Half Blood Programmer, MSFT Chapter
I Am Leaving But My Passion Remains
It is appreciated that my team support me in the past few months. But finally the day comes on May...
Date: 05/16/2010
Why Microsoft Support Should Be Contacted In Many Scenarios
https://www.componentfactory.com/blog/2010/04/vs2010-is-working/ Since I subscribed to Phil’s blog...
Date: 04/19/2010
NDepend Crash On Windows x64 (Resolved)
NDepend is a nice tool to analyze .NET codebase. I use its open source/trial edition for several...
Date: 03/04/2010
IIS Worker Process Performance Monitoring Tips
(For IIS 6 and above) Scenario 1: Performance Monitor (Perfmon) has been part of Windows for a long...
Date: 02/25/2010
SSL Diagnostics for IIS 7.*
We still need good tools to help troubleshoot SSL issues on IIS 7 and IIS 7.5. Then we have two...
Date: 11/27/2009
Astonishing Tomcat Connector Status
There are a lot of questions on IIS.net forums about running Tomcat Connector on IIS. Sounds like in...
Date: 10/28/2009
When The Application/Program Crashes (on Windows)
If I were not a support engineer at Microsoft, obviously I could not know there are so many...
Date: 08/23/2009
Commands Supported by FtpWebRequest and IIS FTP
Server Side Commands FTP 7.5 accepts the following FTP commands. 214-The following commands are...
Date: 08/12/2009
DIY Dump Analysis, Possible?
I have been support engineer for almost a year, but I still find myself shallow in the field, as I...
Date: 06/29/2009
Database for Web Applications
When you thought the whole world is using multi-core micro-processor, remember that I still have a...
Date: 06/26/2009
IIS 7 Dot Tricks, Part II
I would like to have a secure server, so why not block all unknown file extensions? I can easily...
Date: 06/05/2009
IIS 7 Dot Tricks, Part I
Well, what if I want to serve files without extensions on IIS 7? A small test will give you a 404...
Date: 06/05/2009
Make IIS 7 Custom Error Pages Similar to Old Versions
Well, the goodness of being a support engineer is that you can receive both “Holy Sh*t” and “Thanks...
Date: 05/28/2009
Installing FTP Server on Windows 7 RC 7100
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. It is an...
Date: 05/22/2009
IIS 7.5 Warm-Up Feature in Windows 7 RC 7100
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Back in...
Date: 05/20/2009
WER for IIS 7 Worker Process Crashes
How to capture IIS 7 worker process crash dumps without installing anything on the server? This...
Date: 05/19/2009
The RPC Server Is Unavailable for IISRESET
You may already that using "iisreset (server name) /restart" can restart IIS services on that remote...
Date: 05/19/2009
Moving Sticky Notes to Another Windows 7 Box
I need to move my sticky notes from one machine to another. But there is no import and export...
Date: 05/19/2009
Please Ignore INTERNET_OPTION_IGNORE_OFFLINE
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. If you...
Date: 05/18/2009
Windows Authentication and IE 7
Some guys asked how to log out when Windows authentication is used for a web site. A simple answer...
Date: 05/17/2009
My Teammates at DSI Shanghai
Time flies so fast that I have been working at Microsoft for more than 6 months. I really enjoy my...
Date: 05/17/2009
How to Handle .NET Unhandled Exceptions Gracefully
I know there were already lots of discussions about this topic, but as a .NET developer and support...
Date: 04/28/2009
KB 839357 Update for IIS 7
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Follow these...
Date: 04/28/2009
HTTPS Load Balancing Configuration
Certificates on Web Servers The first way is to create a key and certificate for the NLB domain...
Date: 04/28/2009
Addition to KB942045
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. If you are...
Date: 04/27/2009
VS2010 Editor Look
Well, I love the VS2010 editor. It is really cool, so make sure that you pay a visit here. But...
Date: 02/27/2009
IIS Log And Network Monitor Log Mapping Tips
You may already know that IIS log is a valuable source to navigate to troubleshoot problems, and I...
Date: 02/03/2009
Addition to KB555071
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. In some cases when you...
Date: 01/25/2009
Update KB894351 for Windows XP SP3
When you navigate to this KB article you will see it only applies to Windows XP SP2. But always it...
Date: 12/09/2008
Notice on KB892847
Well, this KB article contains a hotfix for Windows Server 2003 SP1. Although this hotfix is part of...
Date: 12/03/2008
HTTP 401.1: Delegation Configuration Report
HTTP 401 is a common error code you may see in an error page. While 401 has a few sub cases, 401.1...
Date: 12/02/2008
IIS 7 Availability Matrix
Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 have been released for a long time. However, there are still...
Date: 12/01/2008
32 Bit Performance on 64 Bit Windows
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Well, it is...
Date: 12/01/2008
BadImageFormatException Reproduced in Visual Studio 2008 on x64 Windows
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Well, I guess most...
Date: 11/28/2008
Addition to KB936696
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. It is quite interesting...
Date: 11/28/2008
I Love C# 4.0
Just finishing watch Anders Hejlsberg’s PDC 2008 session named The Future of C#, I feel so happy to...
Date: 11/02/2008
Hello World
I have been a blogger for a long time. But in order to separate posts by content after joining...
Date: 10/17/2008