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“Parser Error Message: This implementation is not part of the Windows Platform FIPS validated cryptographic algorithms.” when .net page has debug=”true”

Recently, I came across an issue where the customer faced an FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) related error on the .aspx pages which had debug=”true”. His ASP.net application was hosted on IIS7 running on Windows Server 2008 SP2. And, he was able to reproduce the issue using a very simple page. The error message was: Looking at the error, we know that there are articles like KB 911722 and a good blog - Enforcing FIPS Certified Cryptography which discuss the same issue. In Windows Server...( read more ) Read More...

Tip #75: Did you know…How to maintain scrollposition after post back?

When web pages are posted back to the server, by default user is returned to the top of the page. On a large web page, you might have a requirement to scroll down the user automatically to the last position on the page. MaintainScrollPositionOnPostBack page property can be used to achieve this in one of the following ways. Application level: To set the property by default for all pages in the website, open web.config and add the attribute to the pages node. <pages maintainScrollPositionOnPostBack...( read more ) Read More...

Episode #1 of the Misfit Geek Podcast is now LIVE !

The first podcast in my new series is now live at http://misfitgeek.com/podcast/misfit-geek-podcast/ This episode is an interview with Senior Lean PM Scott Hunter on the future of Web Forms. Hope you will listen, subscribe and enjoy ! Technorati Tags: podcast , microsoft asp.net ajax training , .net , asp , asp.net , web forms...( read more ) Read More...

CannonPI teaser video

There is a new video up on youtube that is the beginning of many more videos.  You should check it out and look for for more coming soon. Also, see if you recognize any of the people in this, feel free to post here who you think they are. Read More......( read more ) Read More...

Insides of Azure

Want to get more details about Windows Azure ?  There is a really helpful video done by Channel 9 that talks about this upcoming product and how it works. I think this gives great details about the architecture and also how you will use this and Read More......( read more ) Read More...

Windows Azure and you

So I have started to look at the new Windows Azure that we just announced, you can download the framework from here .  You can also read more about it at Azure Services Platform Developer Center . As I started looking at this, the main sample I was Read More......( read more ) Read More...

IntelliSense for jQuery

As for reported here , we now have an official IntelliSense documentation file that will allow you to get rich intellisense for jQuery from inside of Visual Studio. When you go to download jQuery, you will see a Documentation link.  Or you can download Read More......( read more ) Read More...

Strange callstacks

How many times have you been troubleshooting a dump or application, you look at the callstack and you see something that just doesn’t quite look right.  Chances are the problem is that you don’t have correct symbols. For example, if you see something Read More......( read more ) Read More...

XPerf: A CPU Sampler

Seema just had a great about using XPerf to troubleshoot CPU issues when using Silverlight.  This can also be used in the same way to troubleshoot ASP.NET or IIS. What can XPerf tell you?  Seema answers that question, it can find out: Is my Read More......( read more ) Read More...

ASP.NET Tip: When to use which Session Server

There are 3 different ways you can store session in an ASP.NET application: InProc (default mode) State Server SQL Server InProc means we store the data in the same process (in memory) on the web server, in the worker process.  This has some distinct Read More......( read more ) Read More...