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New FindLinks 1.0 Utility Added to Windows Sysinternals

The latest update introduced to Windows Sysinternals brings to the table a new utility developed by Microsoft Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich. FindLinks 1.0 is available for download to IT professionals as of July 18th, 2011, free of charge, just as is the case for the entire Windows Sysinternals suite and all its...

19 July 2011
06:31 GMT

Mark Russinovich Quit Windows 8 to Work on Windows 3.1 of the Cloud

It’s not Windows 8, or any new Windows client releases that represent the future in terms of operating system evolution for Microsoft, according to one of the greatest minds in Redmond. After working on products such as Windows Vista and Windows 7, Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich hesitated little to jump shi...

30 May 2011
09:32 GMT

Windows Intune Technology Tune-up with Mark Russinovich

Want to get some additional insight into Microsoft’s recently launched Cloud-based PC management and security offering? Then it might be a good idea for you to watch the Windows Intune Technology Tune-up hosted by Microsoft Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich. This Virtual Roundtable can be watched on th...

2 April 2011
07:51 GMT

Mark Russinovich’s “Zero Day” Reaches RTM

Mark Russinovich’s “Zero Day” has been released to manufacturing, so to speak. I have told you about Zero Day back in December 2010, when I posted details about an interview that Russinovich did at TechEd 2010 in Berlin. Microsoft’s Technical Fellow which now deals with Windows Azure instead ...

15 March 2011
12:29 GMT

Change the Color of Blue Screens of Death in Windows

The notorious Blue Screen of Death has quite a reputation, which it built for itself, Windows release after Windows release, but a new solution is capable of taking the error messages’ most well known characteristic and changing it altogether. How about having a Blue Screen of Death that is actually red. O...

14 January 2011
09:53 GMT

Mark Russinovich on Windows Azure, SysInternals and Zero Day

Some of you might already know that Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich transitioned from Windows to a new role in the Platform and Services division. If you ever wondered what was the move about then make sure to watch the video embedded at the bottom the article. Russinovich was at TechEd 2010 in Berlin earl...

28 December 2010
05:40 GMT

Windows 7 RTM - The Last Mile: Pilot and Deploy

Windows 7 has been immensely successful for Microsoft in the first half a year since the operating system was introduced. But the Redmond company continues to push the OS hard, attempting to convince more and more users to make the jump. According to statistics shared by the software giant, over 100 million copies of...

6 May 2010
05:16 GMT

Talking About Windows 7 Is Live

Talking About Windows is a new online destination from Microsoft centered on the upcoming version of Windows. The website went live on April 27, and is designed to offer a variety of video content featuring both IT professionals but also Microsoft's own engineers in discussions revolving around Windows 7. Micros...

28 April 2009
07:37 GMT

Windows 7 Beta and Beyond

As Microsoft is moving forward with the development process of Windows 7, the company's focus is also shifting from Windows Vista to the next iteration of the Windows client. In this case, after the Windows 7 Beta Build 7000 public downloads will be discontinued, the operating system will be featured in a Spring...

23 January 2009
09:33 GMT

Windows 7 MinWin (the Core)

Not all the evolution represented by the move from Windows Vista to Windows 7 is visible on the surface of the operating system. In fact, one aspect of the next iteration of the Windows client which, although repeatedly confirmed, remains completely under-the-hood is MinWin. Back in 2007, Microsoft Distinguished Engi...

4 November 2008
16:11 GMT

Sysinternals Update: Process Monitor 2.01 for Vista and XP

Microsoft Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell, software architects in the Core Operating Systems Division, introduced the 2.0 major update to Process Monitor at the end of September 2008. Now, the tool has been taken one step further to version 2.01, this time just a minor refresh designed mainly to ...

17 October 2008
15:41 GMT

Vista Performance Post SP1

Poor performance was one of the sins associated with Windows Vista RTM, especially in comparison to Windows XP throughout 2007. In this context, the Service Pack 1 for the operating system was long overdue as Microsoft faced what it seemed to be an ever increasing wave of criticism because of the sluggish pace at whi...

9 October 2008
13:11 GMT

Download Process Monitor 2.0 for Vista and XP

At the start of September 2008, Microsoft Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich revealed that he was cooking a major update for Process Monitor, one of the components of the Sysinternals suite. As of September 30, version 2.0 of Process Monitor became available for download. The  description of the tool authored by ...

1 October 2008
13:18 GMT

Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9 – 1 Billion and Counting

Is Windows dead? Or, at least, is this the beginning of the end for Microsoft's proprietary operating system? And, if so, what solution/platform will be THE Windows killer? It's not like candidates are in short supply. From the Google Browser (Chrome) to Linux, Mac OS X, to RIA platforms, to dedicated thin ...

13 September 2008
07:14 GMT

Download Free Sysinternals Coreinfo for XP SP3 and Vista SP1

Coreinfo version 1.0 is a free utility released under the Sysinternals brand umbrella. Developed by Microsoft Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich, Coreinfo debuted on September 11, and is designed to retrieve and deliver information related to a machine's logical processors. According to Microsoft, Coreinfo 1.0 is...

12 September 2008
09:09 GMT

Updated Windows Sysinternals Suite Available for Download

The Sysinternals Suite is essentially a collection composed of all the Sysinternals Troubleshooting Utilities, and, according to Microsoft, a new, updated version of the suite of tools is available for download as of September 2, 2008. All the Sysinternals items can also be accessed via the Sysinternals Live online s...

3 September 2008
10:43 GMT

Non-Windows Microsoft OS Midori - "The Windows Killer"

Windows is one product that is not lacking in Nemesis candidates. From Apple's Mac OS X to the open source Linux, to RIA cloud-based operating systems, potential Microsoft Windows killers are advertised in a variety of scenarios incongruent with reality. Microsoft's own non-Windows platforms Singularity and...

26 August 2008
10:45 GMT

Microsoft Brings Out the Vista SP1 Cavalry

Everything else has not failed... Well, maybe the Wow... So, when on the remnants of the failed Wow, Microsoft is now bringing in the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 cavalry. With Mark Russinovich, Microsoft Technical Fellow in the Platform and Services division at the lead, the Redmond company offered the Springboard L...

10 March 2008
14:20 GMT

The Must-Have Free Downloads for Windows Vista - Sysinternals Suite

Even though Microsoft has promised to drop the prices associated with some of the retail standalone versions of Windows Vista (specifically the Home Premium and Ultimate editions), the fact of the matter is that the SKUs of the latest Windows client will still be far from cheap. In this context, you have to take adva...

29 February 2008
11:31 GMT

Microsoft Admits Vista Slower than XP, But Says Vista SP1 No Longer Handicapped

One of the major aspects that caused Windows Vista to come under fire was performance. Despite the fact that Microsoft touted an evolution in terms of performance compared to Windows XP, Vista simply failed to deliver. And as far as Vista is concerned, user perception is virtually generalized, pointing to an inferior...

7 February 2008
09:28 GMT

Looking beyond XP SP3 and Vista SP1 - Understanding the MinWin Kernel in Windows 7

In terms of new releases on the Windows client front, Microsoft is cooking the first Service Pack for Windows Vista and the third and final Service Pack for Windows XP. Both refreshes are planned for 2008, with the Redmond company offering as deadlines the first quarter and the first half of the upcoming year. But, l...

18 December 2007
13:01 GMT

Microsoft: Top Vista Mitigations Are Not Security Features = No Guarantees for Users

If you believe that User Account Control, PatchGuard (Kernel Patch Protection) and Mandatory Driver Signing introduced in Windows Vista are security mitigations, then you might want to know that you are wrong. But don't be disappointed, some of Microsoft's own people tend to think that the features enumerat...

5 October 2007
07:29 GMT

Download Free Windows Vista Process Explorer

Are you willing to get your hands dirty and look into every nook and cranny of your copy of Windows Vista? Well, this is what Process Explorer is all about. Delivering Vista on a silver platter for your monitoring pleasure. And of course that the utility is by no means limited to Microsoft's latest Windows platf...

5 September 2007
04:19 GMT


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