windows-server-2003

How does the compression file attribute impact performance on a file save in windows?

QUESTION: If I set the compression attribute on a directory on a windows server, how does that effect file saving performance? WHY I WANT TO KNOW: I have a server that several batch processes save huge files on, and these are mostly Txt or CSV files that I'd like to compress to save disk space. If it does compression on the fly as i...

Classic ASP to WCF using the Service Moniker

I am trying to consume a WCF logging service from classic ASP without deploy a Com wrapper. I found a method of doing so here. Here is the vb script, simplified. Dim addr addr = "service:mexAddress=""net.pipe://localhost/Services/Logging/LoggingManager/Mex""," _ & "address=""net.pipe://localhost/Services/Logging/LoggingManager/classic...

Windows Server 2003 platform SDK

Hello everyone, I am using Windows Server 2003 x64 Enterprise with SP2 and I want to install platform SDK. But all I find is from here, and it is called Windows® Server 2003 SP1 Platform SDK. I am confused about SP1. For my platform, should I use this version of platform SDK or some other later version (I think there should be SP2 plat...

File Access only via my ASP.NET App not directly in browser?

I'd like to save images in a directory on my Disk in Windows Server 2003 in a Subfolder out of my webroot. mydomain.com/myfolder I'll upload images there for example test.jpg, which I'd like to show using ASP.NET, well this works, and If I try to browse the path "mydomain.com/myfolder" there is shown Access Denied. My problem is, i...

Drawbacks of PHP-on-IIS?

I work in a dev environment that is currently IIS6/Server 2003 with Framework 3.5. I primarily am working in ASP.NET MVC. I've run into a scenario where, for the solution I'm working on, I'd either have to spend weeks reinventing the wheel or integrating a PHP-based opensource project into one of the components I'm building. I'd love ...

Is there a way to take screenshots during a scheduled task if the user isn't logged in?

I have a scheduled task that runs a set of Selenium tests every night at 3:30am. These tests also take a screenshot if they fail and email that screenshot to the development team. The problem I'm having, however, is that the screenshots only work when I'm logged in to the virtual machine (Windows Server 2003) that runs the tests. If no o...

get the folder creation time with milliseconds in windows

I need folder creation time with milli seconds in windows. plz do the needful ...

Demo email sending and receiving locally using a mail server

I have a upcoming demo of a product that (amongst other things) sends email alerts. I don't know if I'll have an Internet connection for this demo. I also need to be able to fire up something like Outlook Express and view these alerts. So I have come to the conclusion that I need to install some sort of small mail server to send the ma...

What are the Costs of Running a Busy site like Stackoverflow with SQL Server

My site is small now but it is steadily getting popular online. It is running SQL Server express and entity framework. I am not storing any pictures in the database, the database is storing just text. What kind of costs would I be looking at if my site gets big enough where I need to upgrade my database to a paid version and run the data...

Why does my Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2008 throw "Load report Failed ... COMException (0x80004005): The Report Application Server failed" when sending a report directly to a printer?

I have a .net windows service that has a crystal report viewer on it. when it polls the db and finds live orders, it will send a report to a printer on the network. this is windows2003 server 64bit. I have installed the msi on the 64bit server found in my visual studio install: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bootstrappe...

OsVersionCheck failed when installing SQL Server 2008 Express on Windows 2003 SP2 Datacenter Edition

I have a VPS at a hosting company and it runs Windows 2003 Datacenter Edition. I just recently installed SP2 for Windows. When I try to install SQL Server 2008 Express the minimum requirements fails. According to Microsoft the OS Version I have should be supported. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143506.aspx#Express32 When v...

Auditing Windows Server 2003 folders.

Is there a way to log which Active Directory authenticated user modified a particular folder's contents in Windows Server 2003 environment? ...

Installing open XML sdk on 64-bit Windows 2003

I intend to use the Open XML Format SDK 2.0 on 64-bit Windows Server 2003. I have IIS running in 32-bit emulation mode. How should I install the Open XML MSI? Should I leave the default options for installation path? ...

Environment windows server 2003 64-bit mode

Error 14001 this application has failed due to start because its side-side by configuration is incorrect. We uninstalled and installed Microsoft Visual C++ redistributable. SIMPLE SOLUTION! " Try installing this http://www.softdevlabs.com/Hercules/vcredist%5Fx86.exe again the window services not started. Environment windows server...

Can Subversion be configured for Windows Authentication without Apache

I've setup Subversion following Jeff Atwood's article at Coding Horror: Setting up Subversion on Windows. I followed the steps exactly and I have SVNSERVE now running as a service on a Windows 2003 server in our LAN. I've also installed TortoiseSVN and I've been playing with it and trying to learn more about it so I can spread the usag...

Improve file download performance in Windows 2003

Hello, I have a Watchguard x1250e firewall and a fast network setup at pryme.net in Ashburn, VA. I have Verizon FIOS here at the office (50 mbit) and did a test download from a URL they provided me and I get 5.8 MB/sec from their test file (probably off of Linux). But from my servers running Windows 2003 behind the firewall (x1250e) jus...

SSL stopped working on IIS6 after Windows Update

I have a Windows 2003 image with IIS6 installed that just installed a block of Windows Updates. This webserver was using port 443 and an SSL certificate properly up until this patch, and it will no longer respond at all on port 443 to requests. I have tried removing and re-installing the certificate, and it will still not respond on por...

command to format mount points in windows 2003

I need a command to format the mount point in windows 2003. Generally we use the following command to format a volume in windows type C:\sri.txt| FORMAT E: /v:volume /Q /fs:NTFS But by using the same command we can't format the mount points. So is there any command to format a mount point in windows ...

How can I programmatically asign a role to a scope in Microsoft AzMan?

I'm using AzMan on Windows Server 2003, and I've written a management application that completely hides AzMan and the MMC from the security team. However, I'm having a hard time implementing one of the features in the MMC. I have a role called User, and a role called Branch User which contains nothing but the User role. I want to assig...

Borland C++ 5.02 & Windows 2003 Server

Firstly, I am not very familiar with C++ at all, let alone Borland. However I have been tasked with migrating our builds from an aging Windows 2000 box onto a Windows 2003 box. I have a problem with a C++ build. When built on 2000 or XP, the compiled DLL works fine when tested. However the output from the Windows 2003 box does not work...