server2003

Sys is undefined - ajax issue in IE 7 only

I have a weird issue that only seems to be affecting IE 7. The web site is a 3.5 c# asp.net website that utilizes ajax and the ajax control toolkit deployed to a win 2003 server. Everything appears to be correct in the web.config. In fact, everything works perfectly in IE6 and Firefox 3. It is only in IE7 that I get the dreaded sys is un...

Issues using custom fonts in Visual Studio 2008 under Server 2003

I am having an issue with a custom font that my company has created. When I set the Font property of a control in Visual Studio 2008 to our font, I receive the following error: Only TrueType fonts are supported. This is not a TrueType font. The font selection dialog shows our font, and double-clicking the font in the Windows fo...

Plesk alternative for windows

Hi, I'm searching for a free alternative to Plesk for my windows server 2003. Anybody knows an alternative. Kind regards. Christian ...

ASP.NET Unexpected and Different Behavior in Different Environments

I have an ASP.NET site (VB.NET) that I'm trying to clean up. When it was originally created it was written with no error handling, and I'm trying to add it in to improve the User Experience. Try If Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(strMfgName) And Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(strSortType) Then If Integer.TryParse(Request.QueryString("Catego...

Why does IE6 for Server 2003 not work the same as IE6 for XP?

I am developing a simple webpage in Windows Server 2003. I am testing the webpage with multiple IEs: IE4,5,6,7,8. I have a problem is that only IE7 and IE8 are displaying my webpages correctly. This started occurring since I used the recent version of jQuery. When I try to test using IE6, AJAX controls do not work properly. T...

Windows 2003 Service and Timer issues causing Tick not to be called?

Hi there, Having a few problems with Timers within a service on Win2k3... Basically, creating a service that every X minutes/seconds, checks for a certain process and whether it is running. I figured the easiest way to get this done was via a Timer, and so I coded all that in, and it seemed to be working OK. Have managed to install the...

Using HTTPS with BITS (Background Intelligent Transfer Service)

Hi all, I am writing a client application that needs to send a file via BITS to my server. I have everything working for the most part, but I can't get the BITS connection to operate securely with HTTPS. Right now I'm just using basic authentication through HTTP, so the login is being sent cleartext--which is not optimal :-) I would ...

Ignore certificate authority (self-signed) with BITS

Hi, I'm trying to upload a file with a client application using BITS (Microsoft's Background Intelligent Transfer Service) via HTTPS. The development server I'm uploading to/testing with does not have a properly signed certificate for SSL (it's self-signed). This means that the transfer always errors out, as BITS recognizes that the c...

sharepoint 2003 Faulting application w3wp.exe after installing SP3

Hi there I upgraded our sharepoint 2003 to SP3 and applied post sp3 hotfixes to both SPS and WSS. Now I have a random problem. When I launch sharepoint I get an error message An unexpected error has occurred. Web Parts Maintenance Page: If you have permission, you can use this page to temporarily disable Web Parts or remove personal ...

Install MVC on 2.0.NET Server with IIS6 without Admin Rights

On my local machine using IIS 5 (winxp) and visual Web Developer, I've built a beautiful and well composed website using MVC. Now to deploy to the testing server. I find out that it does not have MVC installed - Error:- Parser Error Message: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Web.Mvc, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyTo...

Does a 64-bit CruiseControl.NET exist?

Does a 64-bit CruiseControl.NET exist or do I need to install the 32-bit version? Our CI server is Server2003 64-bit. Currently I have been testing on WinXP Pro and no problems. If I do need to run cc.net 32-bit on a 64-bit OS, what issues should I expect to encounter? This post mentions a couple, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7019...

Issue with SMTP relay in .NET

Perhaps this is more of an IIS question than programming, but I'll throw it out there nonetheless. I am attempting to send an email via SMTP with C# using the following test code: //params: from email, to email, subject, body MailMessage m = new MailMessage( <sendemail>, <receiveemail>, "testsubject", "Testbody" ); SmtpClient c = new ...

Can't open docx files online on Win2003 server - get 403

I have a asp.net web application that runs locally and opens docx files in IE8. However, after deploying to our production server (Win2003), I get a 403 error. The same code works for doc files, just not docx files. So, I've narrowed the problem down to the server but do not have good direction. I read that it might be a MIME type issu...

Windows Server 2003 call to secedit within a batch script generates "C:\Program" on system reboot

In executing secedit /configure /db %~1\tomcat.sdb" /cfg %~1\2003.inf" /log %~1\dtomcat.log" /quiet where %~1 == C:\Program Files\myDirectory\mySubDirectory\mySuperSubDirectory a file titled "C:\Program" is generated and within the file is the output for calling secedit /? I am curious as to why this is occuring because it mak...

ResponseSoapContext.Current is null

Hi, I have been running a web service code on my own machine along with the client code. It was running fine and managed to receive the Dime attachments sent from the web service to the client. The web service uses WSE 2.0 and Dime attachments. The client code sits on the same machine that calls the web service. However when I go t...