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Troubleshooting tips for IIS, ASP, ASP.Net, SSL and some random thoughts
Moved on....
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
Anonymous PUT in WebDAV on IIS 7+ deprecated
I have been seeing this question being put up on lot many forums plus we are getting a lot of...
Date: 12/10/2010
Backing up ASP.Net configuration files
Recently I authored a fast publish KB article on backing up configuration files for ASP.Net on IIS...
Date: 12/01/2010
CRL checking by IIS
· When a Client certificate is presented to an IIS website, IIS looks for the CRL...
Date: 12/01/2010
FREB Log file Formatter
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
Internet Explorer 6 may fail to open an SSL Web site after installing MS10-049
You may see this behaviour when accessing an SSL enabled Website through IE 6.0 after installing...
Date: 09/07/2010
Failing to run ADSI scripts remotely against IIS?
If you are trying to run an ADSI/WMI Script remotely from a client machine which gets information...
Date: 08/18/2010
Microsoft Professional Advisory Services
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
Export SQL table records to XML form
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
bother to track my blog?
Just in case if anyone bothers to track my blog here is an update. I have contributed two posts...
Date: 04/27/2010
Unexpected 401.1 error over Windows Integrated Authentication on IIS 7.5 website
I recently added a post to our Support team blog which talks about unexpected 401.1 that you might...
Date: 04/03/2010
Are you seeing 401’s too often for HTTP web requests?
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
Configuring FTP 7.5 with Host Header and SSL
FTP 7.5 comes with new features like Host header and SSL. I recently saw some cases coming in from...
Date: 11/06/2009
WWW Service not listed in the Services console (IIS 6.0)?
This post is a continuation to the series on IIS service startup issues. I did not feel like writing...
Date: 10/22/2009
Using System.Net trace configuration file to troubleshoot Certificate errors in ASP.Net
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
Avoid this confusion around Client certificate mapping in IIS 6.0/7.0
I just wanted to add this quick post around Client certificate Mapping on IIS. This is focused on...
Date: 06/12/2009
Visual Studio 2005/2008 IDE: Web Controls in the Toolbox seen grayed out for Asp.Net projects ?
Here is a quick post that may help you save few hours if you get into this problem. Symptoms -- Out...
Date: 04/22/2009
Automate client certificate one-to-one mapping in IIS 6.0 using C#
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
Asp.Net Request routing implementation fails with Null Reference exception
I recently had the pleasure of working on the implementation of Asp.Net Request Routing feature that...
Date: 03/19/2009
Considering hosting Web based services on IIS 7.0?
If you are contemplating to move over (upgrade) to IIS 7.0 from your existing Web hosting on either...
Date: 03/10/2009
Some Info around WebDAV content access issues
If you have a Web folder (WebDAV) hosted on IIS using Basic Authentication there are a few things...
Date: 03/06/2009
Increase the concurrent connections limit for IIS FTP site if you see server reset
If you have a FTP site hosted on IIS which receives a burst of client connections at specific...
Date: 02/16/2009
Getting fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'kernel32.lib'
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
New features in SETSPN.EXE on Windows Server 2008
The version of Setspn.exe that came with Microsoft Windows Server 2000/2003 Support Tools did not...
Date: 01/08/2009
Service Principal Name (SPN) checklist for Kerberos authentication with IIS 7.0/7.5
In continuation to one of my earlier posts which focused on IIS 6.0 this post is more about the...
Date: 12/24/2008
FTP changes not taking effect in IIS 7.0?
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
Programmatically managing Virtual Server using C#
Virtual Server 2005 (VS2005) is a well-known tool to manage Virtual Machines (VMs) on a host server....
Date: 10/24/2008
Troubleshooting TS Gateway connectivity on Windows 2008, IIS 7.0
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
Some tips if your IIS 6.0 World Wide Web Service (WWW) ever goes down...
Well, every time I try writing some thing different than IIS and for some reason I come back to it...
Date: 07/25/2008
Case Study: Much ado about Browser's HTTP connection
Here I will be going in-depth on how a browser maintains HTTP connections with the Server. Something...
Date: 06/06/2008
SSL Troubleshooting for IIS Web Sites contd...
Recently a colleague of mine was working on a customer's case which was a Critical level incident....
Date: 05/26/2008
My IIS 6.0 Web Manager - Manage your Web Sites, Application Pools from any where on the Web.
A Web administrator has to have access to the IIS server in order to ensure that any...
Date: 05/13/2008
IIS ASP.Net Developer Support Group comes with its own Weblog
Recently we have come up with a dedicated blog site for IIS support group. Our aim is to include...
Date: 04/14/2008
Unable to access IIsCertMapper object through ADSI
Today, I was working on an issue where we were trying to add mapping for client certificate for a...
Date: 04/02/2008
Enabling Active Directory Isolation mode for FTP to work for trusted domain users
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
Unable to correctly display Chinese (Unicode) characters in Excel when opened through ASP.Net page
Recently I was working on an issue wherein one of our customers was trying to stream data from their...
Date: 02/26/2008
HTTP to HTTPS (SSL) Web Request Redirection
We often get requests from our customers asking how they can seamlessly redirect web requests from...
Date: 01/03/2008
New Year Resolution
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