Bug in <Snapshot Time> field
It seems that I have found a "bug" in the BGInfo 4.28 Built 2019/9/19 program. The <Snapshot Time> field is only updated once (in fact, the first time) when you have making changes or modifications with the program open. Once all the…
Application performance Issues
Hi all Hope you lovely people can help. The problem We have an application called EROS which is supported by a company called IDOX, that used to take 4-5 mins to load, now is taking 30+mins to run. Also, when moving from field to field…
Error communicating with PsExec service on PC0236206
For the first time, I could able to run the application remotely using PsExec utility tool. A day after, the same application could not able to run remotely using PsExec Utility tool. Then i tried to get some answers and followed few steps sc.exe…
Autoruns broken rendering on HDPI screen
Autoruns, when started on my 4K screen zoomed at 200%, looks like this:
COM question, how to corelate a COM server(EXE) created by a client request.
I have a COM server(EXE) and when I access the object first time using CoCreateInstance/Ex the EXE starts running. However the parent for this process seems to be svchost.exe , not the client application that asked for the Object Activation. I verified…
ProcMon does not show executable
Hello, When executing ProcMon not all executables are showing up in the activity window. The executable I am interested in shows up in TaskMgr but not ProcMon. I've ensured all filters are off. Please advise. Thank you. Randall Princeton
Autoruns does not search for menu handlers in all locations
Hello. I came up with a problem with possibility to disable an explorer menu handler for one of my apps. The app is called "chomikbox" - here is the link do download: https://chomikuj.pl/chomikbox. It's an app to download files from…
How to troubleshoot interoperability issues using process monitor
How to troubleshoot interoperability issues using process monitor Issues such as, application (Edge, Chrome, Adobe, etc.) slow, application hung, when a security software is running. It works fine if the security software is disabled (security…
Sysmon 12.03 not logging EventID:2 (file creation time modified)
Hello, I just made a test with Sysmon 9.1.0 on a VM and I was able to get file creation time modification events. Upgrading to 12.03 with the same configuration allows to get all the other events except this one. Test was made using a ps1 script that…
Is it safe to defragment an in-use file with Contig?
Greetings, I'm wondering if I should expect issues when running Sysinternals' Contig on an SQLite database that's concurrently being written to and read from. I think I may be running into an issue with an extremely fragmented SQLite file and I'm…
VirusTotal
Recently, the VirusTotal column always shows Unknown. What's up?
s.exe and chinese characters in sysmon log
We came across a puzzling process called s.exe and chinese characters in the logs as seen below, which we have never seen before across any system. We use sysmon version 8.4.0.0. Is this a case of the sysmon driver causing trimming of data or a bug or…
Client is not communication with MP SCCM 2012
I have installed SCCM 2012 client on one machine, installation was successful but it not communicating to MP. There are only two options(Machine policy & user policy) under action tab in configuration manage and CCM Notification Agent is also…
Autoruns looks bad in 4K
Try running Autoruns on a 4K monitor, or any other HDPI display. You will almost not be able to read the entries.
CoreInfo shows wrong output
Hello Microsoft Team, while playing with the GetLogicalProcessorInformation function and comparing the output with the coreinfo (32bit & 64bit) tool, I discovered some inconsistencies in the Cache Map output. Running on: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700…
Remote Kernal Debug Mode Network
If setting up remote kernel debugging using rdnet, on the host is the network connection named 'NETWORK 20' and can be seen in the available WiFI networks? Is it not disconnectable?
Sysmon 10.42
Hello. We are using Sysmon 10.42 and faced the problem of a long launch of published applications from Citrix. We also use antivirus McAfee Endpoint Security 10.7. Sysmon has been added to exceptions, but there are suggestions that blocking occurs. …
Sysmon - not logging "Pipe created" events (Event 17)
Hello! We have tried to generate/reproduce Event 17: <event name="SYSMON_CREATE_NAMEDPIPE" value="17" level="Informational" template="Pipe Created" rulename="PipeEvent"…
Inquiry about nesting Sysmon rule groups
This is in reference to your comment on the above topic at the below link about possible support for nesting of Sysmon rule groups: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/sysinternals/issues/222 My particular use case is to exclude multiple classes of…