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Changing ASP.NET version in ASP.NET tab of IIS has no effect

I ran into another similar issue while playing around and thought I must share... By default, when...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 06/13/2007

I am an Admin on my PC... why doesn't my PC recognize me?

Well, as always... let me begin with a some background information. I had an IIS server named...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 06/13/2007

Windows Remote Assistance - A life saver in Vista!!

I installed Microsoft Communicator 2007 (public beta) today and found that it was pretty cool. Read...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 05/23/2007

customErrors defaultRedirect is not redirecting in ASP.NET

In one of my projects I was trying to use customErrors in ASP.NET and it was not working as I would...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 05/18/2007

Social Bookmarking Tags for Windows Live Writer

I am not very good in keeping promises, but this time I will make an exception :) I promised a while...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 05/14/2007

Social Bookmarking Tool 2.0 Released

A while ago, I released a pretty basic version of Social Bookmarking Tool and gradually made it to...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 05/07/2007

Really nice free installer to create MSI files

At home, I just have Visual Studio Express editions and one downside to it is that it doesn't have...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 05/06/2007

Icons for different Social Bookmarking Sites

This post is meant just for hosting different icons of other Social Bookmarking Sites which my...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 05/02/2007

Social Bookmarking Tool 1.1 now supports 20 bookmarking websites

I created a Social Bookmarking Tool a while ago, and it initially supported only the following 6...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 05/01/2007

Windows Live Writer Plugin - Insert Yahoo and MSN Smileys (Emoticons)

I enjoy coding and working with Graphics. So, when I learnt that creating the Windows Live Writer...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 04/24/2007

Windows Live Writer Plugin - Insert Yahoo and MSN Smileys (Emoticons)

I enjoy coding and working with Graphics. So, when I learnt that creating the Windows Live Writer...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 04/24/2007

My daughter's one year Journey... (Photo Story!)

Time flies!! Last year, on 29th April a little angel came in my life and I named her Anika, which is...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 04/18/2007

Create Windows Live Writer plugin using Visual Basic.NET

Windows Live Writer is cool! I use it to create my blog posts and of late, I wanted to make my blog...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 04/16/2007

Social Bookmarking Tool 1.1

I thought of extending some features of my small little tool posted here. In this version, instead...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 04/13/2007

Internet Explorer 7 crashes after installing some cool add-ons. What next?

This was a real nasty one! My blog would have had a few more interesting entries had this not...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 04/05/2007

Using Forms Based Authentication in ASP.NET for Static Content (Doc Files, PDF Files etc.)

Scenario:You want to implement Forms based authentication for ASP.NET web application, and you have...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 04/02/2007

Social Bookmarking Tool Page

Social Bookmarking is rocking big time these days! If you are not aware of it by any chance, read...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 04/02/2007

DLL Hell - L + P = Help :o)

First up, I admit the atrocities of dll hell. But this post is not about it :o) If you have ever...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 04/01/2007

DW20.exe was stopping us from taking the Crash Dumps in w3wp.exe! How to disable it?

While I was working on this issue today, I was thinking of this old adage... "When the going gets...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 03/29/2007

How to get the Folder Size in VB.NET

My problem was not really big, but it was a problem which really irritated me a lot!! We store data...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 03/14/2007

In this article I have discussed some of the common reasons for session loss issues in ASP.NET. I...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 03/08/2007

Using System.Management to get information about the Operating System from your VB.NET Application

I blogged about how to find Operating System Information from your VB.NET 2005 application last year...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 03/07/2007

Social Bookmarking Tool 1.0

Social Bookmarking Tool 1.0 is a very simple and easy to use tool for creating automatic hyperlinks...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 02/22/2007

Mix 07 - A 72 hour conversation!

<Excerpt> Microsoft is hosting a 72-hour conversation, and you're invited. April 30 - May 2nd,...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 02/20/2007

Social Bookmarking

Quite often I have encountered blog entries lately where I see the following social bookmarking...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 02/19/2007

Too good!!! A love story worth sharing :o)

This is something I had to share, just couldn't stop myself from doing it!...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 02/15/2007

A sample aspx page to show the security details

This is a pretty small sample to help you figure out the ASP.NET identity matrix and how it comes in...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 02/12/2007

System.CodeDom.Compiler error!

Got an interesting one today... Customer had a Windows 2000 box and lots of websites. Everything use...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 01/30/2007

Customize errors which are not captured by customErrors in ASP.NET 2.0

Yesterday, I came up with an interesting issue where a customer wanted to customize a 500 error...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 01/18/2007

Troubleshooting Cookies - A Case Study

A few days ago, one of my colleagues asked a very simple question... "Do we have any document which...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 01/17/2007

Compare file versions and other important details on two different boxes

Quite often, we hear that two boxes are completely alike but for some reason a program that works on...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 01/15/2007

How to read User and System Variables using VBScript

Quite easy! Dim objWSHDim objUserVariablesDim objSystemVariables Set objWSH =...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 12/29/2006

Are you getting OutOfMemoryExceptions when uploading large files?

Getting OutOfMemoryExceptions when uploading large files is a very common problem and we...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 12/23/2006

Yippee!! VS 2005 SP 1 is available now... Finally!!! :)

I am so happy to see the Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 (SP1) being released (finally)! Know more...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 12/15/2006

Open EXCEL file with VB6 and read the content

I was planning to write an application today which simply opens an Excel file and read the Cell...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 12/15/2006

Network Monitor

Quite often, we need to analyze Network traces to find out if the issue is something related to...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 12/11/2006

Executing a simple C# CGI.exe from IE address bar throws error

Not that I recommend CGI, but recently I found an interesting issue. Whenever we tried to execute an...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 11/28/2006

This one is supposed to be a a handy list (of links and links to links :o) which I will maintain...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 10/09/2006

Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar

Basically, I am a server side guy dealing with IIS, ASP, ASP.NET etc and not too much into Client...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 10/04/2006

Logparser Scenario 6:Searching files for culprits when you don't have Visual Studio on the Server.

This blog entry is a continuation of the KB Article https://support.microsoft.com/?id=910447....

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 10/01/2006

What could be a more reliable way to find out "A word or phrase in the file"?

Well, I don't trust A word or phrase in the file search in Windows XP. And sure it needs...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 10/01/2006

My most favorite Screen Capture utility

There is a lot to write about this magnificent tool, which saves me quite a lot of time these days,...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 09/28/2006

My most favorite P2P software

What else, but Shareaza! <Extract from www.shareaza.com> Shareaza is the most luxurious and...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 09/28/2006

Logparser Scenario 5:Analyzing the IISlogs to see if there is any pattern for errors

This blog entry is a continuation of the KB Article https://support.microsoft.com/?id=910447....

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 09/18/2006

LogParser - Tips and Tricks - Search for all the fieldnames available for a given input type

Sometimes while querying using LogParser, you might not be able to recall the field names and what...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 09/18/2006

Log Parser 2.2 and ASP.NET - ASP.NET Support Voice Column released

This is my first article for Microsoft ASP.NET Support Voice Column! I hope you will enjoy it. I am...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 09/08/2006

String Concatenation vs String Builder - The performance hit! See it to believe it :o)

In this post, I am going to discuss about using String Concatenation vs String Builder. I have...

Author: imRahulSoni Date: 08/29/2006

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