Category: Windows 10 General

  • Create a performance trace

    Performance traces can help to figure out, which processes slow down the system. To create a performance trace, we use XPERF and NETSH commands. NETSH is part of the operating system while XPERF is a part of the Windows ADK (Assessment and Deployment Kit) and needs to be downloaded and installed. Find the latest version…

  • May 2023 cumulative update for Win10/Win11 explained

    Hi all, mitigating the Secure Boot UEFI bootkit using the May 2023 cumulative update still causes misunderstandings at some of my customers.  So I wrote this short article to give you an overview and illustrate how this update works, especially regarding the elemination of the BlackLotus bootkit, covered in CVE-2023-24932. A very detailed description can…

  • How to get your Intune package source files back

    Hi community! I am Helmut Wagensonner, a customer engineer for Windows client OS at Microsoft. This blog is about getting back the source files of a Win32 app uploaded to Microsoft Intune. Not long ago, I updated one of my tools (https://technet.blogs.ms/stayawake-updated/) and I wanted to add it as a new app package in my Intune…

  • Create a boot trace using WPR

    Hi all, I am Helmut Wagensonner, a Customer Engineer at Microsoft. This blog post gives a short overview on how to create a boot trace with Windows Performance Recorder. It does not cover trace analysis. Creating a boot trace is basically quite self-explaining but as I often need to explain it to customers, I thought…

  • UE-V Template Generator Error

    Related to: ADK 1703, 1709, 1803, 1809 After installing the UE-V Template generator it throws an error when you try to create a custom template. In the following example I’m trying to create a template for 7ZIP. Clicking Next triggers the UAC. After confirming the UAC window with Yes, following error appears. Additionally, the SCM…