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| 12 May 2008 15:32:17 GMT | Fix for poor network performance in Windows Vista
"If you experience slowdowns or poor network performance in Windows Vista like slow browsing performance occasionally or all the time you might use a router or network device that is causing problems for Microsoft’s Receive Window Auto-Tuning Level. It’s not the routers fault or your fault but more something that is caused by how the new feature was implemented into Windows Vista." (more) |
| 6 May 2008 13:03:31 GMT | The Webmaster's Turbo Kit: 50-Plus Tips and Resources to Improve Your Site's Speed and Performance
"By now, nearly everyone knows that an effective Web site must be speedy. Users have short attention spans and are generally not willing to wait for a bloated Web site to load. Take advantage of these tips, tools and resources, and you'll have a much better time capturing visitors' attention." (more) |
| 5 May 2008 18:17:57 GMT | Put the web server on a diet and increase scalability
A detailed blog entry that discusses using HTTP sessions responsibly to ensure maximum scalability...which also affects performance. |
| 2 May 2008 18:29:27 GMT | Improving Java web site performance with asset caching
"In this post, I’ll be talking about a solution I developed at my day job to improve the performance of our web site by allowing the browser to cache JavaScript, CSS, and image files. We were noticing that much of our traffic was from requests for these assets, rather than our page content. Since these asset files rarely change (once per production deployment), we wanted to have the user’s browser cache them until the next build." (more) |
| 1 May 2008 13:44:40 GMT | Performance and Tuning of MySQL
Q&A covering performance and tuning of MySQL (more) |
| 29 Apr 2008 13:40:21 GMT | Improving SQL Server Performance
Several good optimization tips for SQL Server (more) |
| 28 Apr 2008 16:30:02 GMT | How to boost the performance of Firefox
"Monzilla (sic) firefox is one of my favorite browsers which have one feature pipelining which really make it really fast than another browser. By default it is disable, so make it enable to get good results." (more) |
| 25 Apr 2008 09:17:35 GMT | Website development: 5 tips to improve your webpage performance
"Web page loading time plays an important role in drafting the destiny of the website. One of the biggest challenges posed by web developer during website development is developing download time friendly websites." (more) |
| 24 Apr 2008 07:47:56 -0400 | Tips to Improve Your ASP.NET Web site performance
"ASP.NET has been developed with lots of features which makes developer life easy. Start from ViewState, PostBack, Server Controls , User Controls and etc. All of them can make your web development experience fun and easy, but improper use of them can cause your site performance slowdown. Most of the controls generate overhead to the client and server. Therefore in this article, I I will list out about things you can do and don't to improve your ASP.NET website performance. " (more) |
| 18 Apr 2008 10:57:05 -0400 | The Performance Benefits of Ajax
In depth article and analysis of the benefits of using Ajax on a website. (more) |
| 15 Apr 2008 09:17:07 -0400 | 63+ best practice to optimize PHP code performances
"...an old post by Reinhold Webber, a good list of consideration practice in optimizing PHP code performances." (more) |
| 11 Apr 2008 09:58:09 -0400 | How to Improve Your Boot Time
Some helpful tips on improving the amount of time it takes to go from powering on, to logging in. (more) |
| 8 Apr 2008 08:10:33 -0400 | How to optimize and make Outlook faster
Some useful tips on improving the performance of Microsoft Outlook (regardless of its version)
"As you may noticed, Microsoft Outlook tends to respond slower to your commands, as time goes by over your Outlook installation. We use to compare Microsoft Outlook with Microsoft Windows: they both needs constant tweaking and optimization, unless you are willing to reformat your disk and to reinstall Windows. But on the Outlook case, reinstalling it can bring lots of headaches and critical data may get lost during the process." (more) |
| 4 Apr 2008 16:45:28 -0400 | WebWatchBot 5.1.4 Released
WebWatchBot 5.1.4 is a recommended update.
Please view the download page for details and download instructions:
Download Here
View a complete revision history here:
http://www.exclamationsoft.com/webwatchbot/help/revision_history.asp |
| 4 Apr 2008 07:54:37 -0400 | How to improve your wireless network performance
"If you are connected to wireless network and you like to extend the range of wireless network, or you have some problems with weak signal or slow/variable connection, this is the right post for you. Those tips will help you to improve the signal for your wireless network or, some of them will help you for extending your wireless range and improving your wireless network performance."(more) |
| 3 Apr 2008 12:41:04 -0400 | 24 Web site performance tips
"Yahoo! Developer Network blog had an entry by Stoyan Stefanov and presentation from PHP Quebec conference. A few points to take away, in case you don’t feel like going through 76-slide presentation..." (more) |
| 2 Apr 2008 07:46:34 -0400 | Optimizing Server Performance, Part 1
"...tips were directed at WordPress users, but many carry over to traditional web applications as well." (more) |
| 1 Apr 2008 07:57:54 -0400 | SQL Sleep
"A new tool announced today will help all those DBAs keep up with the workload while trying to remain rested and refreshed." (more) |
| 31 Mar 2008 10:33:49 -0400 | Other SQL optimization tips
5 SQL optimization tips that are well commented on. (more) |
| 27 Mar 2008 08:42:18 -0400 | Improving website performance
"Website performance is becoming a bit of a lost art. As more and more people get broadband, and that broadband gets quicker, then website owners spend less time looking at performance. After all, when you have a quick connection, why bother?" (more) |
| 26 Mar 2008 08:16:13 -0400 | Is SSD the Future of Storage?
SSD (Solid State Drive) technology is not only smaller in size, it uses less power, makes virtually no noise, and is faster than a standard hard drive. If you don't know about this technology, then now is the time to learn. (more) |
| 24 Mar 2008 09:17:35 -0400 | Yahoo!'s Latest Performance Breakthroughs
"...the existing 14 rules, plus 20 new rules for faster web pages." (more) |
| 19 Mar 2008 10:45:43 -0400 | Outlook 2007 Performance Issues? Here are Some Tips...
"most cases, an upgrade to Office 2007 SP1 and some mail file maintenance will resolve the problem. But if you continue to experience issues, here are some pages that will help you troubleshoot:" (more) |
| 14 Mar 2008 08:34:25 -0400 | How stubbing can hurt your performance on Exchange Server
"To follow up on a previous post, The Death of Store Management. As many archiving vendors claim to help the overal performance of Exchange by stubbing email messages and offering customers the option to reduce the footprint of Exchange databases, the reality is that they actually hurt the Exchange Server performance by doing this." (more) |
| 13 Mar 2008 08:47:34 -0400 | Monitoring Stored Procedure Performance with sys.dm_exec_cached_plans
"[This article] will show how to use the sys.dm_exec_cached_plans DMW to monitor the performance of your stored procedures." (more) |
| 12 Mar 2008 08:37:24 -0400 | WinVista SP1 - Network Throttle fix
"Those of you who have already installed Windows Vista SP1 should know that there’s a small issue with network performance, especially when using Gigabit network cards." (more) |
| 11 Mar 2008 10:59:56 -0400 | New Mozilla Firefox Offers Performance Boost and More
"The fourth beta of the Firefox 3.0 browser was released Monday and includes more than 900 enhancements over the previous beta, Mozilla announced.
The creator of the open-source browser said the new beta includes improvements to performance and memory usage, fixes for stability, and platform-specific enhancements." (more) |
| 7 Mar 2008 09:00:58 -0400 | New blog "Poor Performance" started
New blog "Poor Performance" started by Tim Hodgson with ExclamationSoft to discuss website and server performance, including tools and methods to use to overcome poor performance. |
| 7 Mar 2008 07:38:58 -0400 | 5 Simple Ways to Speed Up Windows Internet Connection
Your connection to the Internet can often be the weakest link to your website's performance. For those who do not have fully dedicated T1 connections, these tips can help make a small improvement. |
| 6 Mar 2008 08:07:21 -0400 | Check List for Performance Optimisation in SQL Server Analysis Service 2005
"No matter what your platform or the tools that you are using, performance is almost always the number one feature that customers require. In the case of SQL Server Analysis Service (SSAS), there are four areas where we can improve the performance. They are database design, processing, querying and configuring SSAS. " (more) |
| 4 Mar 2008 07:53:49 -0400 | Improving website performance
"Website performance is becoming a bit of a lost art. As more and more people get broadband, and that broadband gets quicker, then website owners spend less time looking at performance. After all, when you have a quick connection, why bother?" (more) |
| 3 Mar 2008 08:17:17 -0400 | Send Alert to the Windows Event Log
Alerts can be from WebWatchBot to the Windows Event Log, using a freeware command line tool named "logevent.exe", published by Microsoft, which was originally distributed in the Windows Resource Toolkit. (more) |
| 29 Feb 2008 08:33:46 -0400 | Monitor long-running jobs in SQL Server 2000
"Monitoring long-running jobs in SQL Server 2000 is a complicated task. The problem is that the job execution history is written only after the first job step is completed. Therefore, if the first -- or only -- step of the job runs for a long time, you can't query any system table or function in order to capture its start time." (more) |
| 28 Feb 2008 08:48:41 -0400 | ESX Storage Performance Tips
"Thorbjørn Donbæk a Senior Storage Developer at VMware created a real cool presentation about ESX Storage Performance Tips. He has worked in the ESX storage group for VMware since November 2001 and enjoys OS level work and particularly in the storage area." (more) |
| 27 Feb 2008 08:14:13 -0400 | 5 Tips To Deal With Slow Computer Performance
This article is squarely targeted at end-user's computers: "All computer users encounter slow performance or a sudden computer breakdown at one time or another. Quite often, registry problems are behind this gradual deterioration in your computers performance. " (more) |
| 26 Feb 2008 08:49:20 -0400 | Speed Up Your Site! 8 ASP.NET Performance Tips
"Now that you've added the finishing touches to your web site and unleashed it onto the world, fame, fortune, and success will surely follow -- won't it?" (more) |
| 25 Feb 2008 09:25:51 -0400 | Hidden Network Tools in Vista
"Windows Vista delivers an impressive line up of network tools that can be used to keep the operating system connectivity on a short leash.Users will be able not only to closely monitor the networking activity of the platform, but also repair network connections. The utilities are not new to Windows Vista, having survived in the operating system from previous Windows versions." (more) |
| 22 Feb 2008 08:33:03 -0400 | Analyzing Device Application Performance with the .Net Compact Framework Remote Performance Monitor
"Service Pack 1 of the .Net Compact Framework version 2 (see http://blogs.msdn.com/netcfteam/archive/2006/04/21/580901.aspx) includes a new utility called the .Net Compact Framework Remote Performance Monitor (RPM). The RPM helps you diagnose performance problems in your application by providing a dynamic, graphical view of various runtime performance statistics. The performance statistics displayed by the RPM are those that are present in the ".stat" files in previous versions of the Compact Framework. See David Kline's blog entry "Monitoring Application Performance..." for a thorough description of all the counters viewable through the RPM." (more) |
| 21 Feb 2008 08:46:35 -0400 | Essential BizTalk Server 2006 Performance Counters
Microsoft's online guide to the essential performance counters exposed by BizTalk Server 2006 to detect bottlenecks. Use this guide to find out what you should be monitoring in WebWatchBot to gauge performance. (more) |
| 20 Feb 2008 08:40:29 -0400 | Your Digital Photo Frame May Have a Virus
You know that new digital photo frame you recently purchased? It may have come with a virus:
(more) |
| 15 Feb 2008 09:18:21 -0400 | Does hyperthreading hurt server performance?
This article from 2005 still holds some thoughtful insight into how CPU features affect overall performance. (more) |
| 14 Feb 2008 08:33:28 -0400 | Tips for using SQL Server 2005 file and Filegroups
"Here are some helpful tips to performance tune and optimize SQL Server 2005 by using file and filegroups." (more) |
