I've identified four unnecessary HTTP header elements that get transmitted with one of my ASP.NET MVC2 web sites. I wanted to remove these headers to improve security and reduce header size and thought that it would be easy to remove these HTTP headers from IIS7 in the same manner. It turned out that...
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I keep on forgetting how to do this so here it is documented for my convenience. Start Performance Monitor (PerfMon) Click + to add new monitor. Enter computer's name To view connections for a web service From Performance object drop down select "Web Service" From Select counters from list...
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I was trying to setup an ASP.NET MVC application to run under a virtual directory on IIS 5.1. When I click the properties on that virtual directory and then click the "Configuration..." button nothing happens - i.e. the configuration dialog doesn't pop up as it should. I suspect this is because...
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Had an unusual problem with an MS Server 2003 today. The CPU was being pegged at 100% every 15 seconds for about 12 to 14 seconds. When I examined the Processes with Task Manager it showed that lsass.exe was the culprit and that its accomplices were sqlservr.exe and w3wp.exe. This happened shortly after...
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I was trying to edit the HOSTS file on Windows Server 2008 with Notepad++ but after editing it wouldn't let me save it with a "Save failed" - "Please check whether if this file is opened in another program" (the ...whether if... is their message not my typo). Anyhow, didn't turn out...
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I came across an interesting problem today that I wanted to document in case I hit it again and provide some notes in the hope that this helps somebody else. An ASP (not .net) forum that I'm responsible had the following error: Request object error 'ASP 0104 :80004005' Operation not Allowed /forum/inc_UploadDefault...
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