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Microsoft IIS Server has what appears to be an odd default for the application pool recycle time. It defaults to 1740 minutes, which is exactly 29 hours. I’ve always been a bit curious where that default came from. If you’re like me, you may have wondered...
While the dreaded Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) occurs less frequently with newer versions of Windows than it did in years past, there are still times when the BSOD reveals itself. I just ran into four BSOD’s on two Windows Server 2012 machines and...
Save this URL, memorize it, write it on a sticky note, tweet it, tell your colleagues about it! localtest.me ( http://localtest.me ) and *.localtest.me ( http://something.localtest.me ) If you do any testing on your local system you’ve probably...
With the beta release of Windows Server 8 today, Internet Information server (IIS) 8 is available to the public for testing and even production workload testing. Many system administrators have been anxious to kick the tires and to find out which features...
Today I wanted to find a way to flush the IIS FTP logs on-demand. The logs for IIS FTP flush to disk every 6 minutes, and the HTTP logs every 1 minute (or 64kb). This can make troubleshooting difficult when you don’t receive immediate access...
You can find this week’s video here . The differences between change password and reset password are not well known. This week's video walks through the differences and shows them in action. Tune in to find out more about password management. It wasn...
You can find this week’s video here . This week's video shows how to easily and quickly track down IPs and ports that need to be opened to allow legitimate traffic through the firewall. Part of being a web server administrator is keeping your firewalls...
There are times when it’s useful to have a script that runs on every server boot, but with a delay. For example, let’s say that you want a script to recycle IIS five minutes after starting the server due to some slow starting dependencies. One of...
You can find this week’s video here . This week’s video lesson covers the end to end process of installing DFS, adding shared folders, troubleshooting, and watching it in action. Distributed File System Replication (DFS-R) is a powerful means of keeping...
Today's lesson covers how to create an Active Directory domain and join a member server to it. This week's topic takes a slightly different turn from the normally IIS related topics, but this is key video to help setup either a test or production environment...
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