Monthly Archives: November 2013

Disk Performance in Task Manager on Windows Server 2012

In Windows 8 the disk performance counters are visible by default in the Task Manager. On Windows Server 2012 they are disabled by default. To enable them, execute the command:

diskperf -Y

Configure Disk Performance Counters using diskperf.

Configure Disk Performance Counters using diskperf.

Although the help says that a restart of the system is required, it works directly after restarting the Task Manager application:

Disk Performance Counters Enabled on Server 2012R2

Disk Performance Counters Enabled on Server 2012R2

A handy shortcut to quickly start the Task Manager is CTRL+SHIFT+ESC.

More information on the source of the Disk Performance Counters can be found in the Microsoft Documentation.

Offline Installation .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows 8.1

When running the installation of redistributable installer donetfx35.exe the message is shown that it requires the .NET Framework 3.5. Ehhh… FAIL?
To install the .NET 3.5 Framework without internet access, insert or mount the installation media and run the following command where E: refers to installation media:

Dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFX3 /All /Source:E:\sources\sxs