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As I progress with using Vista as my primary OS, I am finding some things that need to be addressed. One of the items left out of vista is an SMTP server.  In XP and older operating systems you can have this installed with IIS.  However, vista does not include…

I was reading my news feeds while waiting for my email to sync (lots of email) and could not resist sharing this post. http://consumerist.com/consumer/drm/how-i-became-a-music-pirate-245644.php This individual tried to do the right thing for the love of music.  It appears that the music industry let him down.   It seems to me…

IISreporter 2.0 is now available.  Go and download (www.iisreporter.com/download).  The free standalone version allows you to monitor the connections on your local IIS server.  You can install on as many servers / machines you would like.  A new IISreporter Command center version will be released in the next 2 weeks. …

I have an application that I wrote that uses a web service to provide data back to a central app.  I needed a windows sidebar gadget to consume the web service.  However I noticed that when using javascript to consume the service I would get errors.  I then realized that…

As of 1:00 EST I was unable to get to my sites (www.iisreporter.com). I contacted my hosting company and they had issues but had resolved them. I then looked at my dns settings (godaddy) and their server was not responding to dns lookups. After a few searches I found others…

Here is a great post regarding MOSS 2007 and pricing (http://blah.winsmarts.com/2007-2-SharePoint_2007_Pricing_-_Made_Simple.aspx?postID=242).  I work at technology company and we are doing lots of development with MOSS and installations.  One thing that has not been very easy to examine / describe to customers is the Microsoft Pricing for MOSS.  This blog post…

It is a sad day.  I just found out that GotDotNet (http://www.gotdotnet.com/) will be shutting down.  You can read their reasons on the site.  They plan to shut down my favorite section (user samples) on May 22.  I have used that site many times as a great place to get…

I often use Microsoft’s VPC to do development and testing.  The new version of VPC came out Microsoft VPC 2007.  Though my computer has 2 gigs of RAM I still run into performance issues.  Here are a few great tips on how to keep your VPC running at top speed….

 I often get questions from .NET developers on where they should host.  If they should go with a dedicated server or virtual server.  The major issue that developers have is the price.  A shared hosting site is much cheaper than a Server. The advantages of the server are due to…