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Unable to finish WPT xbootmgr prep (Infinite preparing system on 2nd stage)

September 23, 2014, 10:12 am
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Hello

I am using Windows 8.1.

And i want to use xbootmgr to optimize reboot process.

But for some reason, it's getting stuck on "Preparing system...".

[2014/09/23-00:32:00.051] Performance Analyzer Power Transition Performance Testing Utility (Microsoft® Windows® Performance Analyzer) Version 6.3.9600 - © 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
[2014/09/23-00:32:00.056] Detected Win8 physical (ReadyBoot) prefetcher; the SysMain service is auto-started.
[2014/09/23-00:32:00.081] Stopping trace...
[2014/09/23-00:32:05.537] Stopped kernel logger.
[2014/09/23-00:32:05.732] Stopped user-mode logger.
[2014/09/23-00:32:05.737] The trace you are capturing "C:\Users\Yuna\bootPrep_BASE+CSWITCH_2.etl" may contain personally identifiable information, including but not necessarily limited to paths to files accessed, paths to registry accessed and process names. Exact information depends on the events that were logged. Please be aware of this when sharing out this trace with other people.
[2014/09/23-00:32:56.505] Merged ETL file to 'C:\Users\Yuna\bootPrep_BASE+CSWITCH_2.etl'
[2014/09/23-00:32:56.535] Waiting for prefetcher...
[2014/09/23-00:32:56.535] Requesting Win8 ReadyBoot boot plan recalculation...
[2014/09/23-00:33:07.172] Completed Win8 ReadyBoot boot plan recalculation.
[2014/09/23-00:33:07.172] Saving prefetcher data...
[2014/09/23-00:33:07.222] Failed to save prefetcher data (C:\WINDOWS\prefetch\layout.ini) in cab archive (stage 1, error 0)
[2014/09/23-00:33:10.647] Saved prefetcher data from C:\WINDOWS\prefetch\ReadyBoot\*.* in cab archive.
[2014/09/23-00:33:10.667] Saved prefetcher data from C:\WINDOWS\prefetch\AgCx*.db in cab archive.
[2014/09/23-00:33:10.892] Saved prefetcher data from C:\Users\Yuna\bootPrep_BASE+CSWITCH_2.ppf.newPlan in cab archive
[2014/09/23-00:33:10.897] Preparing system...
[2014/09/23-00:33:10.897] Launching attempt #1 to defragment disk...

And that's it. but layout.ini is re-created, i tried to do stuff from this thread:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/447f8512-9a33-43bd-a1cf-f0ca25b4b33a/unable-to-get-past-second-boot-when-preparing-system-or-otherwise-obtaining-traces-with-xbootmgrexe?forum=wptk_v4

Standard defrag tool working.

Xbootmgr WAS working couple months ago, no "optimizers" and other stuff was used.

Maybe i can try something else?


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Please explain "WHCK Trim Perormance Test"

September 23, 2014, 10:15 pm
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I want know WHCK's Trim Performance Test Workload.

But when that test end I just see TrimPer.txt and TrimPerf.wtl or XXX.hckx files.

It has just only Run Time Performance Test Logs. 

Here is real log of TRIM Performance test.

I want know what is "Iterations :20" ? or "Iterations: 120"

what's that workload?

Anybody knows this mean?

Test device ID: \\.\physicaldrive1, Log drive: E:
Start: Random Trim 1 range 65535 Sector on 5000ms intervals, TUID=
Spawning 1 threads.
3384 - Random Trim 1 range 65535 Sector on 5000ms intervals thread started
3384 - Writeback requested.
3384 - Stop event requested. Iterations: 120
Start processing the ETW events.
OpenTrace: Error code = 0x0
ProcessTrace: Error code = 0x0
CloseTrace: Error code = 0x0

Processed 162 ETW entries, matched 120 entries.
Trim - Count      : 120
Trim - Max latency:   3.287 ms
Trim - Avg latency:   3.118 ms
End: Pass, Random Trim 1 range 65535 Sector on 5000ms intervals, TUID=, Repro=TrimPerf.exe  /DriveNumber 1 /LogDriveLetter E: /DeviceType StorConsumer /Scenario Performance /DiskSize 0 /Cooldown 2

Thank you.

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How to enable Hiberfile diagnostic

September 25, 2014, 1:46 am
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ADK problem:

I saw hiberfile is too large issue in ADK Fast startup result,the recommendation is enable Hiberfile Diagnostic.


I didn't find how to enable hiberfile diagnostic directly in below link, could you help me

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ee663269(v=vs.85).aspx

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The xperf logs generated on Windows 8.1 x64 could not be displayed correctly by xperf on Windows 7 x64

September 25, 2014, 4:40 pm
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I created a xperf log on Windows 8.1 x64. I can view it without any problems on Windows 8.1 x64. But when I open it wiht xperf on Windows 7 x64, the lift time of all processes is permanent, which means there is no processes start/stop during the log collection. It is wrong. My co-worker also met this problem on his machine. I am using xperf (WPA) version 6.3.9600.16384, which was installed a couple of weeks ago. It should be a pretty new version. Does anyone know how to solve the problem? 

By the way, I can't attach the xperf log here because there is some sensitive information. Sorry about that.

Thanks,

Pu

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Microsoft security Essentials Runs continously

September 27, 2014, 10:11 am
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MSE runs continuously, uses 50 to 60% of my CPU and forces my hard drives to run at a high speed. I have scanned all discs and set the CPU limit at 10%.  How can I get my computer back with out uninstalling MSE?

Jim Shaffer

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Disk IOPS

September 28, 2014, 2:55 am
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Hi All,

i managed to run IO Meter to calculate disk IOPS, however the numbers am getting is very high. for example :

i have 2 SAS Disks 15 K 300 G, by design i should have 170 Disk IO, however am getting 20000 with IO Meter or SQLIO

can anyone help in this?

Thanks,

Kareem Behery

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URGENT: how do I get to know PID from perfmon.exe for ".NET CLR xxxxx" instances

September 30, 2014, 1:35 am
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Hi,

Since my application has number of processes running with same name, (for an example: <myproduct.exe, PID=1>, <myproduct.exe, PID=2>, <myproduct.exe, PID=3> etc..) but I’m interested in just one among them (for me only option left is to choose the one using PID).

I’ve already tried with registry settings as recommended by: http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2010/03/30/perfmon-identifying-processes-by-pid-instead-of-instance.aspx

It works for only if we select counter type as "Process".

But it does not work for “.NET CLR Memory” counters which I’m really interested in.

Urgent*** Please help/suggest me, if there is way to know PID for “.NET CLR counter types.

This could a very common requirement that would really be useful to anybody, I'm wondering how such a basic information is missing from the tool by default.

--gopalan

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Eventvwr logs over 6200 errors and warnings

October 1, 2014, 7:42 am
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My setup:
Dell i7 with 8G of memory.
Windows 7 sp1 Prof
SQLServer 2008 with BIDS2008
Oracle11gR2  with SQLPLus and SQLdeveloper
Java 7 Update 40 Std Edition
McAffee
Malwarebytes

eventvwr shows over 6,200 errors and warnings.
Errors include kernel-event tracing, MCUpdate, PrintService, DHCP client, DistributedCOM, SQLISService100, MSSQLServer... and many more

But the laptop boots up and run all the installed software without complaining...

QUESTION 1: How to I clear the events in eventvwr and start over so I can monitor the errors as they occur?

QUESTION 2: On startup, McAffee asks me whether I want to allow modification to the disk, this usually occurs after some apps downloaded updates e.g. Windows updates, Adobe updates etc...

I paid over $200 for some company to clean that up, now it's back again :(

acinau@hotmail.com

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"Can't load counters" in Perfmon when adding counters with lodctr

November 3, 2010, 3:56 am
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Hey,

I'm working with C/C++ in windows 7 64 bit and was trying to add my own performance counter using the version 2.0 counter framework (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa965334(v=VS.85).aspx). Whatever i did, in perfmon (when trying to add my counter) my counter set was always shown with it's GUID and not the given name in the manifest file.  Also, when selecting my counterset it always showed "Can't load counters".  I searched for a day on this and already had a feeling that it was some kind of problem with admin rights.  It seems that running lodctr with a user that has administrator rights is not enough, although lodctr returns a successful completion of the addition of the counter set.  When adding my user to the "Performance Monitor Users" and "Performance Log Users" group, my counter set was finally shown correctly in perfmon.

I hope this info will help others because this isn't mentioned in the counter documentation (or not very visible).

 

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TRIM Command Capture

October 8, 2014, 2:50 pm
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Is it possible to capture TRIM commands in an Xperf trace? And if so, what provider do I need to use?

Thank you,

Dennis Ginley

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unsure

October 12, 2014, 9:35 pm
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The performance of my laptop isn't at it's best. I ran a scan to see if there were any errors. It stated that start up was slow, and it is. I was asked what programs I "did not" want to run at start up. I have no idea what needs to run at start up and am afraid I am going to stop a program that needs to be running. Can someone please inform me of what needs to be running?
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Tiny Crack in the Corner of Screen

October 13, 2014, 9:08 pm
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I have a tiny crack in the corner were its black and the entire touch screen doesn't work. What do I do?
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FSCT - Having Error "There were errors during running WordFileClose.dll scenario" when running the FSCT in controller & non-windows file server

October 14, 2014, 9:21 am
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I encounter 2 errors in the controller when running FSCT.

- "There were errors during running WordFileClose.dll scenario"  
- "There were errors during running WordFileClose.dll scenario"  

Does anyone has any ideas for this errors?

I am using the following server to run the FSCT:

- AD Server: Windows 2008 R2 SP1 x64
- FSCT Controller: Windows 2008 R2 SP1 x64
- Client: Windows 7 x64
- File Server: Non-Windows Server (EMC Isilon)

And the commands are as follows:

> fsct prepare dc /users 10 /clients testing /password password

> fsct prepare controller

> fsct prepare client /server ofscluster /password password /users 10 /domain abc.local /server_ip 192.168.2.16

> fsct prepare server /clients testing /password password /users 10 /domain abc.local /volumes \\ofscluster\fsroot1 /workload HomeFolders /create_only_fileset

> fsct run client /controller fsctcon /server ofscluster /password password /domain abc.local

fsct run controller /server ofscluster /password password /volumes \\ofscluster\fsroot1 /clients testing /min_users 2 /max_users 10 /step 2 /duration 360 /workload HomeFolders


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Solutions

October 16, 2014, 2:35 pm
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Hi,my quacore Mesh amd 8400/8500 is very slow,i have a few problems with it.I want to know why i cant change GROUP POLICY as its a home computer.I cant find out ANYTHING. I dont want to dump it as i've only put win7 on last year as i kept with Vista. It takes me 20 mins to get online most times,now i use Tablet much more but there are certain things i can't do. Can someone help without taking it to computer shop.  
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The Net framework Cleanup tool, as a last resort to reset Windows Update for searching updates failure

October 19, 2014, 11:57 am
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Windows Update has stopped searching for updates, for Windows 7 Professional x64bit OS hard drive, laptop PC.

I've tried (Windows Update Troubleshooter) & (System Update Readiness Tool), without success to restart searching

for (Windows Updates-online). I've got Net framework Cleanup tool experience before this happened with (searching updates),

but recently I've installed (12) successful updates with  NET frameworks included. This time the stopping of search for updates,

came "after" I used the (Windows Update Diagnostic Tool) to fix downloading & install updates.

Should I go back to using the (Net Framework Cleanup Tool) as a last resort?

Signed: Lee V Payne-10/19/2014 - 11:57 PM PST.

Lee Payne

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FSCT in workgroup environment

October 22, 2014, 1:26 am
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Hi.

At the first, i try to run FSCT tool at non-domain environment (all test servers are running under WS 2008 R2, DNS server exists, all test servers located at single flat "sandbox" subnet), but i have got a strange output. Despite of i configured test for 3 users, the tool try to create folder for the forth one... (look at "fsct client run" output below). Could anybody explain me, - why? Thanks a lot for assistance.

// server commands

c:\fsct\amd64fre\fsct>fsct prepare server /clients tst-cl /password !QAZ2wsx#EDC /users 3 /volumes z: /workload HomeFolders
clients' names: tst-cl
password: !QAZ2wsx#EDC
number of users per client: 3
volumes: z:
workload name: HomeFolders
Disabling strict name checking.
Adding users to the server
Deleting all net sessions.
Stopping service Browser
Error stopping service: the service has not been started.
Stopping service LanmanServer
Service stopped.
Starting service LanmanServer
Service started.
Creating file sets
Server setup complete.
Closing network connection
Command execution completed successfully.

// client commands

c:\fsct\amd64fre\fsct>fsct prepare client /server tst-fs /server_ip 172.16.0.10 /password !QAZ2wsx#EDC /users 3 /workload HomeFolders /controller tst-ctrl /log c:\fsct\log.txt /verbose /timestamps
server's name: tst-fs
server's ip addresses: 172.16.0.10
password: !QAZ2wsx#EDC
number of users: 3
workload name: HomeFolders
controller's name: tst-ctrl
log file path: c:\fsct\log.txt
Setting up client's (TST-CL) environment
Making a backup copy of the hosts file.
Updating the hosts file.
Client setup complete.
Closing network connection
Command execution completed successfully.

c:\fsct\amd64fre\fsct>fsct run client /controller tst-ctrl /server tst-fs /password !QAZ2wsx#EDC
controller's name: tst-ctrl
server's name: tst-fs
server's password: !QAZ2wsx#EDC
Using default timeout of 2 minutes.
Running test.
Error creating users. Directory work\client\users\TST-CLu4 doesn't exist.
Error creating users.
Error initializing iteration.
Error running client.
Closing network connection
Command execution failed.

// controller commands

c:\fsct\amd64fre\fsct>fsct prepare controller
Closing network connection
Command execution completed successfully.

c:\fsct\amd64fre\fsct>fsct run controller /server tst-fs /password !QAZ2wsx#EDC /volumes z: /clients tst-cl /min_users 50 /max_users 250 /step 50 /duration 0 /workload HomeFolders
server's name: tst-fs
server's password: !QAZ2wsx#EDC
volumes: z:
clients' names: tst-cl
min users: 50
max users: 250
sweep step: 50
test's duration: 0
workload to use: HomeFolders
Executing: rd /s /q running
Executing: rd /s /q running complete.
Executing: md running\signals
Executing: md running\signals complete.
Running the test (workload: HomeFolders).
Running iteration for 0 seconds with 50 users [warmup: 30s].
Error receiving message.
Unknown winsock error.
Error receiving 'ready' message.
Error waiting for client tst-cl to get ready.
Error initializing iteration.
Error running iteration.
Error running test.
Error running the controller.
Closing network connection
Command execution failed.

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Firewall needed?

October 24, 2014, 1:08 pm
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Not sure which forum to put this in....

If we had a point to point dedicated fiber connection from Office A to Office B and office A has the ISP while office B does not.....so Office B goes over the PtoP connection to Office A to go online....does both offices need a firewall?  Or just Office A?

Thanks,

George Jackson

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Measure performance of windows 8 machines using windows Performance Toolkit (WPR tool)

October 27, 2014, 10:24 am
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I want to create performance baseline for windows 8 machines(like time to winlogon, time to desktop and total boot time etc.). For this I used windows performance toolkit - WPR tool to record or log performance data(using boot scenario) into log file(.etl). I opened generated ETL file using WPA(windows performance analyzer), in processes section, always I am able to see winlogon.exe and explorer.exe  time more than 2 minutes on different machines. when I did it for windows XP(using xperf) machine winlogon.exe always showing as less than 30  seconds.

Can you please let me know, how I can get correct data for following tasks using WPR tool:

1) Time to Winlogon(winlogon.exe)

2) Time to Desktop(explorer.exe )

3) Total Boot time

4) Time to Outlook Start

5) Time to Full Outlook Load

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WPA IO stack analysis

November 3, 2014, 10:21 pm
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REG ADD "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management" -v DisablePagingExecutive -d 0x1 -t REG_DWORD -f
xperf -on PROC_THREAD+LOADER+CSWITCH+FILENAME+FILE_IO+FILE_IO_INIT+DRIVERS+FLT_IO_INIT+FLT_IO+FLT_FASTIO+FLT_IO_FAILURE -f kernel.etl -stackwalk CSwitch+DiskReadInit+DiskWriteInit+DiskFlushInit+FileCreate+FileCleanup+FileClose+FileRead+FileWrite+MiniFilterPreOpInit+MiniFilterPostOpInit -BufferSize 1024 -MaxBuffers 1024 -MaxFile 1024 -FileMode Circular

I'm trying to get a stack walk of an application that is experiencing very slow IO to a StorNext mounted SAN. The SAN is mounted via the StorNext client. We are not certain where the latency is occurring. Therefore I have decided to use Windows Performance Analyzer to try and track down the issue. Above are the settings we are using.

In the File IO Duration by process, thread and etc… All the stacks show n/a. However for the MiniFilter graph I get all the stacks. Unfortunately it does not seems that the StorNext mounted volume is using a MiniFilter, as there are no threads listed that relate to the write operation to the SAN. 

How can I get the stack for FILE_IO? Also if anyone is familiar with the StorNext client and how it implements its' driver that would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advanced


dblk

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Windows Server 2012 R2 performance enhancement

November 4, 2014, 1:12 am
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HI All,

Does any have any list of new enhancement in windows performance/architecture for server 2012/R2.

We are facing a situation that many application owner are looking for upgrading from server 2003. Often we are asked questions like should we go for server 2012 R2 or 2008 R2. We need to give them solid justification why choosing server 2012 will be much more effective than server 2008. All are application server which are mostly .net4/Java/other third party application.

It would be good if any one can help me on this.

Thanks and Regards

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