In this episode we are going to take a look at how to create custom performance counters.

Part of the core .net framework allows you to create code which can hook into the underlying performance counters which the windows OS has. We will show how you can easily create hooks to take advanta...

We discuss some of the 'magic' commands, how to use the command history, how to use the editor, some useful keystrokes, and how to get interactive help.

We discuss effective ways to set up and configure IPython on a Windows PC including handy tips for making the most out of IPython in a Windows environment.

Ever heard of White? You should.

White is a promising testing framework based on the UI Automation APIs which enables you to write tests in C# (or your favorite .NET language).

Why is it interesting? I think there're several reasons but, for me, the main ones are:

This episode of GitCasts demonstrates how to setup mSysGit on Windows and goes through some basic workflow using the Windows Git version, in an attempt to partially dispel rumors that Git is unsupported or difficult to get going on Windows. I assume previous knowledge of Git here - this just shows yo...

Billy Hollis provides a virtual walkthrough of Microsoft's rich client user interface framework formerly codenamed Avalon and now known as Windows Pres...

This tutorial covers the exact same ground as my previous one, creating a RAID1 Array. But this time it’s command line baby. Aside from impressing yo...

Here’s my first shot at a howto by way of screencast. This tutorial shows you how to add a mirrored drive array in Windows Server 2003 (and XP).

In this episode we show you how to use the hidden "msconfig" program in Windows XP to cut your Windows boot time in half. Plus also use it to remove unwanted programs including spyware from the registry. Biff makes an appearance and messes with the audio. And winter is here in Toronto, so we pull out...

Discusses how I diagnosed and fixed a memory leak in a JavaScript library. It's a very simplified example, and the same techniques probably can't be used for more complex web applications, but it might shed some light on how these memory leaks occur.

The Amazon Web Services Developer Connection has an 18 minute screencast that will show you how to Set up and Run Amazon EC2 from Windows. EC2 is Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud web service. With EC2 you can setup and run your own virtual server for less than $80 per month

A video showing how to use Parallels on your Mac to edit photos from iPhoto in the Windows version of Photoshop.