Author Author! Customize the MMC

Here’s a nifty little tip for the Windows server admins that I picked up this week.

I find the services app annoying. By default it always opens in “Extended” view which (imho) just wastes space right in the middle of the app. First thing I do after starting it is click “Standard” to get to the

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Tip: Tracking Down That Wiley Svchost Process

Sometimes the computer seems pretty slow. You fire up Task Manager and a quick glance shows the CPU running at 100%! Flip to the Process tab, click on the CPU column heading (to sort) and see that svchost.exe is using all the cycles.

Traditionally, that’s when I’d say, “oh crap.” You see, you can have a

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I have a dream…

Ok, here’s what I’m looking for. I’m sure it must exist, please feel free to leave comments!

Prelude

From time to time I take on side jobs that aren’t development related at all. Instead, they are the kind of job best described as “OMG our PC runs really really slow please make it better!”

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