Thoughts about IIS (and now SharePoint!)
IIS and SharePoint troubleshooting and Debugging
It's not goodbye, but rather, until we meet again.
Today is my last day after exactly 19 yrs., 11 months with the company. Please join me at...
Date: 01/15/2013
Today is the first day of the rest of my life…
Today marks two important occasions… On this day, 17 years ago, I was hired by Microsoft as a...
Date: 02/15/2010
Who needs a reason really?
I frequently do a lot of testing inside Virtual Machines (VMs) using Server 2003 and Server 2008 and...
Date: 11/05/2009
Does Bing know about your web site?
This took a bit of time to find, so, thought I’d share it with everyone to hopefully save you some...
Date: 10/20/2009
So your Jawbone 2 is dead and you left your charger at work?
I realized after returning from vacation recently, my Jawbone 2 was dead, and I have a conference...
Date: 08/12/2009
Launch Task Manager (or any other program) from Desktop Context Menu
I use task manager a LOT in my job. I also almost always have a ton of programs running, ...
Date: 07/09/2009
Uncovering True Errors in SharePoint (and other .NET web applications)
Have you ever come across an error like this? Or perhaps one similar to this? Unfortunately, these...
Date: 06/09/2009
Are you running a 32-bit OS on your 64-bit capable machine?
I recently formatted my wife’s notebook in order to install Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC). ...
Date: 05/21/2009
Downloading Hotfixes for Multiple Platforms
If you download hotfixes on a regular basis, this may be old news for you, but if not, you may find...
Date: 03/09/2009
My Brother-in-law…
THE Ops Manager… Here’s my thousand words:
Date: 03/09/2009
Daemon Crashes When Crawling Visio (VSD) Files
Recently, I ran down an issue with very frequent crashes occurring on one of my customers’ MOSS 2007...
Date: 03/05/2009
Please Bring Back my IE
Every time I install a fresh copy of Vista and/or Server 2008, I have to dig this up and “remember”...
Date: 11/13/2008
SharePoint Guidance – Patterns & Practices
Newly released! https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd203468.aspx Check it out. Definitely...
Date: 11/13/2008
New Article Regarding SharePoint and High Availability
Just a quick note to let everyone know of some great long-awaited content that was recently...
Date: 07/24/2008
Are you SharePoint Designer Challenged?
I know I am... Like me, you might also like two new downloads that have been recently posted.Office...
Date: 02/28/2008
New Whitepaper: Database Maintenance for Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies
Bill Baer recently finished his whitepaper concerning strategies around SharePoint related database...
Date: 02/28/2008
So, your IIS Manager comes up blank, too?
Have you ever opened the IIS Manager MMC (quick shortcut - Start/Run/inetmgr) only to find it comes...
Date: 02/28/2008
Version 1.3 of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SDK Now Available
Just a quick note to let you know the new version (as of 2/25/08) is available for download here....
Date: 02/28/2008
Script for enabling full IIS logging
Nothing overly fancy, but useful enough to warrant sharing. This is something you can use to get...
Date: 02/03/2008
What to do if your Jawbone is dead and you have no charger
https://jamesbl.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!BC0D2CA343FFE85A!166.entry From my alter-ego... This worked...
Date: 12/07/2007
"12 Folder" From Here!
Here's my cheap inexpensive tribute to Raymond (no, not you Raymond, the OTHER Raymond that had a...
Date: 09/18/2007
Verifying functionality of Forefront Security for SharePoint 2007
Recently, I worked with a customer who was installing Microsoft Forefront on their...
Date: 08/27/2007
New White Paper - SharePoint Products and Technologies Customization Policy 2007
This week I had the privilege of attending our 2007 customer SharePoint briefing with some great...
Date: 06/01/2007
For you camera buffs out there
Have you ever popped in a flash card from your digital camera on a Windows Server 2003 machine and...
Date: 05/20/2007
Determining if a .NET Assembly is compiled debug or not
Often times, in debugging various ASP.NET memory related issues, I find numerous assemblies that...
Date: 06/14/2006
What Application Pool does this W3WP.EXE belong to?
During the course of working through issues, I get asked at least twice a week how to determine...
Date: 02/21/2006
IIS6: "Supposed" Metabase Corruption
Prologue (required boredom) I recently worked on an issue where the IIS Admin service would not...
Date: 01/13/2006
Yes, you have reached the end of the Internet...
Soon to come above will be some common IIS issues I run into while using various versions of IIS...
Date: 01/13/2006