May 25, 2007
I've seen several posts asking the question: how do I turn off the "verify file exists" setting on handlers / script maps in IIS7. I must admit, this seems to not be as straightforward as it should be. Hopefully this post helps you out. The configuration...
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Tags: IIS7ASP.NETAdministrationTroubleshootingASP
May 21, 2007
I was reminded the other day just how many classic ASP applications and developers there are out there! The original ASP rocks, I remember experiencing it for the first time back in 1996/97 when it first came out with IIS3, and being amazed at how...
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Tags: IIS7TroubleshootingCompatibilityIIS News ItemDevelopersASP
Nov 06, 2006
This is a question that I'm surprised doesn't come up more often. I guess, like many of you, I take pride in figuring things out on my own. I hate asking for help and admitting I don't know the answer. And we've all had the unfortunate experience of calling...
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Tags: TroubleshootingMisc
Oct 19, 2006
Another one of my favorite features is the IIS7 Detailed Errors feature. Thomas wrote a great article titled Understanding Custom and Detailed Errors which provides a good overview of this simple, yet powerful feature. (though it needs to be updated for...
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Tags: IIS7Troubleshooting
Oct 19, 2006
One of my favorite IIS7 features is something we call "FREB", which originally stood for "Failed Request Event Buffering". We've given it a more friedly name now: 'failed request tracing', but everyone around here still calls it freb. It is a really awesome...
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Tags: IIS7Troubleshooting
Oct 18, 2006
I've noticed quite a few people running into temporary directory permission issues. The PHP blog post I made last month is one example of this issue, there are also several forum posts related to ASP & Access database failures, where the reported...
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Tags: IIS7TroubleshootingCompatibility