April 2005 - Posts

• Frequently asked questions about Windows 2000 DNS and Windows Server 2003 DNS

  http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B291382 Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Read More... Posted Saturday, April 30, 2005 1:49 AM by owsteve | 0 Comments

• Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 application compatibility

  This article contains information about application compatibility testing that was performed for the English version of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1). The Windows Application Experience test teams tested 127 server applications on Read More... Posted Saturday, April 23, 2005 12:00 AM by owsteve | 0 Comments

• SP 1 bug with AD and a workaround.

  This is a posting I got out of the newsgroups (microsoft.public.windows.server.general) pertaining to SP 1 and AD.. Names are removed for protection but thanks a bunch for sharing this! > After I installed Service Pack 1 on my Windows Server 2003 domain Read More... Posted Thursday, April 21, 2005 12:47 AM by owsteve | 0 Comments

• Stop forcing an FTP user to type Domain\UserID and just use a user id

  FTP Service's DefaultLogonDomain Not Available in MMC ( http://support.microsoft.com/?id=184319 ). Between using AD for user authentication and Scott Forsyth's article on using vdir's. http://weblogs.asp.net/owscott/archive/2004/02/05/68423.aspx people Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 20, 2005 2:25 AM by owsteve | 0 Comments

• IIS 6.0 Does Not Serve Unknown MIME Types

  IIS 6.0 does not serve unknown extensions by default. Please see this KB Article on how to make it serve opml-files: "IIS 6.0 Does Not Serve Unknown MIME Types" http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;326965 Share this post: email it! Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 19, 2005 8:48 PM by owsteve | 0 Comments

• Windows 2003 SP 1 - how is it going?

  Hi All, I've been monitoring the newsgroups about Windows 2003 SP1. How has your upgrade went? I'm waiting a bit to see how things shake out, especially for machines with AD, SMS, SQL 2000, IIS. Any stories how your upgrade has went? Steve Share this Read More... Posted Monday, April 18, 2005 12:28 AM by owsteve | 1 Comments

• sms 2003 - Extended Security Update Inventory Tool

  The Extended Security Update Inventory Tool is used to detect security bulletins not covered by MBSA including MS04-028, February 2005 bulletins, and future security bulletins that are exceptions to MBSA. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2C93DA1D-48A0-4E5C-991F-87E08954F61B&displaylang=en Read More... Posted Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:19 PM by owsteve | 0 Comments

• Blind Drop& Anonymous FTP Server NTFS permissions

  The short article is based on http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];314932 article on Microsoft. Want to create an Internet FTP site that allows users to connect anonymously, drop files but can't do a list on them Setup an FTP server Read More... Posted Saturday, April 16, 2005 1:45 AM by owsteve | 0 Comments

• This, that and the other thing! (Cleaning up stuff...)

  This blog post is about different little things. It is about a little reflection so it might seem a bit dull. If nothing else, click the X in your upper right corner of the screen and move on or go back to http://windowsadvice.com ! (:--} In technology, Read More... Posted Saturday, April 16, 2005 1:23 AM by owsteve | 0 Comments

• w32time and windows 2003 reference

  NtpServer HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters Data type Range Default value REG_SZ DNS name or IP address [,0x1 | 0x2 | 0x3] time.windows.com,0x1 Description Stores a list of time sources that this computer uses to synchronize its Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 12, 2005 12:31 AM by owsteve | 0 Comments

• How to fix WMI and the iisapp.vbs in IIS 6

  For those who like to use iisapp script file to list the app pools ids and PID's. When this breaks it is a bear to try to fix. iisapp totally rely's on WMI. The problem is the win32_process WMI class can't be read or is corrupt. I recently ran into this Read More... Posted Monday, April 11, 2005 10:54 PM by owsteve | 1 Comments

• Virtual PC sp 1

  If you are running Virtual PC on your local machine, here's the link to upgrade it to SP1. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b07c9ef0-265a-4237-ae3b-25bc8937d40f&DisplayLang=en Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg Read More... Posted Monday, April 11, 2005 8:22 AM by owsteve | 0 Comments

• ASPNET 2.0 Insert Record example, Return Identity column and write to Literal Control

  As I've done since my classic ASP days, I start with commonly data-driven web pages, how-to (Insert, Update, Delete, Select) examples. This posting is the same as my 1st classic asp article. How to return an identity column value from a database?! Since Read More... Posted Saturday, April 09, 2005 8:24 AM by owsteve | 0 Comments

• Using CVS and downloading files.

  The command to use cvsnt to download the healthproject from sourceforge http://healthproject.sourceforge.net cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/healthmonitor co -P HealthMonitor_3.0 Download http://wincvs.org and also install cvsnt Read More... Posted Friday, April 01, 2005 11:40 PM by owsteve | 0 Comments

• Steps to create a host-headered site

  Using the Web Site Creation Wizard to add a Web site To add a Web site using a host header identifier using the Web Site Creation Wizard: 1. In IIS Manager, expand the local computer, right-click the Web Sites directory, point to New , and then click Read More... Posted Friday, April 01, 2005 6:04 PM by owsteve | 0 Comments