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Microsoft tech troubleshooter <span>extraordinaire Gov Maharaj and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. If you have a problem you want to send us, you can use the Problem Step Recorder in Windows 7 ( http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-003-Win7-Shutdown-Slowdowns-Prob-Step-Recorder-MSI-Failures#time=06m30s see this for details on how) and send us the zip file to <a>DefragShow@microsoft.com . We will also be checking comments for problems, but the email address will let us contact you if needed. http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-Admin-Accounts-Block-Sizes-PerfView#time=00m10s [00:10] - Crapware recap.
http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-Admin-Accounts-Block-Sizes-PerfView#time=04m20s [04:20] - Pulling drivers out of the .wim after flattening a PC.
http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-Admin-Accounts-Block-Sizes-PerfView#time=06m00s [06:00] - Is it overkill to have an admin account and a standard user account.
http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-Admin-Accounts-Block-Sizes-PerfView#time=08m44s [08:44] - Taskbar acts weird when debugging in VS.
http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-Admin-Accounts-Block-Sizes-PerfView#time=10m22s [10:22] - Flattening a PC takes longer than we often suggest, why?
http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-Admin-Accounts-Block-Sizes-PerfView#time=14m33s [14:33] - The case for bigger or smaller block sizes.
http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-Admin-Accounts-Block-Sizes-PerfView#time=17m33s [17:33] - Gov on UPSs. [ http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/252532-28-purest-sine-wave-output link ]
http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-Admin-Accounts-Block-Sizes-PerfView#time=21m34s [21:34] - What is Local Disk Q:?
http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-Admin-Accounts-Block-Sizes-PerfView#time=23m00s [23:00] - How to capture a screenshot periodically.
http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-Admin-Accounts-Block-Sizes-PerfView#time=24m28s [24:28] - Cant see all the RAM on a PC.
http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-Admin-Accounts-Block-Sizes-PerfView#time=25m15s [25:15] - How to remove lock icon from a folder.
http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-Admin-Accounts-Block-Sizes-PerfView#time=26m06s [26:06] - How to alt-tab to an app without a Task Bar button.
http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-Admin-Accounts-Block-Sizes-PerfView#time=25m15s [25:15] - Pick of the Week: PerfView [ http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vancem/archive/2011/12/28/publication-of-the-perfview-performance-analysis-tool.aspx link ] Following is the note from Wayne Knapp about extracting drivers out of your recovery image: "It sounds a little scary but it works well and you can always restore to the factory image if something goes wrong. This gives one the maybe the cleanest possible starting point. I recently was able to upgrade a Dell 2320 all in one touch screen computer to Windows 8 using the above approach. I was able to reinstall all the correct drivers in about 10 minutes after the Windows 8 install was complete. 1) Open up an administrator command prompt.
2) Create a directory to create a copy of the expanded restore image, say "c:backupImage".
3) Expand the factory image with dism.exe. This is scary looking but docmented in MSDN. In my example:
" dism /mount-win /wimfile:d
ELLImageFactory.wim /index:1 /mountDir:c:backupImage "
This command will take a few minutes to run.
4) Copy the c:backupImagewindowssystem32DriverStore directory to the recovery partition, say driverStore.
5) Now reinstall a clean version of Windows on the C: drive, leaving the restore partition alone!
6) Fix the drivers by using the device manager and browsing to the D:driverstore for the drivers.
7) Enjoy your fast and very clean system!" <img src="http://m.webtrends.com/dcs1wotjh10000w0irc493s0e_6x1g/njs.gif?dcssip=channel9.msdn.com&dcsuri=http://channel9.msdn.com/Feeds/RSS&WT.dl=0&WT.entryid=Entry:RSSView:e38c3f5028e24c4392cf9fd401242b41
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http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-Admin-Accounts-Block-Sizes-PerfView#time=04m20s [04:20] - Pulling drivers out of the .wim after flattening a PC.
http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-Admin-Accounts-Block-Sizes-PerfView#time=06m00s [06:00] - Is it overkill to have an admin account and a standard user account.
http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-Admin-Accounts-Block-Sizes-PerfView#time=08m44s [08:44] - Taskbar acts weird when debugging in VS.
http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-Admin-Accounts-Block-Sizes-PerfView#time=10m22s [10:22] - Flattening a PC takes longer than we often suggest, why?
http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-Admin-Accounts-Block-Sizes-PerfView#time=14m33s [14:33] - The case for bigger or smaller block sizes.
http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-Admin-Accounts-Block-Sizes-PerfView#time=17m33s [17:33] - Gov on UPSs. [ http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/252532-28-purest-sine-wave-output link ]
http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-Admin-Accounts-Block-Sizes-PerfView#time=21m34s [21:34] - What is Local Disk Q:?
http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-Admin-Accounts-Block-Sizes-PerfView#time=23m00s [23:00] - How to capture a screenshot periodically.
http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-Admin-Accounts-Block-Sizes-PerfView#time=24m28s [24:28] - Cant see all the RAM on a PC.
http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-Admin-Accounts-Block-Sizes-PerfView#time=25m15s [25:15] - How to remove lock icon from a folder.
http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-Admin-Accounts-Block-Sizes-PerfView#time=26m06s [26:06] - How to alt-tab to an app without a Task Bar button.
http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-Admin-Accounts-Block-Sizes-PerfView#time=25m15s [25:15] - Pick of the Week: PerfView [ http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vancem/archive/2011/12/28/publication-of-the-perfview-performance-analysis-tool.aspx link ] Following is the note from Wayne Knapp about extracting drivers out of your recovery image: "It sounds a little scary but it works well and you can always restore to the factory image if something goes wrong. This gives one the maybe the cleanest possible starting point. I recently was able to upgrade a Dell 2320 all in one touch screen computer to Windows 8 using the above approach. I was able to reinstall all the correct drivers in about 10 minutes after the Windows 8 install was complete. 1) Open up an administrator command prompt.
2) Create a directory to create a copy of the expanded restore image, say "c:backupImage".
3) Expand the factory image with dism.exe. This is scary looking but docmented in MSDN. In my example:
" dism /mount-win /wimfile:d
ELLImageFactory.wim /index:1 /mountDir:c:backupImage "This command will take a few minutes to run.
4) Copy the c:backupImagewindowssystem32DriverStore directory to the recovery partition, say d
riverStore. 5) Now reinstall a clean version of Windows on the C: drive, leaving the restore partition alone!
6) Fix the drivers by using the device manager and browsing to the D:driverstore for the drivers.
7) Enjoy your fast and very clean system!" <img src="http://m.webtrends.com/dcs1wotjh10000w0irc493s0e_6x1g/njs.gif?dcssip=channel9.msdn.com&dcsuri=http://channel9.msdn.com/Feeds/RSS&WT.dl=0&WT.entryid=Entry:RSSView:e38c3f5028e24c4392cf9fd401242b41
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