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Troubleshooting tips for IIS, ASP, ASP.Net, SSL and some random thoughts
I recently tried to login to my blog on msdn and wow, It allowed me. Btw, I have moved on from...
Date: 06/30/2016
I have been seeing this question being put up on lot many forums plus we are getting a lot of...
Date: 12/10/2010
Recently I authored a fast publish KB article on backing up configuration files for ASP.Net on IIS...
Date: 12/01/2010
· When a Client certificate is presented to an IIS website, IIS looks for the CRL...
Date: 12/01/2010
IIS 7/7.5 has a module called Failed Request Tracing (aka FREB) using which we can capture a lot of...
Date: 09/23/2010
You may see this behaviour when accessing an SSL enabled Website through IE 6.0 after installing...
Date: 09/07/2010
If you are trying to run an ADSI/WMI Script remotely from a client machine which gets information...
Date: 08/18/2010
As per the excerpt in the link below: Professional Advisory Services is an hourly, fee-based,...
Date: 06/23/2010
You may see your IIS 6.0 applications failing to respond after you install Microsoft update KB 982666
We are recently seeing lot many support cases coming our way. If you are seeing the following after...
Date: 06/14/2010
SSL Bindings are randomly getting deleted for a website with error "SSL Certificate Settings deleted for Port : X.X.X.X:443" in the event logs (IIS 7.0/7.5)
Symptoms Are you getting into a scenario wherein randomly your Website loses or changes the SSL...
Date: 05/11/2010
I am not a SQL guy. But while working on something I found this which seemed cool to me. So thought...
Date: 05/11/2010
Just in case if anyone bothers to track my blog here is an update. I have contributed two posts...
Date: 04/27/2010
I recently added a post to our Support team blog which talks about unexpected 401.1 that you might...
Date: 04/03/2010
We often hear concerns from our customers saying that they are seeing performance issues because of...
Date: 01/06/2010
A simple exe to find DEBUG build for managed modules and DEBUG attribute in Web.Config for Web applications in IIS 6/7
CAVEAT: Some stories before I get to the point, so you may want to skip to the end. We in Microsoft...
Date: 12/05/2009
FTP 7.5 comes with new features like Host header and SSL. I recently saw some cases coming in from...
Date: 11/06/2009
This post is a continuation to the series on IIS service startup issues. I did not feel like writing...
Date: 10/22/2009
System.Net trace configuration feature in ASP.Net 2.0 onwards is extremely useful when dealing with...
Date: 09/16/2009
Required permissions when calling a Web service using client certificate for authentication in an ASP.NET Web application
A Web service requiring Client certificate authentication is a common scenario. You may have a...
Date: 07/02/2009
I just wanted to add this quick post around Client certificate Mapping on IIS. This is focused on...
Date: 06/12/2009
Here is a quick post that may help you save few hours if you get into this problem. Symptoms -- Out...
Date: 04/22/2009
In PSS, we occasionally get requests from our customers wherein they want to automatically add...
Date: 04/10/2009
Unable to load DLL 'bcrypt.dll': The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)
I recently had the privilege to get access to a machine from a colleague of mine. It was a Windows...
Date: 04/08/2009
I recently had the pleasure of working on the implementation of Asp.Net Request Routing feature that...
Date: 03/19/2009
If you are contemplating to move over (upgrade) to IIS 7.0 from your existing Web hosting on either...
Date: 03/10/2009
If you have a Web folder (WebDAV) hosted on IIS using Basic Authentication there are a few things...
Date: 03/06/2009
If you have a FTP site hosted on IIS which receives a burst of client connections at specific...
Date: 02/16/2009
I was a happy man until a few hours back when I was playing with some C, C++ programs built using...
Date: 01/30/2009
The version of Setspn.exe that came with Microsoft Windows Server 2000/2003 Support Tools did not...
Date: 01/08/2009
In continuation to one of my earlier posts which focused on IIS 6.0 this post is more about the...
Date: 12/24/2008
I was working on an FTP issue the other day on IIS 7.0 and I missed something very basic which could...
Date: 11/21/2008
Virtual Server 2005 (VS2005) is a well-known tool to manage Virtual Machines (VMs) on a host server....
Date: 10/24/2008
Here is something which is not my domain but had to learn the hard way. I recently encountered an...
Date: 08/30/2008
My IIS 6.0 Mobile Manager - Manage your Web Sites, application Pools through mobile device from anywhere...
In May this year I had written a Web application using which we can manage basic IIS settings...
Date: 08/23/2008
Well, every time I try writing some thing different than IIS and for some reason I come back to it...
Date: 07/25/2008
Here I will be going in-depth on how a browser maintains HTTP connections with the Server. Something...
Date: 06/06/2008
Recently a colleague of mine was working on a customer's case which was a Critical level incident....
Date: 05/26/2008
A Web administrator has to have access to the IIS server in order to ensure that any...
Date: 05/13/2008
Recently we have come up with a dedicated blog site for IIS support group. Our aim is to include...
Date: 04/14/2008
Today, I was working on an issue where we were trying to add mapping for client certificate for a...
Date: 04/02/2008
Let's consider a scenario wherein we have an FTP site hosted on an IIS Server and we are trying to...
Date: 03/12/2008
Recently I was working on an issue wherein one of our customers was trying to stream data from their...
Date: 02/26/2008
We often get requests from our customers asking how they can seamlessly redirect web requests from...
Date: 01/03/2008
I am writing this post on the 1st of January 2008. It's a brand new day and hopefully a brand new...
Date: 01/01/2008