https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/reflections-on-my-tech-career-part-1/?ref=feedle.world
Reflections on My Tech Career – Part 1 | Random ASCII – tech blog of Bruce Dawson
I’ve been lucky enough to have had a successful career as a software developer. Spanning six companies and thirty-seven years I’ve had the opportunity to work...
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https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2012/05/11/the-lost-xperf-documentationcpu-scheduling/
The Lost Xperf Documentation–CPU Usage (Precise) | Random ASCII – tech blog of Bruce Dawson
As I’ve mentioned previously, the documentation for xperf (Windows Performance Toolkit, also known as ETW) is pretty weak. In this post I’m going to attempt to...
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https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2012/05/22/windows-live-photo-gallerypoor-performance-peculiarities/
Windows Live Photo Gallery—Poor Performance Peculiarities | Random ASCII – tech blog of Bruce Dawson
I use Windows Live Photo Gallery (WLPG) because it has powerful features for tagging my photos and sorting through them. I depend on its functionality. But I...
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https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2013/03/09/symbols-the-microsoft-way/
Symbols the Microsoft Way | Random ASCII – tech blog of Bruce Dawson
Symbol servers allow developer tools on Windows to automatically find symbols (debug information). All you have to do is adjust the tool’s settings to point at...
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Random ASCII – tech blog of Bruce Dawson | Forecast for randomascii: programming, tech topics, with...
Forecast for randomascii: programming, tech topics, with a chance of unicycling
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https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2012/09/04/windows-slowdown-investigated-and-identified/
Windows Slowdown, Investigated and Identified | Random ASCII – tech blog of Bruce Dawson
I recently noticed that my Windows 7 home laptop was running slower than usual. It seemed to be spending a lot of time waiting on disk I/O. When I looked at...
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https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2012/05/05/xperf-wait-analysisfinding-idle-time/
Xperf Wait Analysis–Finding Idle Time | Random ASCII – tech blog of Bruce Dawson
The Windows Performance Toolkit, also known as xperf, is a powerful (and free!) system-wide Windows profiler. In the past I’ve talked about using xperf to...
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