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Adventures with x64 IIS Recently I had to deploy 32 bit application on a Windows x64 bit OS. This post raps up some of the things I found along the way. ISAPI Filters The application supports an ISAPI filter, but the filter is only 32 bit, therefore it...
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MSCS Roundup This article links to all the useful resources I have found that relate to Microsoft 2003 Failover Clustering. MSCS Terminology This article defines MSCS terminology: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc757640.aspx Server 2003 Cluster...
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Creating a UNC Alias for a Windows 2003 Server There are many reasons my you make want to make a CNAME/alias for a Windows 2003 File Server. These might include ensuring old shortcuts work after a server migration, you might have an application with UNC...
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Enabling XDMCP for SLES 9 Log in as root Open /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager Change DISPLAYMANAGER_REMOTE_ACCESS="yes" Open the files /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc.SuSEconfig Find the XDMCP section...
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SLES 9 SP1 and Oracle 10g in VMware This post will briefly document how to create a test environment running SLES v9 SP1 with Oracle v10g Release 2 [10.2.0.1.0] in VMware. Installing SLES Download the SLES media from Novell, here are the links: http:...
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Adventures with Solaris 10 SPARC-64 This article will cover how to create a Solaris 10 sparse-root Zone, how to install Oracle v10g Release 2 Apache HTTP Server v2.0.63 into the sparse-root Zone. Solaris Zones Overview A zone is a virtual operating system...
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Workgroup Authentication Before a Windows XP Professional workstation joins a domain, the local security policy is set to Guest only - local users authenticate as Guest . This will prevent you from accessing UNC shares across the network. This is the...
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IIS Trace Logging in Windows Server 2003 SP1 This post will briefly describe how to enable IIS trace logging in IIS for Windows Server 2003 SP1. Note, that trace logging for IIS is NOT available in Windows XP Here is the official Microsoft documentation...
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Trouble Joining the Domain Ever had a PC that just refused to join the domain? I know I have! I've found the following two MS articles extremely help: This article is about how to turn back on SMB signing, it applies (usually) when you are trying...
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Getting Started with Solaris 10 The following covers varies topics related to getting started with Solaris 10 Configuring an IPv4 Network Interface in Solaris 10 When installing Solaris 10, you can configure a NIC a during the installation or you can...
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Recovering A MSCS Cluster From A Failed Quorum Drive In my experience, Quorum drive failures are by the scariest as finding resources on this very specific problem is difficult. The following is a rough guide to recovering a MSCS cluster from a failed...
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Microsoft Server 2008 Certification Upgrade Guide Before reading this guide, it is helpful to have an understanding of the new certifications available for Microsoft Windows Server 2008. I recommend reading the following prior to reading this guide: http...
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Adding Social Bookmarking to Community Server 2007 Community Server is the platform that powers rich blogging, discussions, and sharing web communities. It is widely used by IT Professionals for personal blogs. mystyleit.com for example is powered by...
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Microsoft Server 2008 Certification Guide With the release of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 fast approaching, the IT world is gearing for 2008! For all of us it will mean a lot of reading, and test taking! Along with the release of Server 2008 comes a...
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Creating a SSL Certificate with SelfSSL This post will explain how to create a self signed SSL certificate using SelfSSL.exe and exporting the certificate as a .pfx file. What is SelfSSL? There are many ways to create self signed SSL certificates. One...