Jun 12, 2008
I just ran across a fantastic step-by-step walkthrough of how to manage IIS7 remotely from Windows Vista, written by Dave Lawlor over at Train Signal Training. Check out this article: http://www.trainsignaltraining.com/iis-7-remote-administration/2008...
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Filed under: IIS7, Administration, Developers, Administrators
Jun 02, 2008
Overview ASP.NET 2.0 (3.0 and 3.5) are easy to install with Windows Vista and Windows 2008 - just install the ASP.NET component located under IIS->Word Wide Web Services->Application Development Features. You can find this set of components in Windows...
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Jun 01, 2008
I hear this question a lot in the http://forums.iis.net/ , and thanks to Carlos and team's rocking Configuration Editor, figuring this out on your own is a breeze. Here is how you can generate code for ANY IIS7 configuration change, without writing a...
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Mar 25, 2008
Ever wanted to add a custom mime type to your Web server? I ran into this issue the other day when I tried to serve up .mp4 files from my Web server and duh, I got this error: 404.3 error - mime type missing! Why does IIS block requests for unknown...
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Mar 24, 2008
Won's recent post on possible configuration corruption caused by OneCare/Forefront reminded me of something that every IIS7 customer should know about: how to backup and restore IIS7 configuration! No matter whether your configuration file gets corrupted...
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Sep 04, 2007
I've seen this issue pop up a few times so I thought I'd share a few quick tips / tricks to getting SQL Server 2005 to work on Vista. If you see an error saying "Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) is either not installed or is disabled.", but...
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Aug 14, 2007
I haven't been able to write for a few weeks due to some time off and other "distractions". (This time of year at Microsoft is especially busy for managers as we not only do all of normal work needed to develop software, but also have to deal with budgeting...
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Filed under: IIS7, Administration, Developers, Windows Media Server, Media
Jun 04, 2007
Today at TechEd 2007, Bob Muglia announced the availability of IIS7 on Server Core in Windows 2008 Server, starting with the upcoming CTP and RC1 releases. We've added IIS7 on Server Core as a result of a lot of customer demand to make it available on...
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