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.HDMP and .MDMP files
23 September 08 07:12 PM | tristank | 0 Comments   

Just a quickie – the rule is blog what you know, but I figure my speculation might be good enough here. A friend gave me an HDMP file and asked what I could make of it. After the usual “I could make a hat! Or a brooch! Or a dinosaur!” type stuff, I realized Read More...

Filed under: Developery, IT Pro / Sysadmin, Windows Vista, IIS, Windows Server 2008, Troubleshooting

Mesh Gush
20 August 08 07:15 PM | tristank | 0 Comments   

Hi Everybody! I've been laying low for a while, in read-only mode, sorting, filtering, evaluating and generally catching up on stuff! So, why break radio silence now? Well, I'm popping up to offer a quick endorsement for the Mesh platform, which was recently Read More...

Filed under: Developery, Aussie, Windows Vista

What's in IIS 7.0 for me?
29 February 08 01:16 PM | tristank | 0 Comments   

While having a seemingly-innocuous chat with a colleague, I was asked to "throw together a few points" on what IIS 7.0 would do for a web application I've worked with in the past. Serves me right for talking to people , really. In this application's Read More...

Filed under: Developery, IT Pro / Sysadmin, Windows Vista, IIS, Windows Server 2008

Tip o' the Week: WEVTUTIL for EVTX/EVT file conversion
05 October 07 05:19 PM | tristank | 2 Comments   

This week, a pointer to a solution to a problem I occasionally hit. Windows Vista (and by extension Windows Server 2008, I assume) utilizes a new EVTX log format for event log exports. It's XML-based, natch. Problem: Everyone's Favourite Log Digestion Read More...

Filed under: Developery, IT Pro / Sysadmin, ISA Server, Security, Windows Vista, IIS

DebugDiag 1.1 Released!
17 January 07 05:36 PM | tristank | 0 Comments   

IIS Troubleshooters rejoice! If you've ever had an application on an IIS server do one of the following, this tool is for you: - hang (or respond slowly) - crash (W3WP.exe terminated unexpectedly) - chew memory in the lead-up to a crash or need a restart Read More...

Filed under: Developery, IT Pro / Sysadmin, Networking, x64 Early Adoption, Windows Vista

Taking A Dump (file!) With Windows Vista
25 February 06 03:38 PM | tristank | 7 Comments   

Note: Not sure if this is a feature that will make it into the final release, or if it's there for testing while the product's in beta; I personally would love to see it remain, especially in the Server version. Oftentimes, you don't know you need to Read More...

Filed under: Developery, IT Pro / Sysadmin, Windows Vista