Junfeng Zhang's Windows Programming NotesWin32, Fusion, CLR, .Net Framework, and othersWindows Update Error 0x800A0030- February 18, 2008 The other day my Windows XP machine suddenly can not use Windows Update. Internet Explorer went to the Windows Update web site, but stucked in loading the ActiveX control. Nothing is shown, and no progress is made. After I clicked the Microsoft Update link, it showed error 0x800A0030. Searching the Internet shows that error 0x800A0030 is usually shown when Microsoft VBScript Engine can't load an dll. This leads me to believe this is a registration issue. Checking the log file at...http://blogs.msdn.com/junfeng/archive/2008/02/18/windows-update-error-0x800a0030.aspx Windows Performance Tools Kit- February 11, 2008 Windows Performance Team has released Windows Performance Tools Kit to the Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5. http:www.microsoft.comwhdcsystemsysperfperftools.mspx This is the same tool Windows team uses to diagnose Windows performance problem. Along with the tool comes with a 60-page Quick Start Guide. It offers significant details how the system works. Having a performance problem lately Fire up Xperf and look at the pretty chart.http://blogs.msdn.com/junfeng/archive/2008/02/11/windows-performance-tools-kit.aspx |