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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

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

Netmon vs Chimney
23 July 07 02:22 PM | tristank | 1 Comments   

I recently encountered TCP Chimney for the first time in the wild. Short version: Chimney is an offload technology that allows the NIC to deal with up to X TCP connections, with any overflow being handled by Windows. All good: get the NIC dealing with Read More...

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

IIS 7 - LH Beta 3 Launch Stuff
26 April 07 07:45 PM | tristank | 0 Comments   

Tons of cool new things in Longhorn Beta 3 on the IIS front , including: ... the first beta of our new FTP server . This isn't a part of Longhorn Server Beta 3, but it is available today and offers a lot of brand new features for you to experience today. Read More...

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, Networking, Windows Vista, IIS