/17/2012
Turning IIS logs into web tests
Nice blog post here by MVP Tarun Arora on turning IIS logs into web tests. Great stuff!Doug
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 07/05/2012
IIS Best Practices
My colleague Cenk in Turkey has just published a great set of IIS Best Practices. Sound...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 06/22/2012
New Microsoft Support portal for small businesses
Yesterday we launched a new Microsoft Support portal for small businesses.Lots of information around...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 05/01/2012
My computer is running very slowly
A recent comment on one of my blog posts suggested that my blog was a bit too technical and did not...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 05/01/2012
Great additions to System Center Advisor
We recently added proactive diagnostics for both SharePoint and Exchange to System Center Advisor...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 04/30/2012
Find solutions at support.microsoft.com
A new wizard style portal on support.microsoft.com has gone live.Additionally you can find a nice...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 04/30/2012
3,500+ code samples and rising!
The Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework continues to expand, now encompassing more than 3,500 code...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 04/20/2012
Take presentation skills to the next level - live augmented reality using Microsoft Kinect
I felt my draw dropping as I watched this. Quite...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 04/16/2012
Microsoft Next 2012 – featuring support diagnostics!
The Microsoft Next 2012 contest recently concluded and among the finalists this year was a video by...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 04/16/2012
Enhanced JavaScript Debugging support in Visual Studio 11 beta
Interesting post by Dmitri Leonov on enhanced JavaScript Debugging support in Visual Studio 11 beta
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 04/11/2012
New software diagnostic service available
My colleague Steve Justice has just blogged about a new software diagnostic service called Fix it...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 02/28/2012
OneNote shortcuts shortcut
I am not big on making New Year resolutions but I do keep telling myself I should become more of a...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 01/16/2012
New CLR and .NET Performance tool
Vance Morrison, CLR performance architect here at Microsoft, has released a new tool for conducting...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 01/04/2012
C# everywhere and Mono
I recommend this absolutely fascinating blog post by Miguel de Icaza summarising the progress of...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 12/23/2011
Managing source windows in WinDBG
If you make use of the source code debugging features WinDBG you may find it quite annoying the way...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 12/01/2011
Happy Birthday–BBC Micro!
Yes, the BBC Micro is 30! . Great article about the history of it here. The “model B”...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 11/30/2011
Microsoft EMEA IIS/ASP.NET and web developer support team
I recently attended an offsite meeting in Munich for our Microsoft EMEA IIS/ASP.NET and web...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 11/29/2011
Microsoft resources for developers
I recently had reason to put together a list of general resources available from Microsoft aimed at...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 11/28/2011
WebPI command line tool (WebPIcmd.exe)
A new preview version of the WebPI command line tool (WebPIcmd.exe) has been...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 11/25/2011
Fix for issue with infinite loop involving InvalidateAutomationAncestors
I recently finished working on a support case where the customer was hitting the same issue as this...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 11/25/2011
New post on troubleshooting 403.7 errors
My colleague Emmanuel has published a great new blogs post on troubleshooting 403.7 “Client...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 11/24/2011
.NET 4.5 compatibility
The .NET Framework team are working on .NET 4.5 and are inviting people to start testing their...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 11/01/2011
Tips for successful .NET Debugging with WinDBG
Here are my tips for pain free .NET debugging with WinDBG1) Always use a 32-bit debugger for a...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 10/31/2011
The comma operator
I went on a excellent C++ course earlier this year. I can’t claim to have ever been a...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 10/11/2011
New whitepaper on claims based authentication in SharePoint
Just like it says in the title. Whitepaper here.HTHDoug
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 10/04/2011
Version history of the CLR 4.0
[ update 18/6/2012 LDR.569 added ] [ update 16/4/2012 – changed the format to make LDR/GDR...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 09/30/2011
An interesting tool for managed memory analysis–LeakShell
A very interesting article on manager memory troubleshooting and also the introduction of a new tool...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 09/16/2011
“Script Error encountered", "'__doPostBack' is undefined” or MaintainScrollPositionOnPostBack fails to maintain the scroll position
You may receive this error in the browser using Internet Explorer 10: “Script Error...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 09/05/2011
Check file versions for IIS in Windows Server 2003
If you are ever getting strange crash or stability issues with IIS in Windows Server 2003 (IIS6) it...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 08/31/2011
(UK) FREE One Day Windows Azure Discovery Workshops
If you are based in the UK, are a Microsoft Partner developing software products and service and...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 08/31/2011
“System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80070102): Operation failed” trying to send a Fax from an ASP.NET application
I recently had a support case where the customer was trying to send a fax from an ASP.NET...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 08/30/2011
Web Farm Framework 2.1 released
The IIS team have provided a servicing release for Web Farm Framework 2.See also:WFF home pageWFF...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 08/02/2011
Fix for memory leak that happens when using the IIS ADSI provider
I’ve just finished helping on a case where a fairly simple usage scenario for the IIS ADSI...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 07/11/2011
Stunning images from nature
Here is a phenomenal video of the northern lights built from thousands of still images so as to...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 07/11/2011
Fascinating read about the battle against Rustock
This Special Intelligence Report about the taking down of the Rustock Botnet makes for very...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 07/07/2011
Web server security and health tools
A couple of interesting tools for examining and keeping track of server configuration, particularly...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 07/04/2011
Good news for web security
Having spent many hours trying to remove scare-ware products from the systems of various friends and...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 06/27/2011
What is Microsoft Premier Support?
Here is a clear, short, animated video of what Microsoft Premier Support Services are all about....
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 04/12/2011
Do people really print a lot of email?
I am surprised at how many people (not just in Microsoft but everywhere) have something at the...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 04/08/2011
Released: Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 (SP1)
Just...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 04/08/2011
New developer tools features in IE9
Good blog post here detailing the new developer tools features in Internet Explorer 9.HTHDoug
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 04/07/2011
Updated the “Version history of the CLR 2.0”
I’ve done an update to my “Version history of the CLR 2.0” page, adding in...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 04/07/2011
You spent HOW much on our new server and the app slowed DOWN??!!
I had a support case recently where the customer had moved their server farm onto brand new...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 04/06/2011
Survey about IIS maturity models
A friend of mine, Marcus Ridge, worked with us here at Microsoft UK in the IIS support team as his...
Author: Doug Stewart -MSFT Date: 03/15/2011