11 January 2012 0 Comments

What a steal: A house for only ten dollars!

When I was signing the papers for a house purchase many years ago, I noticed that the deed papers read The Grantor « names of people selling the house » for and in consideration of TEN DOLLARS AND OTHER GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION in hand paid, conveys and warrants to « me » the following described real estate…

Tags: , , , , , , ,
25 March 2011 0 Comments

Temporary Post Used For Theme Detection (fc67bbdd-e478-4e3b-bec9-bc194c34be5a – 3bfe001a-32de-4114-a6b4-4005b770f6d7)

This is a temporary post that was not deleted. Please delete this manually.

1 March 2011 0 Comments

[PowerShell Script] PowerDbg v6.0 – Using PowerShell to Control WinDbg

Last October the latest version of the PowerDbg tool was released, version 6.0.

9 June 2010 0 Comments

Blog Post: Temporary Post Used For Theme Detection (12ab4a4d-78a2-4642-8359-d3a12c3edc5e – 3bfe001a-32de-4114-a6b4-4005b770f6d7)

This is a temporary post that was not deleted. Please delete this manually. (ad460b87-fd6f-4309-ac69-2cec6b803963 – 3bfe001a-32de-4114-a6b4-4005b770f6d7)

15 September 2009 1 Comment

Special Command—Using .dump/.dumpcab to Get Dumps and Symbols from Production Servers

Using WinDbg you can create a dump file from an application running, for instance, in a production server.

19 August 2009 0 Comments

Special Command—CPU Time for Each Thread with !runaway

This is one of my favorite commands! !runaway displays information about the CPU time consumed by each thread in User Mode and   Kernel Mode. It is one of those commands you run when you think the application is hung with low or high CPU or has some kind of performance issue.   Parameters: Bit 0 (0×1) Causes the debugger to show the amount of user time consumed by each thread

5 May 2009 0 Comments

SQL Server Management studio issues

What will happen if the indispensible SSMS crashes or worse just hangs? A lot of fretting!! (For the not-so SQLCMD savvy)….!! I have enclosed here two scenarios and their corresponding  resolutions PROBLEM 1 When we start up SQL Server Management studio we get the following pop-up: “SQL server management studio has encountered a problem and needs to close.” After this the SSMS hangs and crashes Enclosed below is the sample environment and also encapsulates the steps undertaken to resolve the issue. ERROR MESSAGE (sample snippet) From the   Application event log: EventType clr20r3, P1 sqlwb.exe, P2 2005.90.1399.0, P3 434f6009, P4 system.drawing, P5 2.0.0.0, P6 4889dec2, P7 184, P8 20, P9 system.argumentexception, P10 NIL.

14 April 2009 0 Comments

[PowerShell Script] Statistics from .NET Applications

This script is more a template to show you how to use PowerDbg.

3 February 2009 0 Comments

The case of the very annoying hpqtra08.exe

I recently bought an HP dv7t laptop and also got one of those HP multi-function printers. So far so good. After installing the printer’s drivers and apps, I noticed a significant slowdown.