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Investigate memory usage with Windows 7 Resource Monitor

October 5, 2010 8:24am PDT

Greg Shultz shows you how to use the detailed information displayed in Windows 7 Resource Monitor to investigate memory usage.

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Track data usage on Windows Phone 8 with Data Sense

April 3, 2013 10:42am PDT

Jack Wallen discusses how to set up and use Data Sense to monitor data usage on your Windows Phone 8.

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Control smartphone usage with Exchange 2010 ActiveSync

September 7, 2010 10:16am PDT

Exchange 2010 includes controls to help IT departments provide mobility services and enable automated methods by which user's devices are required to adhere to organizational policies.

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Keeping an eye on Chrome's memory usage

October 14, 2012 6:12pm PDT

Keeping track of Chrome's memory usage is easier said than done when it is spread over multiple processes.

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Interpreting the host and guest memory usage in the vSphere Client

March 9, 2012 6:00am PST

VMware vSphere has many memory management techniques to efficiently consolidate virtual machines. Rickatron explains two important measures in this blog post.

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SolutionBase: Improving Windows Server 2003 memory usage

October 3, 2005 7:00am PDT

RAM may be getting cheaper all the time, but managing it in servers is still an important issue. Brien Posey shows you how streamline memory usage in Windows Server 2003, including how to make...

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Advanced Siri tips for daily usage

May 8, 2012 4:52am PDT

Jack Wallen provides some quick tips for using Siri and taking the voice-activated system to newer, more powerful levels.

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Take advantage of tools to monitor memory usage in Windows 7

February 10, 2009 8:39am PST

With Windows 7, there are some slight, but notable, changes in the way that memory usage is reported on the Performance tab of the Task Manager. Greg Shultz takes a closer look at the changes on...

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TechRepublic Tutorial: Decipher Task Manager's page file usage data

September 25, 2003 7:00am PDT

Figure out what Task Manager is telling you about your swap file

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Prioritize network traffic with QoS policies to control bandwidth usage

June 13, 2011 11:12am PDT

Brien Posey goes over the basics of setting up QoS polices in Windows Server 2008 R2 that will allow you to prioritize latency-sensitive applications to make sure they always get the needed bandwidth.

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Lock down browser usage with SureFox Kiosk Browser

August 13, 2012 12:55pm PDT

Jack Wallen takes a look at SureFox Kiosk Browser, one of the best solutions for controlling what web sites your users can browse on Android and iOS tablets.

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Modifying the host memory usage alarm in vSphere

June 10, 2011 10:51am PDT

The vSphere host memory usage alarm is a good indicator of when the host starts to swap memory on disk. If the alarm needs to be dismissed automatically, learn how to do so for a lab or...

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Proper usage of check boxes and radio buttons

October 27, 2004 7:00am PDT

Entirely too many Web designers misuse check boxes and radio buttons. Builder.com columnist Michael Meadhra shares his thoughts on basic guidelines for working with form controls.

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Use Performance Monitor to discover your server's peak usage

March 5, 2002 8:00am PST

Learn how to use the Performance Monitor to track a servers performance under many different loads.

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Find the right data plan for your individual needs

July 30, 2012 4:08am PDT

What's the best data plan for your smartphone? Take a look at some findings, and then share your opinion in the discussion thread.

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Analyze Windows XP memory usage with a customized version of Performance Monitor

September 13, 2010 11:29am PDT

Greg Shultz shows how to create a customized Windows XP Performance Monitor console to track memory usage and interpret the results.

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Get IT Done: Track Windows XP's page file usage with System Monitor

October 2, 2003 7:00am PDT

Create a customized page file-monitoring console based on System Monitor and use it to track Windows XPs page file usage

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Monitor your memory usage with MRTG

October 27, 2006 7:00am PDT

With MRTG you can graph your network traffic, but you can also use it to gather other network information, such as monitoring your system's swap and memory usage. Vincent Danen shows you how to...

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Review: WinDirStat disk usage cleanup tool

February 1, 2011 8:57am PST

WinDirStat reads the entire directory tree of your Windows machine and reports back exactly what it is that is taking up that space on your drive.

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Monitor user disk usage in Windows Server 2003

February 28, 2006 8:00am PST

Regardless of what your users are storing, you should make it a habit to regularly examine disk space usage. In this Windows Server 2003 tip, Scott Lowe tells you how to take advantage of Windows...

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