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Rick Barber
Installing SQL Server Native Client 10.0
Apr 05, 2013

I came across an issue today where a website had a dependency on the SQL Server Native Client 10.0, which is part of SQL Server 2008. A recent upgrade to SQL Server 2012 caused SQL Server Native Client 11.0 to be installed and...

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Restricting web site traffic in IIS 7 and IIS 8
Feb 02, 2013

Sometimes you need to restrict traffic to your web site or reduce the impact from a rogue bot that is hitting it. Often, the first thought is to restrict that traffic at the perimeter firewall. While that is a good choice, the...

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Completely uninstall MySQL from Windows
Jan 30, 2013

Some time ago I was running a few tests in my lab environment against a current version of MySQL. A few months later I needed to access it again but I forgot my root password so I wanted to start from scratch. Easy enough, right...

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Monitor MS SMTP queue from ASP.Net
Jan 11, 2013

I came across a situation today where I needed to monitor the number of files in the Microsoft SMTP queue from a web page. While there are numerous ways I considered approaching this, I wanted it to be simple, portable, and easy...

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How to manage a Windows cloud server
Dec 21, 2012

Managing a Windows cloud server can be a relatively easy task; especially if you know the basics. Check out the post I put together with the initial information that you need to know to get the most out of your Windows cloud server...

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Where is my IIS change going to be applied?
Nov 30, 2012

When you make a change to a website in Internet Information Services (IIS) 6, it is straightforward where your change was going to be applied. All information is stored in the Metabase. Starting with IIS 7, information is stored...

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Send an email when an event is logged
Oct 26, 2012

As a systems administrator you may find yourself spending a significant amount of time in Event Viewer looking for specific events. You will be happy to know that there is a new feature that shipped with Windows 2008 and all versions...

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