March 2006 Blog Posts
IIS supports a directory browsing mode where you can view a list of files and directories instead of viewing an HTML page.
This is very useful for example when you have a lot of files and folders such as an MP3 collection.
To enable this mode you select either a Physical or Virtual directory in the Internet Information Services application and select properties and then select the Directory Browsing check box as shown below.
Once you enable this option when you browse to the directory or any child directories they will be shown using the built in directory browsing module.
In the above...
Have you ever forgotten your Excel workbook or sheet password? This program will remove passwords of any length, also passwords containing special characters.
You can download the file from:http://www.straxx.com/excel/password.html
LeechBlocker is an open source ISAPI Filter for Microsoft's Internet Information Services
The filter intercepts all incoming requests and checks to see if the resource (an image for example) is being referred to by the same site by which it is being hosted. If the referrer is not the same as the site name, the filter checks to see if the extension of the resource requested is an image (.gif, .jpg, .jpeg, etc...). If the extension indicates that the resource is an image, then the request is denied.
You can download the DLL and/or the full source code in C++ for the ISAPI...
IIS Applications
An IIS application is any file that is executed within a defined set of directories in your Web site. When you create an application, you use the Internet Information Services snap-in to designate the application's starting-point directory (also called an application root) in your Web site. Every file and directory under the starting-point directory in your Web site is considered part of the application until another starting-point directory is found. You thus use directory boundaries to define the scope of an application.
If you remove the IIS Application from the web site properties dialog you will find that you can...
At work we came across a situation on a Windows 2003 Server IIS 6 machine where people downloading one specific file were finding that it was being terminated during the transfer. Those people who had file download managers or web browsers with resume did not notice the problem but Internet Explorer would just terminate the download.
This Windows 2003 Server machine did not have Service Pack 1 installed
The particular download was approx 20MB.
This machine was located in the United States and users in the United States did not notice and could not reproduce the problem.
In the httperr.log file in c:\windows\system32\logfiles\HTTPERR we...
I often look at the log files on my web server and with IIS 6 the folders are created with random numbers.
Correction from Tom regarding the “random numbers“:
In fact the log file names are generated from the site name so that in cases where a site is run on multiple servers the site id will be the same on each server. This helps with scripting and stuff. You can configure it in the registry to use the IIS5 type naming format if you want.
More details can be found below:
Microsoft IIS Insider - February 2005http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/insider/iisi0205.mspx#ECE
Configure the Web Site Identification Number (IIS 6.0)http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/fb7eb8d1-8862-497b-83d3-eee54a98a2de.mspx
This...
Overview
With IIS 6.0 Manager for Windows XP, administrators can remotely manage an IIS 6.0 server from a Windows XP Professional workstation. This tool only installs a snap-in for Microsoft Management Console and its associated DLLs and documentation; it does not install the complete IIS 6.0 server on your local computer.
This tool is available only in English. When installed on non-English editions of Windows XP, IIS 6.0 Manager, documentation, folders, and shortcuts appear as English-only.
After installation, IIS 6.0 Manager and IIS 5.1 Manager coexist in separate directories on the same computer.
Start the IIS 6.0 Manager after installation from the administrative tools...
If you add a reference to Microsoft Excel and then try to use it within your ASP.NET application you may receive the following error.
Server Error in '/excel' Application.
Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {00024500-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} failed due to the following error: 80070005.
Example Application
The problem is that by default Microsoft Excel as a COM object can only activated by the following accounts:
Administrator
System
Interactive
When you are running your ASP.Net account on Windows XP your web application is running as the ASPNET account.
The way to...
I tried to edit this attribute for my AD Account at work but it didn't want to play! Pity I was going to populate it with Gin, Wine, Single Malt....