Mark Russinovich Blog & Vista SP1 file copy improvements

"Mark Russinovich's technical blog covering topics such as Windows troubleshooting, technologies and security."

Mark is of Sysinternals fame. Sysinternals is a great resource for Windows based tools and tips (including BgInfo and Process Explorer).

There is an interesting entry in Mark's blog that was brought to attention via a Microsoft "TechNet Flash" e-mail newsletter. It discusses details of Vista SP1 file copy improvements:

http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/


March 18, 2008 additions:

• SP1 may slow down file copy performance. "Slowing down Vista with SP1" - http://blogs.computerworld.com/vista_sp1_slow

Examining Load Average (via top, uptime, etc.)

"In general, the intuitive idea of load averages is the higher they rise above the number of processors, the more demand there is for the CPUs, and the lower they fall below the number of processors, the more untapped CPU capacity there is. But all is not as it appears."

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9001