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Troubleshooting Memory and Disks with Sysinternals Tools

This course teaches you how to get the most out of the Sysinternals tools that relate to memory or disks. The most comprehensive tools you'll learn about in this course are VMMap and RAMMap.

Beginner
2h 51m
(31)

Created by Sami Laiho

Last Updated Dec 03, 2025

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Troubleshooting Memory and Disks with Sysinternals Tools

This course teaches you how to get the most out of the Sysinternals tools that relate to memory or disks. The most comprehensive tools you'll learn about in this course are VMMap and RAMMap.

Beginner
2h 51m
(31)

Created by Sami Laiho

Last Updated Dec 03, 2025

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There are dozens of myths relating Windows' memory usage, virtual memory, and pagefiles. In this course, Troubleshooting Memory and Disks with Sysinternals Tools, you will learn about Windows memory management as well as how to size and optimize your pagefiles. You'll also understand how SSD's really work. Finally, you'll learn all about tools like VMMap, RAMMap, Resource Monitor, and Windows Performance Toolkit. By the end this course, you’ll know the truth about how the memory management in Windows works.

Troubleshooting Memory and Disks with Sysinternals Tools
Beginner
2h 51m
(31)
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Sami Laiho
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Sami Laiho is one of the world's top experts in Windows OS and Security. Sami specializes in OS internals, troubleshooting, management, and security.

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