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Application Crashes When Attempting Call Graph Profiling
Another possible reason and workaround for application crashes under call graph profiling.
Author: MrAnderson (Intel)
Type: Tips and Techniques
11/09/2009
Use VTuneAPI in your code to profile without launching VTune(TM) Analyzer
Tips and technical notes for VTune(TM) Performance Analyzer
Author: Peter Wang (Intel)
Type: Tips and Techniques
10/15/2009
Where are my threads? - Part II
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Author: Levent (Intel)
Type: Tips and Techniques
10/14/2009
Where are my threads?
VTune, Threading, Affinity, Scheduling Threads, Sample Over Time
Author: Levent (Intel)
Type: Tips and Techniques
09/30/2009
How am I notified of updates for my registered products?
This article introduces how to receive the product update notification.
Author: Lina Liu (Intel)
Type: Tips and Techniques
08/10/2009
Can’t create a new advanced build activity in Microsoft* Visual Studio* 2008
Tips for using VTune(TM) Performance Analyzer and Intel(R) Threading Tools in Visual Studio* integration
Author: Peter Wang (Intel)
Type: Tips and Techniques
08/06/2009
Using the Microsoft* Symbol Server with the VTune(TM) Performance Analyzer
Follow these steps to configure the VTune(TM) Performance Analyzer to use the Microsoft* symbol server to load symbols for system DLLs.
Author: MrAnderson (Intel)
Type: Tips and Techniques
08/03/2009
Can not find Event Ratios for Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 processors
Most of old users will meet this problem, if they installed prior product on Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 processor.
Author: Peter Wang (Intel)
Type: Tips and Techniques
04/15/2009
How Do I Call Graph my Microsoft* Windows* Service?
Special steps needed to correctly call graph Windows Services
Author: Geoffrey Burling (Intel)
Type: Tips and Techniques
03/13/2009
Should Intel license manager for FLEXlm be installed on the same OS machine as that the license is limited to?
If customers try to install the Intel license manager for FLEXlm on a different machine with that the license supports, should it be allowed? The article clarifies this question.
Author: Lina Liu (Intel)
Type: Tips and Techniques
03/09/2009
How to apply renewal license to the right current license?
When customers purchase renewal licenses, it is possible to apply the renewal to the wrong license by mistake. This article introduces how to apply the renewal license to the correct original license.
Author: Lina Liu (Intel)
Type: Tips and Techniques
03/03/2009
5 minutes to understand video series - Intel® VTune™ Performance Analyzer, Thread Profiler and Thread Checker
The "5 minutes to understand" series show how to use Intel® VTune™ Performance Analyzer, Thread Profiler and Thread Checker products. In these videos, you will learn the basics of the products and how to use them from Microsoft* Visual Studio*.
Author: Levent (Intel)
Type: Tips and Techniques
12/10/2008
High Clocks Per Instruction Retired when vectorizing the loop.
Sometimes when we vectorize a loop, we get a high Clocks Per Instruction Retired (CPI) value. This happens when there is high bus utilization and the bus gets saturated.
Type: Tips and Techniques
11/18/2008
How do I change my single-user license to a floating license?
This article guides you how to change your license from single-user license to floating license or node-locked.
Author: Lina Liu (Intel)
Type: Tips and Techniques
11/05/2008
How do I upgrade from an evaluation to a full commercial version (single-user or floating)?
This article provides what you should do if you own a new full license of the same product after you have an evaluation copy already.
Author: Lina Liu (Intel)
Type: Tips and Techniques
11/05/2008
Intel® VTune™ Performance Analyzer for Windows* - Non-halted Clockticks and Clockticks
Solution:The sampling interrupt is only generated when the "Sample After" number of Clockticks events occurs, and the Non-halted Clockticks event does not count clocks when the CPU is executing a Ha ...
Type: Tips and Techniques
09/19/2008
Intel® VTune™ Performance Analyzer for Windows* - Warning Message box:Line number information is not available for this module.
Symptom(s):Warning Message box:Line number information is not available for this module. Only Disassembly mode will be available. Solution:The line information was not found. Make sure you build you ...
Type: Tips and Techniques
09/19/2008
Intel® VTune™ Performance Analyzer for Windows* - The Source only and Mixed buttons are disabled
Symptom(s):The Source only and Mixed buttons are disabled Cause:The VTune™ Performance Analyzer could not locate the source file, or line number information is not available. Source view can o ...
Type: Tips and Techniques
09/19/2008
Intel® VTune™ Performance Analyzer for Windows* - The summary pane does not list my functions.
Symptom(s):The summary pane does not list my functions. Cause:The symbol information was not found. Solution:Make sure you compile your project with line number information or, at least symbol infor ...
Type: Tips and Techniques
09/19/2008
Intel® VTune™ Performance Analyzer for Windows* - Event Columns Are Empty
Symptom(s):The event columns are empty. Cause:This may happen because the module or source file do not match the activity result. Solution:Insure that the binary file was built with the revision of ...
Type: Tips and Techniques
09/19/2008
Intel® VTune™ Performance Analyzer for Windows* - Getting Started and help
Solution:All information about the Intel® VTune™ Analyzer is contained in the online help. The context-sensitive online help can be activated in several ways: Click the right-mouse button to in ...
Type: Tips and Techniques
09/19/2008
Intel® VTune™ Performance Analyzer for Windows* - No Samples in Expected Module
Symptom(s): When viewing collected sampling data, some modules are not represented by samples. Solution:When the Intel® VTune™ Performance Analyzer cannot identify to which module a particular ...
Type: Tips and Techniques
09/19/2008
Intel® VTune™ Performance Analyzer for Windows* - How to specify name and location for the project file
Solution:At project creation, you can specify the project name and path. After project creation, to change the project name, right click on the project name in the Project Navigator and select "Renam ...
Type: Tips and Techniques
09/19/2008
Intel® VTune™ Performance Analyzer for Windows* - How to provide the name of pdb file
Solution:Config. /Options / Directories and then change the "Show directories for" on the top to: Symbol files. Double click on the path and change it. [image] ...
Type: Tips and Techniques
09/19/2008
Intel® VTune™ Performance Analyzer for Windows* - How to Setup a Linux* Box with SAMBA*
Solution: There is no BKM (Best Known Method) to setup a Linux* box with SAMBA* because networks, network security, and server setups vary so widely there isn't a default to start with. Is the code ...
Type: Tips and Techniques
09/19/2008