Jeff Stokes

Jeff Stokes

@windowsperf.bsky.social

Windows Debugging, Perf analytics, cybersecurity, VDI, Deployment Principal EE at Tanium. Thoughts and words my own Author, speaker, debug engineer, perf analytics guy and gamer https://illuminati.services

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Jeff Stokes
@windowsperf.bsky.social

How to read a shutdown trace from NETSH and WPRUI to home in on what PID is doing what network traffic at shutdown So in my last post, I described a method for homing in on who is doing what on the network whilst a machine is shutting down. I expect some, a few, random noise data points…

illuminati.servicesHow to read a shutdown trace from NETSH and WPRUI to home in on what PID is doing what network traffic at shutdownSo in my last post, I described a method for homing in on who is doing what on the network whilst a machine is shutting down. I expect some, a few, random noise data points represented by PID 0 due to requests being made and then the process being killed before the network activity happens. Or perhaps some last throes of a zombied process finally being cleaned up, 
Jeff Stokes
@windowsperf.bsky.social

How to collect a netsh and WPR trace for shutdown specific symptoms In the event you have something that only impacts an endpoint when it is being logged off/shutdown, you can do the following to collect declarative data. mkdir C:\temp cd C:\temp netsh trace start capture=yes correlation=yes l…

illuminati.servicesHow to collect a netsh and WPR trace for shutdown specific symptomsIn the event you have something that only impacts an endpoint when it is being logged off/shutdown, you can do the following to collect declarative data. mkdir C:\temp cd C:\temp netsh trace start capture=yes correlation=yes l report=no tracefile=C:\temp\netshtrace.etl then follow it up with the instructions in this post: This will shutdown the machine. Power it back up, your WPR recording is in Documents\WPR files\
Jeff Stokes
@windowsperf.bsky.social

AMD User Experience Proxy and handle leaks This is an odd fellow here. As you can see in the image below, AUEPMaster has 157k handles. Yesterday it had over 1 million but I failed to capture a screenshot before reboot. This hasn't impacted game performance as far as I can tell, just an annoyance.…

illuminati.servicesAMD User Experience Proxy and handle leaksThis is an odd fellow here. As you can see in the image below, AUEPMaster has 157k handles. Yesterday it had over 1 million but I failed to capture a screenshot before reboot. This hasn't impacted game performance as far as I can tell, just an annoyance. Wondering if it's actually working as intended, does it have a security hole, etc...

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Clara Jeffery
@clarajeffery.bsky.social

Trump's promise of mass deportation has caused private prison stock to soar. Time to re-read Shane Bauer's incredible investigation where he went undercover for months as a private prison guard. It's long, it's harrowing, it won all the awards: www.motherjones.com/politics/201...

motherjones.comPrivate prisons are shrouded in secrecy. I took a job as a guard to get inside—then things got crazyThis is the biggest investigation we’ve ever published.

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Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started
@gothamgirlblue.com

I’m saying it now with hopes that it sinks in: Donald Trump cannot take any oath of office until he is granted amnesty for breaking the last one he swore. That’s just straight up in the Constitution. 2/3 of each House. That’s the bar.

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CALL TO ACTIVISM
@calltoactivism.bsky.social

BREAKING NEWS: The Matt Gaetz file has officially been leaked: An “unknown and unauthorized third party” has gained access to depositions tied to Matt Gaetz, a source says. RT if you’re ready to see it. 🍿

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